GOOD NEWS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN CITRUS INDUSTRY
At the beginning of 2020, the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service citrus annual report predicted that the South African citrus industry would continue to grow strongly in the production and export of soft citrus, lemons, and [...]
HOW SOUTH AFRICA’S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS AVERTED A COVID-19 DISASTER
As a net exporter of many agricultural products, South Africa’s agricultural industry would have been in dire straits had it failed to adapt to the difficulties presented by Covid-19. But quick thinking and rapid adjustments [...]
SA takes proactive approach to FCM
For the first time since 2018 when the South African citrus industry introduced its False Codling Moth Management System, the citrus industry has had to intervene in its normal functioning to manage false codling moth. [...]
12-14 million people will move to cities over next 15 years
The South African Bureau for Agricultural and Food Policy expects the country’s economic recovery to be a prolonged process “with real GDP only projected to exceed 2019 levels by 2026”, according to their newly released [...]
Shipping lines holding the cards in the new Covid world
Maritime consultancy Drewry has warned that container costs could go through the roof, due to the current situation featuring blank sailings, arrival delays, capacity contraction, schedule unreliability and resulting cargo roll-overs. Such is the effect [...]
Citrus boost for immunity
Immunity has been on the mind of everyone - what with the Coronavirus pandemic taking its toll. On https://food.ndtv.com/ is the perfect shake, brimming with the goodness of citrusy orange and carrots, spices like cinnamon, ginger and [...]
Confronting climate change
CGA was a founding member of the Confronting Climate Change (CCC) project - a South African fruit and wine initiative that began in 2008. The basic concept for the project was to enable producers and [...]
Citrus companies setting shipping example for grapes & stonefruit
Citrus companies are setting an example with their increased return to conventional shipping this season, in large degree to compensate for the delays and inefficiencies at the Cape Town Container Terminal. "Year to date, we [...]
Automated shuttle car optimises packhouse flow
Many packhouses are looking to reduce the amount of forklifts operating on the floor. Thus Somerset West-based Gossamer Packaging Machinery have designed an automated shuttle car for the circulation of empty and full pallets or [...]