Great doctor, better farmer! It would take a family tragedy to launch this young doctor’s impressive farming career. Following his elder brother Rotham’s tragic passing in a car accident, Obakeng Mfikwe found himself increasingly having to take off time from his medical practice in Fourways in Johannesburg to help his ageing dad with the family’s communal cattle farming at Beestekraal, close to Jericho in North West. And the more he farmed, the more he found himself enjoying it. When he finally took the plunge and bought his first few cows, he knew he was well and truly hooked. So he closed his medical practice and started farming full-time, and within just a few years, achieved some great successes. His Simmentaler and Simbra cattle studs have already won several awards, and he also plants more than a 1000 ha of maize, sunflower and fodder crops on several farms in the North West and Magaliesberg.

Bee Farming in Kenya:
Bee Farming in Kenya:
Honey has been very popular with many people in Kenya.
This has necessitated beekeeping in Kenya.
Professor Miriam Kindiki shares tips on how to be a successful beekeeper in Kenya.
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Farmers in Morogoro, Tanzania teach how to make compost in an organic and sustainable way.

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Farmers in Kenya are dealing with the challenges created by a changing climate by making the switch to ecological farming.

The functioning of the forest ecosystem is complex and often not easy to understand. This includes the mycorrhiza, the living community between plants and fungi. This symbiosis is illustrated with an educational film of the nationalparks Bavarian Forest and Šumava.

The Magic of MycoApply transforms African farmers.

Learn how MycoApply mycorrhizal inoculant products work, including how the mycorrhizal symbiosis is formed, and how this symbiotic relationship benefits plants and soils.

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What do trees talk about? In the Douglas fir forests of Canada, see how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationships—called mycorrhizae—with fungi to relay stress signals and share resources with one another.
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Read ‘Talking Trees’ in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine to learn more about the Douglas fir forests of Canada and the work of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard.

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How do Mycorrhizal Fungi help your plants to grow? This video will tell you everything you need to know about this remarkable symbiotic relationship.

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