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Nkosinathi Bareki: Mentor with a calling

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Award-winning production scientist, Nkosinathi Percy Bareki, from the ARC Unit of the North West Department of Agriculture and Rural...

How smallholders can mitigate climate-related hazards

Rainfed crop production remains the main source of food security and livelihoods for rural communities in South Africa, but presents the challenge of climate...

Structures for the on-farm storage of grain

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes When you decide to store grain on your farm and need a storage structure for this purpose, there is...

Poultry production 101: Construct your own broiler house

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Profit margins in the agricultural industry are not always what they should be. Producers therefore need to focus on...

An interdisciplinary approach to climate change

Given the changes in our climate, knowledge dissemination in the agricultural sector could lead to a change in agricultural practices with evident shifts in...

Growing hemp in South Africa: A long road ahead

Nowadays, more attention is being paid to alternative crops and hemp is certainly one that has been gaining its share of the attention. The...

Agro-processing of root crops

Without the aid of food processing, we would not have the convenience of the large variety of food products available in supermarkets and other...