Category: IRRIGATION

This is especially true with respect to agriculture, as there are questions and concerns around how the locking down of countries worldwide has impacted farmers and food supply. While the value of South Africa’s exportable agricultural commodities to countries around the world declined 8,8% in 2019 to $9,8 billion (about R166 billion), the picture has…

Agriculture is changing dramatically. Technological advances and the need for sustainable practices in a rapidly changing climate means changing your farming practices to be sustainable. Nedbank wants to walk this road with you. The importance of water in sustainable farming practices cannot be underestimated but, because of South Africa’s variable water resources and water resources…

This emerged during panel discussions at the EU-Africa Business Forum 2017, recently held in Côte d’Ivoire. The theme of the forum was “Creating jobs for Africa’s youth.” Speaking during a panel discussion, Ishmael Sunga, CEO of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU), said ICTs could increase productivity and could make agriculture more effective…

According to Euronews, the aim of the project was to provide these enterprises with the newest insights into best practices and technological advances by adapting a co-creation process between farmers and food producers in the EU on the one hand, and technology SMEs in the region and the key regional universities on the other hand. The…

Christo van der Rheede, executive director of Agri SA, told Farmer’s Weekly that the only way to guarantee food security in South Africa would be through the immediate action by government and Eskom to relieve the crippling burden of load-shedding on farmers. “Without urgent action, South Africa can expect crop failure, higher food prices and shortages of…

Egon Zunckel and his sons, Tyson and Carl, have been implementing conservation agriculture practices, especially no-till, on their farm’s commercial mixed grains operation since 1996. Yet they continue researching and experimenting with ways to improve on the delicate balancing act of increasing crop yields profitably while using natural resources, such as water, ever more sustainably.…

Egon Zunckel and his sons, Tyson and Carl, have been implementing conservation agriculture practices, especially no-till, on their farm’s commercial mixed grains operation since 1996. Yet they continue researching and experimenting with ways to improve on the delicate balancing act of increasing crop yields profitably while using natural resources, such as water, ever more sustainably.…

Irrigation supports 25% to 30% of national agricultural production in South Africa. Although irrigated agriculture uses 62% of the available water resources in South Africa, the importance of this sector for the economy and food security is undisputed. Reducing hectares under irrigation is therefore not the answer to water shortages. What is needed is more…

During his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement delivered on Wednesday (27 October), the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana announced that government planned to increase spending on infrastructure from nearly R67 billion in 2022/23 to almost R113 billion in 2025/26. This would include the rehabilitation of current infrastructure, as well as the building of new roads, bridges,…

This was according to Dr Piet Croucamp, political analyst at the North-West University Business School, who said the global decline in demand for agricultural products, increasing interest rates, and high production costs, were but a few of the reasons behind the perfect storm the South African agricultural economy found itself in at present. “The world…