Tag: Drought
Why burn permits are essential: Red flags are waving this fire...
Estimated reading time: 3 minutesLandowners that perform controlled burning on their land, usually apply for a burn permit either through their local fire protection...
A conflagration of fires: Wake up and smell the smoke
Estimated reading time: 3 minutesWildfires have been wreaking havoc across the Eastern, Southern and Western Cape throughout the last six weeks or so. The...
Effect of prolonged drought on livestock numbers in the Central Karoo
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesThe recent drought in the Central Karoo started in the first half of 2015 and lasted until October 2021. Scientists...
Drought management skills a must for SA producers
Estimated reading time: 5 minutesA stakeholder engagement workshop was recently conducted by AgriSETA and Stellenbosch University (SU) to share their findings on their project...
The impact of agricultural drought on smallholder livestock farmers
Estimated reading time: 7 minutesClimate change has a significant impact on global food production and food safety.Agricultural drought has a significant impact on livestock...
Drought lessons from the Kalahari
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesIn one of Adam Tas’s poems, he describes a farmer as a man who does not waver when droughts and...
A fodder bank requires careful management
The production and maintenance of a fodder bank as insurance against unfavourable
farming conditions, is particularly relevant during times when large parts of
the country are...
