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Weeds in fields of crops: Are they always bad?
lifestyle

Weeds in fields of crops: Are they always bad?

Guinness World Records
Offbeat

Guinness World Records: Heaviest weight held with the eyelid

Guinness World Records
Offbeat

Guinness World Records: Heaviest weight lifted by a beard

Weeds in fields of crops: Are they always bad?
Environment

Weeds in fields of crops: Are they always bad?

Guinness World Records
Offbeat

Guinness World Records: Heaviest weight held with the eyelid

Guinness World Records
Offbeat

Guinness World Records: Heaviest weight lifted by a beard

Guinness World Records
Offbeat

Guinness World Records: Heaviest radish

By Shyleen Choruma17-03-2023 07:30

The heaviest radish weighs 45.865 kg (101 lb 1.8 oz) and was grown by Manda Fermentation Co., Ltd. (Japan) as verified at HAKKO Park

Guinness World Records
Offbeat

Guinness World Records: Heaviest lemon

By Shyleen Choruma16-03-2023 07:30

The world’s heaviest lemon weighed 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz) on 8 January 2003 and was grown by Aharon Shemoel (Israel) on his farm.

Digital agriculture
Technology

Digital solutions are boosting agriculture, but it’s time to LEVEL UP

By The Conversation01-11-2022 22:10

Digital agricultural services have proliferated across Africa over the last decade, a great improvement in this department.

Plants to fix heat stress in Africa
Environment

Plants on buildings: The solution to heat stress in African cities

By The Conversation31-10-2022 22:43

High temperatures are a big problem for people living in cities, especially in slums and informal settlements. Can plants fix that?

‘Mango man’ shows how to graft
Environment

‘Mango man’ shows how to graft 300 varieties in one tree

By Agence France-Presse23-07-2022 14:42

Kaleem Ullah Khan, locally known as the ‘’Mango Man’’, shows how he grafts different varieties of mangoes on a 100-year-old tree at his farm

Moon plants
Lifestyle

Scientists manage to grow plants using soil from the Moon

By AFP13-05-2022 11:17

Scientists have for the first time grown plants using lunar soil brought back by astronauts from the Moon.

Pee end products to feed the world
Science

Did you know, ‘pee’ can help feed the world?

By Agence France-Presse03-05-2022 07:00

Plants need nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and we ingest these through food, before “excreting them, mostly through urine

Urine
Environment

The potential of pee: Can human urine help feed the world?

By AFP02-05-2022 15:45

Using urine to fertilise plants may seem crude but researchers are taking interest in the potential of pee to cut environmental pollution.

Plants
Lifestyle

A diet rich in plants shown in ancient West African pots

By The Conversation18-04-2022 12:06

Archaeological evidence of a range of plants found in ancient West African cuisine mirrors the starches and sauces cooked today.

Kim Byungsu, South Korean plan
News

Kim Byungsu, South Korean plant poacher jailed in US

By Agence France-Presse21-01-2022 08:34

Kim Byungsu , A South Korean man who traveled around the world stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of plants to smuggle to Asia was jailed in the US on Thursday.

penis plant
News

‘Tis the season: ‘Penis plant’ starts to bloom, makes history

By The South African30-10-2021 17:38

Yes, you read that right. There is something called a penis plant. And it seems now is the time for it to bloom…

african fruits superfoods
Health and Fitness

Eat more organic with wild African fruits: Your new superfood

By Cover Media08-07-2021 13:45

A University of Johannesburg study has uncovered a host of health benefits in fruits indigenous to Southern Africa.

Sponsor a tree in your dad’s n
Environment

Sponsor a tree in your dad’s name this Father’s Day

By Erene Roux15-06-2021 11:10

Are you still looking for the perfect Father’s Day gift? You can honour your dad this Father’s Day by sponsoring a tree in his name.

And while we were in lockdown,
Environment

And while we were in lockdown, 9 new species were discovered in 2020

By Riyaz Patel16-01-2021 00:47

During the course of the year, scientists and explorers discovered 9 new species: From Mammalia to Reptilia to Plantae.

vegan
Food & Wine

Festive Vegan and Plant-Powered Show: SA celebrates organic cuisine

By Mia Russell06-10-2020 11:28

South Africa’s first online food and lifestyle show that focuses on vegan and plant-based foods and conscious living is set to take place on 28 November 2020.

air
Lifestyle

Breathing easy: Plants that combat indoor air pollution

By Lungelo Mdakane28-06-2020 11:00

Among many other advantages for their human co-inhabitants, plants can convert harmful molecules into friendlier molecules.

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