LOCAL RESILIENCE WITHIN GLOBAL AGRICULTURE
WHEN THE GATES OF NAMPO PARK OPEN EACH AUTUMN FOR THE NAMPO HARVEST DAY, BOTHAVILLE BECOMES A GLOBAL MEETING PLACE. BRAZILIAN AGRONOMISTS COMPARE NOTES WITH BULTFONTEIN PRODUCERS, DUTCH STARTUPS DEMONSTRATE LASER WEEDERS ALONGSIDE HOME...
Needed – in case or for sure?
We have seen how role-players in the value chain – during, but especially after Covid – started to manage stock on the principle of ‘just in case’ rather than the more optimal, cost effective...
Dís hoe ons met genadewater werk
Ek het die afgelope tyd van ’n anomalie (teenstrydigheid) bewus geword wat nogal ’n emosie in my wakker gemaak het. Ek lees van belangrike opinievormers in die samelewing wat as “kenners” skryf hoe ons...
Bly bestendig in die storm (en/of droogte)
In die landbougemeenskap is ons gewoond aan veranderinge en die verskuiwing van risiko’s. As daar tans na die breër omgewing gekyk word, is daar verskeie storms en onsekerhede wat broei.
Op ekonomiese gebied kom die...
Geared for the new season
As times and needs change, it is necessary to make adjustments within organisations and businesses from time to time to ensure that the focus is right and that the teams are adequately equipped to...
Our ability to make the basic and the desirable happen
An announcement on a flight I was on recently just reminded me of our economic state of affairs. The captain explained that they had tried different heights, that the specific one was the best...
Onward, even if it’s uphill
By the time you are reading this, the Cape harvest should be completed and the crops in the north should be planted. Isn’t it just great that the rain has come in time?
We could...
Bangmaakgeluide in die nag …
“Wat laat produsente snags wakker lê? Produsente is planmakers” is die tema vir vanjaar se kongres. Produsente se bekommernisse is ons bekommernisse en ons sal diep delf om by die kern van die kwessies...
The power of opportunity in the power challenge
By this time, everyone must be so fed up with power issues and the search for energy solutions, but I can’t help but give my opinion as well.
The short and the long of my...
Private sector plan for economic growth adopted
At the end of last year, I became involved in the Public Private Growth Initiative (PPGI), which started liaising with the presidency on behalf of business leaders in our country in order to get...
