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Township vegetable garden empowers women
...asparagus. “We started planting okra in 2016 as we have identified a need among residents of other African nationalities,” says Liziwe Stofile, the garden’s coordinator. “It did well under drought...
It doesn’t rain grass!
...can learn from the drought The latest in a string of unfathomable decisions was the announcement published in the Government Gazette on 16 July 2020 by Dr Mmaphaka Tau, deputy...
Undercover farming: big investment, greater returns
...droughts in many years. But the unstable economy and some political aspects are putting people off of investing here. The largest undercover operators are mostly those who have expanded to...
COVID-19 ‘perfect storm’ for African food security
COVID-19’s arrival in Africa has exacerbated pre-existing major challenges to the continent’s food production and nutrition security. These include droughts, floods, extreme temperatures, outbreaks of crop and livestock pests and...
Traceability: beyond the tag
...of the cattle with the 12-month environmental cycle, as the start of the project coincided with the end of a severe drought in Limpopo. At the time, the herd was...
Sound animal health ensures success for top emerging beef farmers
...rotational basis and all animals have access to supplementary winter and summer licks. “During the drought, we also bought in bales and other feed, but this became very expensive, very...
High-end agri products most affected by COVID-19 lockdown
...of droughts and foot-and-mouth disease, South Africa’s agricultural economy rebounded in the previous quarter to notch up 27,8% quarter-on-quarter on a seasonally-adjusted and annualised basis. Sihlobo predicted a 10% year-on-year...
How to deal with mites on poultry
...consumer demand, birds grow rapidly, and far less capital outlay is required, particularly if you can grow drought-hardy crops such as sorghum and herbs for use as feed. Nonetheless, chicken...
Repeal of SA drought disaster declaration met with shock
...provincial disaster management centres; reassessing drought conditions in the country; and following the 4 July lapsing of the National State of Disaster on drought. In a joint statement, Agri SA’s...
GWK and VKB considering ‘possible partnership’
...inevitable that agribusinesses would increasingly have to consolidate their operations. This was the result of the impact of devastating droughts on these businesses’ balance sheets, which had been greatly exacerbated...
Onderstepoort vaccines target emerging and global markets
...and registering its products on many markets. What are the biggest issues in the vaccine market? The vaccine market is affected by the difficult economy, climatic conditions such as drought,...
How NERPO is adapting to a changing livestock sector
...no longer depend on natural grazing only, but require bought-in supplementary feed. Due to more frequent droughts, we can expect to see a situation where livestock farmers will, for the...
