Ivor Price

Cape Town

Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder at Food for Mzansi

🗣 Editor-in-chief & co-founder: @foodformzansi, @healthformzansi @foodforafrika 📚 Google News Initiative scholar 🍼 Single dad

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Articles

Hope in a pocket: Microbes help African farmers thrive

2 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

In many parts of Africa, smallholder farmers face a daunting set of challenges: degraded soils, soaring input prices, and the mounting pressure of climate change. But a quiet microbial breakthrough, born out of decades of soil science and driven by a commitment to farmer resilience, is offering a glimmer of hope.
Banking on seeds: Fowler’s bold plan for food security

2 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

In a world teetering between climate crisis and growing food insecurity, Dr Cary Fowler stands as a figure of quiet resolve and vision. Widely known as the “father” of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and a lifelong champion of crop diversity, his tireless work has been recognised with the 2024 World Food Prize – an honour often likened to the Nobel Prize for food and agriculture.
GMO fears clash with facts, says SA seed boss in Istanbul

2 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

“There is a lot of fear and misunderstanding about what GMOs can do. But the facts speak for themselves,” argues Dr Lukeshni Chetty, general manager of the South African National Seed Organisation (Sansor). She made these remarks in an interview with Food For Mzansi at the 2025 World Seed Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
SA joins global seed talks as trade threatens food security

2 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

South Africa is represented by more than 30 delegates at the World Seed Congress 2025, currently underway in Istanbul, Turkey, where global seed industry leaders are grappling with mounting trade uncertainties that could threaten food security worldwide.Organised by the International Seed Federation (ISF) in partnership with Turkey’s national organising committee, the congress has drawn over 1 600 delegates from more than 70 countries, with 27 hours of trading scheduled across three days,...
Mushrooms save cranes and livelihoods in rural Uganda

2 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

In Uganda’s Rukiga district, a quiet transformation is taking root – one that is rewriting the future of rural livelihoods, revitalising wetlands, and helping save the iconic but endangered Grey Crowned Crane. The unlikely hero at the centre of this success story? The humble oyster mushroom. It began as a seemingly far-fetched idea.
Biotechnology offers hope for Africa, but politics hold it back

3 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

Somewhere between the stubborn red soil and the searing sun, a farmer stands watch over a crop she knows may not make it. Across Africa, more than 41 million smallholder farmers perform this daily ritual, tending fields that feed a continent – and yet, it is they who go to bed hungry. It is they who bear the weight of failed rains, exhausted soils, and indifferent politics. In their hands lies the promise of a future that science could unlock.
Zim’s bold fisheries bill to boost aquaculture and create jobs

3 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

Zimbabwe is on the verge of passing its first-ever Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, marking a major milestone for the country’s aquatic food systems. The proposed legislation, supported by the global FISH4ACP programme, is poised to transform the sector into a driver of economic growth, food security, and employment.
Tiger Brands sells fruit canning unit for R1 to growers

3 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

Tiger Brands has reached an agreement to sell its deciduous canned fruit business, Langeberg and Ashton Foods, to a newly formed company backed by a consortium of fruit growers and a development finance institution. The business, based in Ashton in the Western Cape, employs more than 3 000 permanent and seasonal workers and is a key contributor to the regional economy. It will be sold as a going concern to the new entity, Langeberg Foods Proprietary Limited, for a nominal R1.
Hey brew! Gen Z and Millennials fuel rooibos tea trend in SA

3 weeks ago | healthformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

As wellness trends continue to reshape beverage choices around the world, South African consumers are increasingly turning to herbal infusions, with rooibos leading the charge. This growing trend is especially notable among Gen Z and Millennials, two age groups with a health-conscious outlook, yet distinct preferences in their tea consumption habits.
Rooibos powers wellness trend among Gen Z and Millennials

3 weeks ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

As wellness trends continue to reshape beverage choices around the world, South African consumers are increasingly turning to herbal infusions, with rooibos leading the charge. This growing trend is especially notable among Gen Z and Millennials, two age groups with a health-conscious outlook, yet distinct preferences in their tea consumption habits.