South Africa is facing a sharp rise in obesity-related diseases like type 2 diabetes. Between 2010 and 2019, the prevalence of diabetes nearly tripled from 4.5% to 12.7%. This increase is linked to ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s Aerobotics is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in helping fruit and nut farmers improve crop yields. Although the Cape Town-based company only started nine years ...

South Africa successfully negotiated for five stone fruits from South Africa to be exported to China duty-free, but such ...

De Wet Burger of Kambrosig, a dried fruit producer based in Wellington, Western Cape, believes South African dried fruit is the best in the world. South Africa also speicialises in producing dried ...

The harmattan season comes after that of rain and presages the dry spell of the atmospheric heat, sweat, thirst and some SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDERS (SAD), some of them seasonal diseases.

Global Produce supplies fresh fruit to retail, foodservice, wholesalers and e-commerce customers in 44 countries across Asia and the Middle East. It exports South African bananas, apples, cherries, ...

Iran war disrupts shipping South Africa’s fruit exporters face mounting losses and disruption as the US-Israel war on Iran ...

The organisation representing Spanish citrus fruit growers has entered into the row over the importing of South African produce into the EU. Last week, South Africa’s government said it had requested ...

Water is essential at all stages of food production, from irrigation to food processing to washing fruit and vegetables before we eat them. Crops and livestock need it to grow, but water can also be ...