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South Africa’s agricultural sector’s potential can only be realized if new government focusses on implementation of existing policies rather than coming up with new ones
Inert ingredients are added for purposes other than killing pests and are not required under federal law to be tested for safety or identified on pesticide labels.
A third of South Africa’s farming income depends on irrigation. Disruptions in power supply put huge chunks of the country’s agricultural fortunes at risk.
What kind of evidence does it require to get a widely used chemical banned? A professor of medicine and former state regulator explains how the case for chlorpyrifos as a threat to public health developed.
New research reveals an overlooked, but potentially significant, problem with agrochemicals and pollinators.
Realities on the ground tell a different story from the claim that a Green Revolution ensures food security and increased income for smallholder farmers in Ghana.
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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