# Die Kanadese eerste minister, Mark Carney, sê hulle sal steeds met Amerika onderhandel oor ‘n nuwe handelsooreenkoms, maar kan reageer as nuwe dreigende tariewe in werking tree. President Donald Trump se administrasie het nuwe tariewe van 50-persent op ‘n reeks Kanadese goedere aangekondig wat vanaf 19 Augustus sal geld. Carney sê as ‘n ooreenkoms […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says they will continue to negotiate a new trade deal with the US, but is willing to respond should the new threatened tariffs come into effect. President Donald Trump’s administration announced new 50-percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods from the 19th of August. Carney says everything’s on the […]
# Standard Bank sê die Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee se besluit om rentekoerse onveranderd te laat, bied welkome verligting vir die landbousektor. Dis geneem ondanks die inflasiekoers wat verlede maand tot vyf-persent gestyg het. Brendan Jacobs van Standard Bank waarsku dat die landbou-sektor steeds aansienlike eksterne risiko’s ondervind, veral weens die voortslepende geopolitieke spanning in […]
# Standard Bank says the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged has provided welcome relief for the agricultural sector. This is despite inflation ticking higher to five-percent last month. Standard Bank’s Brendan Jacobs has cautioned the agricultural sector continues to face significant external risks, particularly from ongoing geopolitical tensions in […]
# Meer as tien-duisend mense is oornag in die suidweste van Frankryk ontruim nadat ‘n veldbrand vinnig versprei het en sowat twee-duisend hektaar grond wes van Bordeaux verwoes het. Data toon veldbrande het vanjaar reeds meer grond in Europa verbrand as die jaarlikse gemiddelde van die afgelope twee dekades. Dit volg op drie opeenvolgende hittegolwe, […]
# Over ten-thousand people were evacuated in southwestern France overnight as a rapidly spreading wildfire scorched through two-thousand hectares of land west of Bordeaux. Data shows wildfires have burnt more land in Europe already this year than the annual average in the past two decades, as the world’s fastest-warming continent has endured three back-to-back heatwaves. […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, moedig ondernemings aan om aansoek te doen vir die uitvoermededingsprogram, wat ondernemings wil help om hul teenwoordigheid op internasionale markte uit te brei. Die program bied ondersteuning met die voldoening aan internasionale standaarde, die verbetering van produkte, uitvoernakoming, e-handel en die uitbreiding van […]
# Western Cape Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism MEC Ivan Meyer urges businesses to apply for the export competitiveness enhancement programme, which aims to help companies expand into international markets. The programme offers support with meeting global standards, improving products, export compliance, e-commerce and production capacity. Meyer says boosting exports is key to creating jobs, […]
# ‘n Studie het bevind klimaatskokke plaas toenemend druk op die landbouverwerkingsektor, wat voedselsekerheid, werkgeleenthede en ekonomiese groei bedreig. ‘n Groep akademiese navorsers sê ondernemings sukkel met watertekorte, stygende temperature en ontwrigte voorraad van grondstowwe. Waterbesparings- en energie-doeltreffende maatreëls is ingestel, maar baie is sonder befondsing en tegniese ondersteuning. Die studie vra klimaatgefokusde opleiding, verbeterde […]
