BKB Main

September 28, 2018
pakhouse food

Fund farmers, not food

During the early years of the current decade, encouraging progress was made in reducing the number of people across the world who suffer from hunger, but the gains made have mostly been wiped out over the […]
September 27, 2018
pakhouse bees

Sunflower pollen has medicinal, protective effects on bees

With bee populations in decline, a new study offers hope for a relatively simple mechanism to promote bee health and well-being: providing bees access to sunflowers. The study, conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University […]
September 25, 2018
Pakhouse Water

Rethinking sustainable development

Growing awareness of the interconnectedness between water, energy and food security is resulting in a more holistic way of measuring sustainability, says Dr Nadine Methner from the African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of […]
September 21, 2018
Pakhouse avo

Avo record a reality for South Africa

The country will have almost doubled its avocado exports when the season comes to a close South Africa will have almost doubled its avocado exports compared to last season by the time the 2018 export harvest […]