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There are two important answers to the question “why do we need more trees in farmland?” One is global and one is local.

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Soils provide many important functions for plants, animals and humans. The most obvious is for supporting growing crops, plants and trees in the wild, on the farm and in our gardens - but there are lots of others too. For example soil is very important as a home, or habitat, for the teeming millions of soil organisms. It is quite amazing how much variety of life exists in soil.

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As South Africa seems to remain woefully static, the world around us is undergoing seismic shifts. That is not to say we are not deeply impacted, we are, but we are not responding effectively to these changes. This is an uncomfortable truism. 

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For decades, scientists have been warning about potential future effects of global climate change, including more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought, and sharp increases in the number, duration, and intensity of tropical storms.

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A world reinvented via a virtual lens is becoming a more enticing reality of our time.

A team led by Dr Stephanie Midgley, Specialist Scientist for Climate Change at the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, recently completed a Hortgro-funded climate change response strategy for the South African deciduous-fruit industry.