All stops are being pulled out, to make logistics of fruit exports run as smoothly as possible, this season. Jacques du Preez, Hortgro’s General Manager: Trade and Markets, said that weekly meetings between Transnet and the various port stakeholders (the…
Text: E Steenkamp South Africa’s pome and stone fruit industries are a cornerstone of the country’s agricultural economy. Roughly 1,150 producers cultivate more than 54,000 hectares, mostly in the Western and Eastern Cape, harvesting about 2.13 million tonnes of fruit…
The Plant Disease Clinic at Stellenbosch University – by Anna Mouton We are all familiar with specialists in human medicine — everything from neurologists to urologists. But did you know of the specialists that offer diagnostics for your sick plants?…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Bekroonde kernvrugboer van Villiersdorp, Sewis van der Horst, is aangestel as nuwe direkteur op die Culdevco-direksie. Van der Horst, wat in 2019 die Toyota Nuwe Toetreder kompetisie vir jong boere gewen het, dien ook op die raad…
The USA has always been a global market and trade leader but in 2017, Asia[1] surpassed the USA in terms of GDP growth. Over a 15-year period (2002-2015) the Asian GDP grew with over 231% from $6.8 trillion US to…
SHAFFE recently shared a report regarding the outcome of the exchange of Produce Coalition with the World Shipping Council to discuss current cost hikes and supply chain disruptions as well as potential solutions. Key messages from this exchange: The World Shipping…
HOW TO EDUCATE AND INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT COVID-19, RATHER THAN INFLAME AND STIGMATISE By Engela Duvenage “We don’t want to work with him again, ever. He had the virus.” “I’m not going near her, because her husband’s sister has…
By Gerrit Rautenbach After obtaining his matric in 1994, Vivian Jakobs’s journey through the world of deciduous fruit began with him checking out the playing field. In 2000 he joined Swaarmoed Boerdery in the Warm Bokkeveld. That’s where he crossed…
Text: Gerrit Rautenbach Georgina Hewitt, co-owner of Verdun Estates, Hortgro Stone Vice-Chairperson, and SIZA Board Director, shared her thoughts on “How to shift from compliance to competitive advantage and what we must do next” at the recent SIZA Conference in Paarl…
We are pleased to announce that The Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA) has entered into a new partnership agreement with appellando to strengthen the protection of human rights and the environment across global supply chains. This collaboration aims to…
SIZA (Sustainability Initiative of South Africa ) Social and Environmental standards were benchmarked against the Rainforest Alliance standard. The purpose of the benchmark was to identify the similarities and differences between the SIZA standards and the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Standard…
The 10-year conference of The Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA) took place on 19 August at Ashanti, near Paarl. By Gerrit Rautenbach SIZA’s raison d’être is to cultivate ethical and environmentally sustainable trade practices across a wide range of…