Coffee lovers, raise your mugs! While your morning latte might hail from distant lands, the true coffee connoisseur knows the origin story begins in Ethiopia. This East African nation boasts a heritage intertwined with the very bean, and sipping Ethiopian coffee is...
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Farming
Navigating FMD Zones: Authorities Outline Permitted Goods
The government clarified in June 2023 which goods may cross foot-and-mouth disease zones, with digital permits proposed to streamline compliance for farmers and traders.
Farmers Demand Compensation for Cattle Culled in FMD Battle
Makgadikgadi farmers sought compensation for cattle lost to culling and movement restrictions, underscoring the cost of disease control falling on the herd owner. [TK: widely reported, uncited.]
Vaccination Wins Over Mass Culling in Foot-and-Mouth Response
Veterinarians chose to vaccinate rather than mass-cull foot-and-mouth-infected livestock, relieving farmers and raising cold-chain demand. The shift moves the cost from destruction to logistics.
Post-Mining Pivot: Selebi Phikwe Citrus Project Seeks Expansion
After BCL’s copper-mine closure, Selebi Phikwe’s farming and tourism push includes a citrus project employing over 300 workers and now seeking expansion. A mining town learns to grow.
Clarity on Goods Allowed Through FMD Zones Reduces Trade Disruption
The Department of Veterinary Services listed goods such as hides and processed meats that may move across foot-and-mouth zones, easing confusion. Clarity, not new rules, reduced the disruption.
Border Fence Demanded as Farmers Fear Losing EU Beef Market
Kgalagadi farmers want a 200 km fence along the Molopo River to keep foot-and-mouth out and the EU beef market open. The proposal reads as a measure of how much that market is worth.
How Israel became the Most Advanced Country in Agriculture
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, early settlers who decided to settle in the lands of Israel faced a huge challenge: how to farm in conditions of sweltering heat and minimal rainfall. The land was catastrophically barren, but the desire to make this area...
The Nitrogen Fertilizers Gap: Russian Sanctions, Africa, and Global Food Economy
Sanctions, or talk of sanctions, toward Russia create opportunities for the African Agricultural Economy, especially fertilizer production amongst other things. Throwing threats and executing them are two different things, and what lies between must be an impact...