Agriculture challenges in South Africa: we need a different lens
What are the challenges facing agriculture in South Africa at present? It’s a question with almost as many answers as there are farmers and other agriculturists in this country.
Soil: where food begins
Much like the air we breathe and the water we drink, we take the soil in which our food grows for granted too often.
Managing Pests and Diseases: The Crop Rotation Solution
Crop rotation is a practice used in agriculture which involves the deliberate and sequential planting of different crops in the same area at other times of the year.
Overberg media trip: stabilising soil structures (part 5)
In this country, soil erosion is a crucial concern (Le Roux & Smith, 2014), and so I was particularly interested to view the ORCT's work in this regard.
