The recent disruptive and illegal activities that have taken place over the last few weeks in the Western Cape have been proved that this is not primarily about wages or farming issues, but that it was instigated by people frustrated in general with not having jobs and issues related to lack of services and infrastructure within rural communities.

Agroecology is essentially the adaptation of agricultural production practices to the ecological conditions rather than the dominant approach of adapting the environment to suit agricultural practices.

Faced with a fast-growing SA population that literally consumes agricultural production, farmers are under pressure to augment their output to meet the steadily-increasing demand for agricultural produce.

With an increasing population and growing incomes across the emerging markets, trading agricultural futures are noteworthy to investors. While climate change is seemingly tough to tackle with global action in light of recent summits in Durban and Rio, how does the uncertainty ensure contracting at today’s set prices yield tomorrow’s profits?

In 1909 Winston Churchill gazed across the lush green plains of Uganda and named it the ‘Pearl of Africa’. Today, due to Uganda’s incredible biodiversity, the country is promoted as a rapidly developing local organic farming producer.