As South Africa prepares to assume the G20 presidency, there are growing calls for the country to use this platform to put African agriculture firmly on the global agenda. Although with the sector ...

By Ed Stoddard VILJOENSKROON, South Africa (Reuters) - South African farmer Cobus van Coller scans the flashing computer screen in the cab of his harvester. "This shows you if you're going to make ...

Western diets make up most of South Africa's food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants. The problems created by westernized diets include environmental damage caused ...

Corn production in South Africa is positioned for continued growth in marketing year 2025-26 supported by stable planting area, higher anticipated yields and a slight shift to yellow corn two years ...

The program also uses historical data to generate a crop map to determine where they have grown and will likely grow again as well as the general crop calendar. ... South Africa, on May 10, 2023.

Seventy percent of southern Africa's maize comes from South Africa. The ongoing drought has led to a 15% drop in the country's maize production for 2023-24 compared to 2022-23.

SENEKAL, South Africa (AP) — The main street of this dusty South African town is lined with empty buckets, marking each residents’ place in line as they wait for their daily water ration to be ...

A 24-year-old man who grew up on a farm in Sugarloaf now helps develop corn and beans that can grow in dry, sterile soil at a research farm in South Africa. Curtis Frederick is spending his second … ...

Analysis - Western diets make up most of South Africa's food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants.

SENEKAL, South Africa (AP) — The main street of this dusty South African town is lined with empty buckets, marking each residents' place in line as they wait for their daily water ration to be ...