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

Farmers’ stewardship: Protecting land and technologies for future

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

Agriculture has always been a story of stewardship, of managing the land with a vision far beyond the present. It’s a truth that remains just as relevant in today’s modern farming landscape, where cutting-edge technology and biological innovations play an increasingly central role. “We do not farm for ourselves; the decisions made on your farm today will determine the course of your children’s story,” says De Bruyn Myburgh, lead agronomist for Pannar Seed.
UFS to lead national circular agriculture initiative

5 days ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

The University of the Free State (UFS) has been selected to host the South African Circular Agriculture Initiative (SACAI), an ambitious programme designed to position the country’s agriculture sector at the forefront of the circular economy revolution. This appointment, says the UFS in a release, not only affirms its Green Futures Hub’s rising prominence but also places the university at the cutting edge of sustainable innovation in agriculture.
Herbicide-resistant weeds threaten soya bean profits

1 week ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

Herbicide-resistant weeds are creating what experts are calling a “wicked problem” for South Africa’s soya bean farmers – and it’s a challenge with no quick fix in sight. In a statement issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria, the phenomenon of herbicide-resistant weeds was described as “a vexing issue” for both producers and agrochemical companies. “The ‘wicked’ connotation touches on an issue to which there is not a clear or easy solution,” they explain.
Global shake-up: SA farmers must act fast, warn top economists

1 week ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

South Africa’s farmers need to urgently expand their export horizons as global trade patterns shift and competition heats up, warn leading agricultural economists Wandile Sihlobo and Dr Tinashe Kapuya, both of Agbiz. In a new analysis, they argue that recent developments in global politics, particularly the policies pursued by former US president Donald Trump, have disrupted long-standing trade systems.
Food For Mzansi wins 21st international media award for Palesa’s Brave Discovery

2 weeks ago | bizcommunity.com | Ivor Price

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies Food For Mzansi has earned its 21st international media award, winning Best Fact-Checking Project at the 2025 Digital Media Awards Africa, presented by WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers.
Growing health: ECD centres in NC cultivate sustainability

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

In the Northern Cape towns of Bergsig and Nababeep, a transformative initiative is taking root, ensuring that young children are not only fed but are also learning the importance of nutrition, sustainability, and community development from an early age.
Urgent reforms needed to boost agricultural financing in Africa

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

Leading global and African financial experts have called for urgent reforms to align financial structures with the needs of smallholder farmers, noting that increased agricultural lending is critical to unlocking Africa’s economic potential. Speaking at a two-day conference on financing Africa’s smallholder farmers in Nairobi, Kenya, experts highlighted the need for government intervention to create a favourable environment for financial institutions to expand agricultural lending.
Outstanding quality marks 2025 wine grape harvest

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

The 2025 South African wine grape harvest is well underway, with winemakers and viticulturists reporting a vintage of exceptional quality across the country. As producers pass the halfway mark, early indications suggest that the harvest will yield wines with remarkable fruit expression, freshness, and complexity. Favourable growing conditions throughout the season have played a key role in producing well-balanced red grape varieties.
ABALOBI shines among semifinalists in Global Food Challenge

1 month ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

The Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge has announced its 2024 semifinalists, with South Africa’s ABALOBI earning recognition in the grand prize category. This year, nearly 1 200 submissions from 93 countries were received, showcasing innovations tackling urgent global food system challenges.
Rural water crisis ignored, warns expert on World Water Day

1 month ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Ivor Price

Professor Philiswa Nomngongo, the DSTI-NRF SARChI Chair in Nanotechnology for Water, highlights the urgent need for a more inclusive approach to water access in South Africa as the world observes World Water Day today. While urban water shortages in Johannesburg and Cape Town often dominate discussions, she highlights that rural communities, which lack consistent access to clean water, remain largely ignored.