The burden of hunger in Touws River is heavy, as a recent ‘learning journey’ revealed. Understanding how the local food systems work is crucial to stemming further socioeconomic breakdown in this and other small rural towns.
Carin Smith - After a few years of more favourable so-called La Niña weather conditions, South Africa's agricultural sector is bracing for a shift to the usually hotter and drier.
Carin Smith - After a few years of more favourable so-called La Niña weather conditions, South Africa's agricultural sector is bracing for a shift to the usually hotter and drier.
Dr Ivan Meyer, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, at the opening of the 10th International Symposium on the Irrigation of Horticultural Crops recently, highlighted South Africa as one of the driest regions in the world.