GROWING world grain market can benefit local industry
February 2019
MARIËTTA CRONJÉ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
South Africa is well placed to take advantage of expected growth in world grain markets. But to achieve it, we will have to establish better co-operation within the value chain and between...
GRAIN TRUSTS support sustainability Part 3: Winter Cereal Trust
February 2019
MARIËTTA CRONJÉ, SA Graan/Grain contributor
The principal object of the Winter Cereal Trust is to undertake and/or financially support scientific, technical or industrial research with regard to winter cereals in South Africa.
Secondary objects of the Trust...
Genoomredigering op internasionale vlak bespreek
February 2019
DR MARINDA VISSER, bestuurder: Navorsing en Beleidsentrum, Graan SA
ʼn Konferensie van die Organisasie vir Ekonomiese Samewerking en Ontwikkeling (OESO) oor genoomredigering, met spesifieke klem op toepassings in landbou en die implikasies daarvan vir...
USA farm subsidies: Lessons to be learnt
January 2019
IKAGENG MALULEKE, junior economist, Grain SA
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is an organisation for liberalising trade among 159 developed and developing countries across the globe; it operates a global system for trade rules,...
GRAANTRUSTS ondersteun volhoubaarheid Deel 2: Olie- en Proteïensade Ontwikkelingstrust (OPOT)
January 2019
MARIËTTA CRONJÉ, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
Die Olie- en Proteïensade Ontwikkelingstrust is op 18 September 1997, met spesifieke verwysing na kanola, sonneblom, sojabone en grondbone, geregistreer met die hoofdoelwit om die oliesadebedryf in Suid-Afrika te bevorder en...
Get out of your comfort zone and GROW
January 2019
LOUISE KUNZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team
‘You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of,’ the American philosopher and motivational speaker, Jim Rohn,...
’n Lewe van oorwinning is JOU keuse
January 2019
MARIETJIE DU TOIT, hoof: Mesites Christen Akademie
Trauma en stres is ’n realiteit in ons alledaagse lewe. Is daar dan enige hoop op ’n lewe van vrede en vryheid? Word my gedrag en lewe...
South Africa’s struggling agricultural sector: What went wrong 20 years ago
December 2018
South Africa’s decision to play by the global rules of free trade post-1994 put the country’s agricultural sector in a difficult position. While it was expected to compete against the best in the...
Heffing om telers te vergoed
December 2018
LEON DU PLESSIS, L&L Landboudienste
Die statutêre heffing wat deur die Minister van Landbou, Bosbou en Visserye op koring en gars, met ingang van 1 Oktober 2016 ingestel is, is onlangs deur die Minister...
Exporting of grains and oilseeds: The 101 of market access
December 2018
R MARINDA VISSER, manager: Grain Research and Policy Centre, Grain SA and DR JULIAN JAFTHA, chief director: Plant Production and Health, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
The development of new export markets is...
