a three hour drive from cape town is some of the best citrus farming in the world. 60 tonnes of clementines harvested from just one hectare of western cape soil. picked, sorted, packed and shipped to supermarkets in britain. robert paterson has built this farming business up over three decades. it relies on irrigation, and that means it relies on the power to pump water. basically, every crop in the western cape, apart from wheat and rooibos tea is irrigated. so, the entire western cape is totally dependent on a reliable power supply, which we haven t got. the western cape is a mediterranean climate, so, we have a long hot summer period with basically no rain, and a relatively short winter, where it is supposed to rain. but for the past seven years, we have had to wait lower than
farming in the world. 60 tonnes of clementines harvested from just one hectare of western cape soil, picked, sorted, packed and shipped to supermarkets in britain. robert paterson has built this farming business up over three decades. it relies on irrigation and that means it relies on the power to pump water. basically every crop in the western cape, apart from wheat and rooibos tea, is irrigated. so the entire western cape is totally dependent on a reliable power supply, which we haven t got. the western cape is a mediterranean climate, so we have a long, hot summer period with basically no rain and then a relatively short winter when it is supposed to rain, but for the past seven years we ve had way lower than average rainfall so we haven t been getting the winter rain that we need
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ANTANANARIVO, May 30 (Xinhua) In Madagascar, an Indian Ocean island country, the month of May is in the autumn season. Hu Yuefang, a Chinese hybrid rice expe
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