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Faster, cheaper, and more transparent cross-border payment services have the potential to improve many lives by supporting economic growth, international trade, global development, and financial inclusion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, a level many scientists consider a dangerous threshold. Realistically, that's unlikely to happen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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AGRI WEEKEND RUSH – with AGRI NEWS NET and Farming portal.News Headlines of the week.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dung beetles are found on every continent except Antarctica, in forests, grasslands, prairies and deserts. And now, like many other species, they are coping with the effects of climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Generative AI can address some of SA’s most pressing challenges and help to transform the lives of many citizens, particularly in healthcare, education, financial inclusion and agriculture. But for this to be effective, SA’s public and private sectors will need to engage in constant open dialogue, concerted action and cross-functional collaboration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A large-scale study of 47 species of monkeys and lemurs has found that climate change and deforestation are driving these tree-dwelling animals to the ground, where they are at higher risk due to lack of preferred food and shelter and may experience more negative interaction with humans and domestic animals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ongoing expansion of factory farming will keep the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement at bay, warned the report titled Climate Change and Cruelty. The study is the first of its kind to assess how consuming less chicken and pig from industrial farms could help protect the environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Renewable technologies are important in meeting energy demands sustainably. This is of vital importance given the roles of fossil fuels in producing carbon dioxide, a key driver of climate change. Renewable energy is growing at a rapid pace globally, with solar photovoltaic power providing about 30% of global renewable power, and increasing in amount by 25% in 2021.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Honeybees are useful not only to humans but to other “free riders” attracted to their stored resources. The small hive beetle ( is one of the species that rely on honeybee colonies to reproduce and survive.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pears are woody trees and shrubs in the genus Pyrus. No one is sure how many Pyrus species there are — it could be anything between 20 and 80. Part of the confusion stems from the natural tendency of pear species to hybridise.Genetic studies show that pears fall into two major geographically separated groups: Asian and Occidental. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Nationals say joining the global push to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas by 30% would ‘take away the backyard barbecue’. We look at the facts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Various industries are searching for emission reduction tactics as eco-consumer rates in the United States rise. The agricultural sector is a significant polluter, requiring technological advancement to enhance sustainability. Environmentalists are exploring the cross benefits of using solar power to support farming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Researchers at McMaster University have created a powerful new weapon against bacterial contamination and infection. They have developed a way to coax bacteriophages—harmless viruses that eat bacteria—into linking together and forming microscopic beads. Those beads can safely be applied to food and other materials to rid them of harmful pathogens such as E. coli 0157. Each bead is about 20 microns, (one 50th of a millimeter) in diameter and is loaded with millions of phages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new campaign is calling for livestock farming to be replaced by a technology that creates protein in micro-organism tanks.  Precision fermentation (PF) is a form of brewing, which sees microflora like yeast or bacteria be genetically engineered to make proteins or fats (rather than beer or bread). This, campaigners say, means that we can create the same ingredients found in animal meat, without the animals.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Horn of Africa experiences two rainy seasons per year. The timing varies across the region, but rains broadly fall from March to May (the “long rains”) and from September to December Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

West Virginia University researchers are working to improve soil health and increase economic gains for Appalachian cattle farmers by bringing nutrients, like carbon, to the soil while decreasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Solar power is undergoing a boom as the energy crisis drives a shift to renewable energy following the war in Ukraine and is expected to surpass coal power by 2027, the International Energy Agency has forecast.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Nearly a decade after the first images of hamburger produced from beef cells grown in a petri dish flooded media outlets, enormous advances have been made in reverse engineering meat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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From Styrofoam packages to saran wrap to toys and dental wear, much of our daily lives involve plastics. The plastic itself is extremely cheap to produce, which is why it seems ubiquitous; but because it does not break down easily, it has become a major pollutant in waterways, oceans, and soils. In short, the Earth has a plastic problem.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Farmers have been left to navigate an increasingly complex tech stack on their own. What's desperately needed is a single, integrated, intuitive interface. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Johan Willemse has extensive industry experience in commercial agriculture in Southern Africa, in various senior positions, as well as in private consulting on strategic market and price analysis for agri business. Extensive experience on the deregulation of agricultural markets (policy and farm level). He is a well-known speaker on these topics to commercial agricultural entrepreneurs and his opinion is also well respected through the publishing of various columns in SA Agricultural and business publications, for which he received several awards. Skakel- Ernst Mielman 083 630 8306 SKADE GENADE - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In the early 1990s, tillage was the leading form of weed control, with minimum/zero-tillage management practices incapable of long-term continuation. Presently, weed control through tillage has virtually disappeared as cropland management systems have transitioned largely to continuous cropping, with zero to minimal soil disturbance.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When we’re done with our plastic, we have three options: recycle it, incinerate (burn) it, or send it to landfill.We think about recycling as the holy grail of environmental action, but it’s not. Most items can only be recycled once or twice (if they’re sent there at all), so they end up in landfill eventually. Recycling delays, but does not eliminate, plastic going to landfill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Researchers at the University of Bristol have found why zebra fur is thinly striped and sharply outlined. Their findings, published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, reveal that stark black-white distinctions and small dark patches are particularly effective in thwarting horsefly attack. These characteristics specifically eliminate the outline of large monochrome dark patches that are attractive to horseflies at close distances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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“The chance of global near-surface temperature exceeding 1.5°C above preindustrial levels for at least one year between 2023 and 2027 is more likely than not (66%).” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The shift began 20 years ago or so, when networked computers became sufficiently ubiquitous that people began using them to build and manage relationships. Social networking had its problems—collecting friends instead of, well, being friendly with them, for example—but they were modest compared with what followed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When President Vladimir Putin opens the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg on Thursday, the attendance cast list will be closely scrutinised - in Paris, Washington, London, and at United Nations headquarters in New York.But Africans will view the event quite differently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Leaders today can have weak climate policies with the continued promise that their countries will still reach net-zero by 2050. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Africa and world farming and agriculture of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Narrowing the gap between the share of men and women who work is one of the very important reforms policymakers can make to revive economies amid the weakest medium-term growth outlook in more than three decades Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The national debt of South Africa was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2028 by in total 167.1 billion U.S. dollars (+59.63 percent). The national debt is estimated to amount to 447.36 billion U.S. dollars in 2028. As defined by the International Monetary Fund, the general government gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 A dispute over agricultural trade created a rift on Monday between Ukraine and some of its strongest allies in the EU after three member states imposed unilateral measures to restrict imports from the war-torn country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economists are optimistic that interest rates will stay on hold this week – but there are still some risks that the Reserve Bank might factor into the decision.The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be meeting this week to vote on the next step forward for interest rates in the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Karen Truter was part of the previous winners of our Exclusive Junior Agri writers awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.