# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has called for stronger regional cooperation to improve food security and agricultural resilience across Southern Africa. Speaking at a SADC ministers’ meeting in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Steenhuisen warned that 58-million people in the region still face acute food insecurity despite improved harvests. The meeting focused on boosting agricultural production, climate […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, het ‘n beroep gedoen vir sterker streeksamewerking om voedselsekerheid en landbouveerkragtigheid in Suider-Afrika te verbeter. Steenhuisen het tydens ‘n SAOG-ministersvergadering in Victoria-waterval, Zimbabwe, gewaarsku 58-miljoen mense in die streek staar steeds ongekende voedselonsekerheid in die gesig ondanks beter oeste. Die vergadering het gefokus op die bevordering van landbouproduksie, […]
# A new South African Sorghum Bioethanol study has found strong commercial potential for bioethanol production using crops such as sorghum and sugar cane. Speaking at a roundtable in Sandton, industry leaders and farmers said clear demand, stable pricing and government support were needed before large-scale crop planting could begin. The study, commissioned by the […]
# ʼn Nuwe studie van Suid-Afrikaanse sorghum-bio-etanol het goeie handelspotensiaal gevind vir die vervaardiging van bio-etanol deur gewasse soos sorghum en suikerriet te gebruik. Boere en leiers in die bedryf het by ʼn byeenkoms in Sandton gesê ʼn duidelike aanvraag, bestendige pryse en regeringsondersteuning is nodig voor grootskaalse gewasaanplanting kan begin. Die studie in opdrag […]
# The DA says recovery efforts in flood-hit parts of the Western Cape are being slowed by bureaucratic delays. The party cites that communities and farmers in areas such as Witzenberg and Worcester have suffered severe damage to infrastructure, with farm workers displaced and essential services disrupted. The DA’s Noko Masipa says disaster funding is […]
# The South African Weather Service says Ceres in the Western Cape has recorded its highest 24-hour rainfall since records began in 1955 during a severe storm between 10 and 12 May. The area recorded more than 500-millimetres of rain so far this month, far above the long-term average of about 80-millimetres. The service’s Hannelee […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sê Ceres in die Wes-Kaap het tydens ‘n hewige storm tussen 10 en 12 Mei sy hoogste reënval in ‘n tydperk van 24-uur aangeteken sedert rekords in 1955 begin het. Die gebied het dié maand reeds meer as 500-millimeter reën gekry, ver bo die langtermyn-gemiddeld van 80-millimeter. Hannelee Doubell van die […]
# Die DA sê herstelpogings in vloedgeteisterde dele van die Wes-Kaap word vertraag deur burokratiese oponthoude. Die party sê gemeenskappe en boere in gebiede soos Witzenberg en Worcester het ernstige skade aan infrastruktuur gely, met plaaswerkers wat ontwortel is en noodsaaklike dienste wat ontwrig is. Noko Masipa van die DA sê rampbefondsing word dringend benodig, […]
# AgriSA bepleit die vinniger toediening van entstowwe en langtermyn-hervormings in biosekerheid met die regering wat steeds teen die uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer veg. Die organisasie sê meer as 11-miljoen dosisse entstof word teen die einde van die maand in die land verwag, maar stadige verspreiding in sekere provinsies is kommerwekkend. AgriSA se uitvoerende hoof, Johann […]
