The fisheries department has announced fisherman who were refused line fishing rights may apply for exemptions pending an appeals process outcome.
South Africa faces a structural household food insecurity problem, the prime causes of which are widespread chronic poverty and unemployment.
Part of the mandate of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is to improve nutrition and contribute to global economic growth.
On October 16 every year, the world observes World Food Day to look at ways of creating awareness about fighting hunger.
World Food Day marks the foundation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in 1945 and heightens the plight of food insecurity.
The government wants the country’s poorest communities to be able to produce food or fish for their own consumption.
The recent proposed amendments to the Marine Living Resources Act seek to sustain South Africa’s fishing resources.
A content workforce and a pragmatic approach to dealing with debt have steered Pam Fyvie through challenging times in her farming career.
Mavis Mathabatha realised that she had struck “green platinum” when she brought the wonder of the Moringa tree to her village in Tooseng, Limpopo.
Most women in business who are proactive strive to keep abreast of developments in the industry, both locally and abroad.
Now in their 13th year, the awards seek to acknowledge, encourage and to promote the participation of women in the agricultural sector.
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The department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries affairs’s Female Entrepreneur Awards (FEA) programme started 13 years ago.
Armed with hoes and spades, women are taking the lead in the fight for food security and the eradication of poverty.
A report by Thuli Madonsela into travel expense abuse could put the department of agriculture’s queen bee in the firing line.
The Mpumalanga government has awarded an R11-million abattoir contract to a company accused of having links to organised crime.
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/ 2 December 2011
The agriculture minister’s advisers are lobbying on her behalf to have "a single line about agriculture included in the final text from COP17.
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/ 18 November 2011
Relations between Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson and her director general, Langa Zitha, have hit a new low, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has learned.
Suppliers are accusing the agriculture department of interfering in a tender meant for the provision of tractors to emerging black farmers.
Walmart’s acquisition of Massmart will have a "potentially devastating" effect on local jobs, three government departments fighting the merger say.
A farm owner is offering to ensure a transfer of management skills to prospective farmers, writes <b>Kwanele Sosibo</b>.
The viruses involved in the foot-and-mouth outbreak in KwaZulu-Natal have been isolated, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Food acidity tests are being conducted on three brands of locally produced dog food believed to have caused the deaths of a number of pets in Gauteng.
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/ 19 January 2009
Farmers suffering from the ”devastating” drought season in the Eastern Cape have been advised to approach the department of agriculture for subsidies.
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/ 30 September 2008
Newly appointed Director General of Agriculture, Njabulo Nduli, is understood to be leading the charge against Mohlahlane.
Measures to stem the looming food price crisis in South Africa will be put before the Cabinet next week, the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) said on Friday. A short-term solution is likely to involve more funds for the government’s social programmes to protect the poorest of the poor from the price hikes, NAMC chief executive Ronald Ramabulana said.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) expressed disappointment on Tuesday over Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa’s decision not to hold a commission of inquiry into the affairs of the department of agriculture, conservation and environment. DA spokesperson Jack Bloom said it was ”discourteous” to hear of the decision through the media.
South Africa plans to boost livestock and crop production by up to 15% in the next two to five years and help tame soaring food inflation, an agriculture official said on Monday. Priscilla Sehoole, chief communication officer at the Department of Agriculture said the government was ”confident” it would achieve its expansion targets.
Company black-empowerment levels must be considered before firms benefit from international export agreements, Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana said on Friday. ”The government has opened the doors for not one race, or one sex … but for all the people of South Africa,” she told agriculture sector partners in Boksburg.
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/ 8 February 2008
Parts of the Eastern Cape are experiencing an outbreak of African horse sickness, which led to the death of 11 horses in the past six weeks, said the province’s department of agriculture on Friday. ”Fifteen cases have been reported to state veterinarians over the past six weeks alone, mainly in the Ndlambe (Port Alfred) and Makana (Grahamstown) areas.