Avocados are gaining global popularity not just for their health benefits but now also for their environmental credentials. Despite claims they are water-intensive and farming them leads to ...

Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...

Kenya, Africa's largest avocado grower and exporter and a prominent supplier to the European market, will resume sea exports ...

Discover how South Africa's citrus industry is on the brink of transformation, as leaders gather at the Citrus Summit to ...

Adjusted EBITDA was $17.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, a decrease of $1.5 million or 8% as compared to $19.2 million in the prior year period, driven primarily by lower per-unit gross ...

New Zealand and South Africa meet in a crucial Champions Trophy semifinal in Lahore. Both teams have won this tournament once. New Zealand, led by Mitchell Santner, rely on Tom Latham's runs and ...

As explained in our March 2, 2014, Image of the Day, this is a date orchard near the Orange River in Northern Cape, South Africa. Thanks to all of you who weighed in our February 2014 puzzler. Reader ...

The effort, called Pro-Forest Avocado certification, launched last fall, and uses satellites to monitor orchards for signs of clear-cutting. Ultimately, the aim is to do away with deals between ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

This means that 19.5 million hectares of the 77.5 million hectares of South Africa’s farm land have been affected by the government land reform programmes. There is an important nuance here ...