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The weather during the pomegranate growing season this year is expected to prolong the harvest period, with flowering coming in patches. At this moment, there is around 50% bloom, caused by the very hot weather in […]

The vice-chairperson of Fruit SA, Willem Bestbier, signed a memorandum of understanding on 1 November with the vice-chairperson of CIQA, Wang Xin, aimed at strengthening collaboration to ensure market access for fruit between South Africa and China. […]

The new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between South Africa and the European Union will be implemented on 1 November 2016. This includes duty-free imports of 300 000 tons of wheat each calendar year. The tariff rate […]

The Agro-processing in Africa conference will be looking at the importance of agro-processing in the agricultural value chain. Most people think of agriculture only as the tilling of the soil, or rearing of animals. This is […]