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Herbicide use in Africa – towards sustainable intensification: Use of glyphosate in Kenya

Kenya’s agriculture is at the forefront of addressing food security, climate resilience, and rural livelihoods. This BFAP–Tegemeo report examines the role of glyphosate herbicides in Kenya’s maize, wheat, and rice production, highlighting their importance for conservation agriculture, no-till farming, and sustainable intensification. Glyphosate enables farmers to reduce soil erosion, improve soil health, and cut greenhouse […]

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Trajectories of South Africa’s Red Meat Industry

This BFAP report assesses the sector’s performance, highlighting key challenges such as high production costs, limited domestic demand and biosecurity risks like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). These issues impact profitability throughout the value chain. The report presents the baseline and improved disease control scenarios, quantifying potential exports and Gross Production Value, and recommends interventions

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Global fertiliser trends: Implications for South Africa’s oilseeds industry

Popular article citation: Ottermann, Helga; Truter, Karen; Haarhoff, Stephano; Van der Westhuizen, Divan, Meyer, Ferdi & Swanepoel, Pieter. 2025. Global fertiliser trends: Implications for South Africa’s oilseeds industry. Oilseeds Focus, September 2025, pages 43-45. In this popular article a team of researchers from BFAP and Stellenbosch University unpack the global fertiliser trade and trends, as well

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DIFM-project: Lessons from on-farm variable soya bean seeding rate trials

Popular article citation: Truter, Karen; Delport, Marion; Glas, Henja & Ottomann Helga. 2025. DIFM-project: Lessons from on-farm variable soya bean seeding rate trials. Oilseeds Focus, September 2025, pages 21-25. This recently published popular article presents an analysis of data from data-intensive farm management (DIFM) trials across three multi-season soya bean case studies, to determine whether

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Canola yield loss calculator app

BFAP was appointed by the Oilseeds Advisory Committee (OAC) to develop a user-friendly App Customisation for a dedicated group of farmers and app-users who would use it to record Canola Yield Losses during the 2020 harvesting season. The app was designed to feed geo-referenced data directly into a database for effective reporting and sharing.   The methodology

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Soybean Yield Loss Calculator App

BFAP was appointed by the Oilseeds Advisory Committee (OAC) to develop a user-friendly App Customisation and visited a dedicated study group of farmers who collaborated in measuring Soybean Yield losses during the 2021 harvesting season. The app was designed to feed geo-referenced data directly into a database for effective reporting and sharing.   Download the report summarising

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Adding value in the South African maize value chain

Unlocking the Potential of South Africa’s Maize Industry BFAP’s report: Adding Value in the South African Maize Value Chain, explores strategic opportunities to enhance domestic value addition across food, feed, starch, and bio-industrial sectors. By benchmarking global trends and assessing local constraints, the study highlights pathways to strengthen competitiveness, create jobs, and reduce reliance on

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Understanding the Factors that have impacted on Cane Production in the South African Sugar Industry

Understanding the Decline in South African Cane Production This comprehensive report, commissioned by SA CANEGROWERS and conducted by BFAP, investigates the economic, agronomic, and socio-political factors behind the significant decline in sugarcane production since 2000. It also explores strategic business options to revitalise the industry, improve sustainability, and support both large- and small-scale growers under

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Implications of the National Water Resource Strategy 2 on irrigation agriculture, its economic contribution and the long run sustainability

Evaluating the Role of Irrigation in Agricultural Sustainability This pilot study, conducted in the Loskop irrigation scheme, assesses the economic, social, and food security implications of South Africa’s National Water Resource Strategy 2 (NWRS-2) on irrigated agriculture. Highlighting the sector’s vulnerability to water allocation reforms, the report underscores the need for a national assessment to

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