South African farmers are planting more maize this year, covering 2.65 million hectares, according to the CEC. White maize ...

The affected crops encompass approximately 155 882 tons of white maize and 46 969 tons of yellow maize for the 2024/25 season ...

Firstly, South Africa's maize harvest fell by 23% to 12.7 million tonnes. About 6.0 million tonnes are white maize, and 6.7 million tonnes are yellow maize. The overall maize harvest of 12.7 million ...

The agricultural department has issued an alert after a bacterial disease on maize has been detected in four provinces in ...

South Africa’s agricultural sector faces trouble as one of its biggest export region lines up a new strategy and new rules.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — Generally available staple foods such as wheat and maize flour provide energy, but they alone often don’t fulfil the need for all nutrients necessary and sufficient nutrition.

Climate change is making it harder for African farmers to grow the continent’s staple crop, maize. But food activists in ...

South Africa has an agricultural surplus each year, exporting about half of its yearly production. In 2023, South Africa’s agricultural exports amounted to a record $13.2 billion. This is nowhere ...

African Perspectives on Agroecology is a new book with 33 contributions from academics, non-governmental organizations, ...