Tag: climate

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Livestock losses, reduced crop yields, pest and disease outbreaks, and farmworkers’ deaths associated with increased air temperatures as well as...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Many producers in the Kalahari and the Northern Cape have been hard hit by severe drought conditions over the...

Rainfed crop production remains the main source of food security and livelihoods for rural communities in South Africa, but presents the challenge of climate...

In the article ‘The hidden role of water on earth’ featured in the January edition of Stockfarm, we discussed the crucial but often ignored...

Selecting an irrigation system for a site is not always straightforward and may depend on many factors. Sites may be suited to several methods of irrigation and the final selection...