[ANALYSIS] Small-scale farmers should be at centre of land reform: [ANALYSIS] Small-scale farmers should be at centre of land reform: A review is in order as the country contemplates improving its painfully slow land reform programme. Protest at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital causing traffic diversions: It’s not clear who is protesting and whether it’s related to the health … [Read more...] about [ANALYSIS] Small-scale farmers should be at centre of land reform
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Farmers desperate in face of water crisis
Farmers desperate in face of water crisis: (PATENSIE) – AS the drought gripping large parts of South Africa’s Western and Eastern Cape bites harder, farms handed down from generation to generation are teetering on the brink of collapse. Already many farmers in the Gamtoos Valley in the Eastern Cape have reduced the production of vegetables – a core employment opportunity for … [Read more...] about Farmers desperate in face of water crisis
SA News: Peter Dutton’s department blocked white South African farmer’s asylum bid
Peter Dutton's department blocked white South African farmer's asylum bid: Dutton’s comments followed reporting and opinion writing in News Corp newspapers that white farmers in South Africa were being targeted, and was backed by Tony Abbott. It sparked a rebuke from the South African government and was rejected by the foreign ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Another … [Read more...] about SA News: Peter Dutton’s department blocked white South African farmer’s asylum bid
Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods | The Conversation
Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods: Insects are constantly adapting to methods used to control them. Shutterstock/Alf RibeiroInsect pests cause almost half of the crop losses in Africa. If the continent is to feed its growing population, farmers must find ways to control them. Pests account for high losses in other developing regions too. … [Read more...] about Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods | The Conversation
SA News: Farmers in South Africa claim they are being targeted in ‘horrific’ attacks
Farmers in South Africa claim they are being targeted in ‘horrific’ attacks: Officials denied people are being targeted due to their race and said the killings are because of the country’s wider violent crime problem White farmers in South Africa claim they are being targeted in a series of brutal attacks over land that are being ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews R29 … [Read more...] about SA News: Farmers in South Africa claim they are being targeted in ‘horrific’ attacks
