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20 February 2019
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South Africa faces an impending food security crisis if there isn't urgent action to correct unsustainable practices, says an environmental organisation. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), South Africa will have to produce 50% more food by 2050 to feed an estimated population of 73 million people. "We need to understand that our current approach to food production is by no means benign. Both globally and in South Africa, agriculture is the largest land use and has the heaviest ...
Food security read moreNatural Gas from Senegal: European Casts Covetous Eyes toward West Africa https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/natural-gas-from-senegal-european-casts-covetous-eyes-toward-west-africa-a-ab4d2d30-69fd-4b1b-b69c-a1ac1457c35b via @derspiegel
Combating illicit gold markets in eastern and southern Africa https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-gold-east-southern-africa-policy-guidance/?spajax=true
AU promotes cross border agro-parks...
Watch this space for loss of local land rights. Big tech, big money solutions have a high rate of failure and can create opportunities for graft and capture
https://www.busiweek.com/au-summit-showcases-common-african-agro-parks/
A shift to whole grain food would reduce malnutrition and diseases https://mg.co.za/opinion/2022-11-29-a-shift-to-whole-grain-food-would-reduce-malnutrition-and-diseases/ via @mailandguardian
OPINIONISTA: Tongaat Hulett’s woes expose fragility of smallholder farmers in southern Africa https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2022-11-28-tongaat-hulettss-woes-expose-fragility-of-smallholder-farmers/
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