Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. “This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse,” World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro said […]
Hunger is widespread in SA and malnutrition affects children’s growth. Refiloe Molefe is doing her bit to change this with her food bank project
Food inequality is a complex issue – to achieve food security, we need complex interventions
from various sectors of society
Unified, proactive action is required to push back the frontiers of poverty
Woolworths places sustainability at its core with its Good Business Journey
National dietary surveys estimate that 77% of children between the ages of six and 23 months do not receive a minimally acceptable diet
Eight years after independence, South Sudan still struggles to address media challenges. Independent journalists continue to fear for their freedom
As for a tsunami or any other calamity, corporates and individuals must dig into their pockets
Ecosystem destruction by human activities has reduced plant varieties and other life — and the ability to survive
South Africa faces an impending food security crisis if there isn’t urgent action to correct unsustainable practices
The UFS now has 156 NRF-rated researchers and five Sarchi Research Chairs
Although Africa has the highest proportion of young people, it has the highest prevalence of hunger
Post-harvest management will reduce losses and improve food availability
Among the issues are the need to ensure food security in the future and whether expropriation of without compensation can happen through just the law
There were some African food security initiatives from 2017 that deserve a special mention for the precedent they set.
The state needs civil society to help to combat malnutrition, which stunts children’s potential
The government’s focus on small-scale irrigation has given hope and sustenance to some districts.
A cheap and quick system for testing how fresh beer is could give people a tool to test how fresh all their food is.
The question is: Can those in government work together to claw back an investor-friendly status for South Africa?
Rapid food price increases, drought and rand depreciation is going to force retailers to pass on more inflation to customers than in recent years.
Agriculture is poised to drive a new era of inclusive economic growth for Africa – if smallholder farmers are given the tools to generate income.
The recent rains might ameliorate a bleak picture but there appears to be no silver lining to the problems ahead, including food supply.
Crops should be in the ground and white maize starting to germinate. But only half the national crop has been planted and less than that will survive.
Three friends have launched a scheme to train township pupils to grow healthy food.
Past experience has shown that the government will continue to permit industry such as mining that destroys water supplies.
October 2015 was the hottest October on record. It also holds the record for seeing the biggest increase in temperature for a single month.
Farmers are leaving in droves and land is lying fallow in the face of the worst drought in 23 years.
Unconstitutional land expropriation could ruin South Africa’s bread basket.
Food security has the potential to become a crucial issue amid surging population growth, and our farmers are ageing.
A proposed Gauteng coal mine is threatening 20 000 hectares of food-rich land and vital water sources.
An outbreak of foulbrood disease has killed 40% of the Western Cape’s bee population this year, threatening SA’s R20-billion agriculture industry.
Given the agricultural potential in former homelands and the challenges of communal land policies, this may be the time to review them.