Tag Archives: Farming

Secondary waste management tips for farmers (FoodforMzansi)

There is a plethora of benefits when it comes to renewable energy, waste management, and nutrient recycling, all in ways that help mitigate climate change. There are many advantages to farming, but as in life in general, there are also some drawbacks. Farm waste, including techniques, such as recycling, reusing, composting, and energy recovery, can […]
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Farming in South Africa is being hobbled by power cuts and poor roads. Rural towns are being hit hardest (The Conversation)

South Africa’s agriculture has had great consecutive seasons since 2019/20. The sector’s gross value added grew by 14.9% in 2020, 8.8% in 2021 and modestly by 0.3% in 2022 . This was primarily supported by favourable weather conditions. The current season is also likely to deliver solid growth for the sector, with variation across sub-sectors. […]
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Bringing regenerative agriculture to Africa: Kenyan farmers are enthusiastic but need better packaged info – new report (AFN)

Regenerative agriculture is a common term among farmers in the global north today. A wide range of investors, corporations and innovations are all vying to play a role in the transition of the world’s acres to a method of farming that’s mooted to be able to improve soil health, increase yields long term, reverse desertification, […]
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Transforming food systems through Global Field ID – a new standard for agriculture? (OAGov)

The new digital farming tool ‘Global Field ID’ maps field boundaries with technology and assigns unique IDs to each plot of land, with the potential to track changes in food systems ‘We’re currently experiencing supply chain issues. It’s become a common sight in supermarkets these days. The vegetable shortage that has been emptying the shelves of […]
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New GIBS article: Cannabis industry plans for South Africa have stalled By Motshedisi Mathibe (Moneyweb)

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently reiterated plans to accelerate the commercialisation of hemp as well as cannabis plants. His speech setting out government’s priorities for 2023 was a reminder of a pledge in 2022 – also in his state of the nation address – that the government would mobilise investment in the hemp and cannabis sectors. In his speech, […]
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Importance of agri tech in farming today (IOL)

South Africa’s agriculture is currently faced with an array of challenges ranging from the high cost of production as inputs costs are high, lower output prices for many horticultural commodities, failing local infrastructure, high shipping and freight costs and recently continued accelerated load shedding. Land Bank, the agricultural industry and key stakeholders are particularly concerned […]
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How to help smallholder farmers fight climate change (DM)

In response to these and other challenges that farmers said they face, the University of KwaZulu-Natal designed a training programme on climate-smart agriculture. The first method that farmers learned and practised was the use of the A-frame to mark and plant, following horizontal or contour lines, and the digging of trenches to keep water underground […]
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