South Africa has launched a mass cattle vaccination drive to stem an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that threatens meat, ...

South African farmers are heading to court over restrictions on privately importing and administering vaccines as the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak spreads across all nine provinces.

South Africa’s worst ever foot and mouth outbreak is devastating the nation’s cattle farming industry because of neglected ...

The Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has described the arrival of the first batch of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines as a victory for the country’s agricultural sector and a major step ...

Livestock farming feeds millions of Africans, but it also leaves a carbon footprint that cannot be ignored. The North-West University (NWU) in South Africa’s animal scientist, Prof Kenny Mnisi, says ...

"The [national] livestock population could halve in two years." Farmers sound alarm as staple export takes massive hit from crippling disease: 'The cost to the economy is enormous' first appeared on ...

The Department of Agriculture described the arrival as evidence of its strategic decision to partner with the private sector ...

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South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, has received the first shipment of one million Foot-and-Mouth ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At the Westonaria agricultural park near Bekkersdal, east of Johannesburg, farm workers are busy tilling the soil and planting tomatoes and lettuce. Despite the hive of activity, ...

Hayley Clements receives funding from Agence Française de Développement, Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation, the Benjamin Raymond Oppenheimer Trust, Jamma Communities and Conservation, ...