agriculture

October 23, 2018
Pakhouse Climate Change and World Hunger

Climate change has had a negative impact on agriculture

World hunger has risen for a third consecutive year, according to the United Nations’ annual food security report. The total number of people who face chronic food deprivation has increased by 15 million since 2016. Some 821 million […]
October 23, 2018
Pakhouse Sugar beans

Sugar beans: A good harvest against the odds

Shadrack Mbele has been getting good returns from sugar bean since first planting it in 2014. Sabrina Dean visited him in the eastern Free State to find out more about his production techniques, and how he […]
October 21, 2018
Pakhouse Global Wheat Market

The problem with being a net importer of wheat

October 16 is World Food Day and perhaps the most fitting thing to do would be to boast about South Africa’s progress in terms of food security, having been ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2017 Global Food Security […]
October 19, 2018
Pakhouse Drought Relief

Almost R1 billion allocated to Western Cape drought relief

The Western Cape is set to receive R974 million from National Treasury and the National Disaster Management Centre for disaster recovery programmes and projects. According to Anton Bredell, Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development […]