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In March the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Global Food Price Index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of agricultural commodities, was at 126.9 points, down 2.1% from February. This marked the twelfth consecutive monthly decline since it reached a peak a year ago. Notably, the index is down 21% from March 2022, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. This decline has been observed in commodity prices across the board, including meat, dairy, cereals and vegetable oils. The exception is sugar prices, which are up marginally from March 2022. The 2022/23 global sugar ending stocks are projected to tighten as growth in global consumption exceeds the rise in production.
Volgens die VLO het die wêreldwye graanprysindeks sedert Februarie met 5,6% gedaal en internasionale koringpryse met 7,1%. ’n Sterk uitset in Australië, verbeterde oestoestande in die Europese Unie, hoë voorraadvlakke in Rusland en voortgesette uitvoer deur Oekraïne se Swartsee-hawens, kan die daling verklaar. Wêreldmieliepryse het met 4,6% gedaal, deels weens verwagtinge van ’n rekordoes in Brasilië, terwyl die prys van rys met 3,2% afgeneem het te midde van naderende oeste in groot uitvoerlande soos Indië, Viëtnam en Thailand.
Eskom is diep in die rooi en kan geensins verdere wanbestuur, korrupsie, sabotasie en diesmeer bekostig nie. Privatisering van kragvoorsiening is die enigste oplossing. Tog klou die ANC-regering verbete aan die leisels by Eskom en kondig hulle die een onwerkbare plan na die ander aan oor hoe die kragvoorsiener gered gaan word. Tog meen Ramaphosa die privaatsektor moet help werk skep. Moet dit dan nou met een of selfs twee hande agter die rug vasgebind wees?
If food producers and retailers were empowered to lower the prices of 10 staple foods (preferably including maize meal and eggs) it would benefit consumers and the economy. By working together, a simple 20% decrease across a number of new food categories would help make certain staples more accessible to citizens in lower-income households.If the SA government can motivate or constructively work with food producers and retailers towards this goal, consumers (especially those from lower-income households) could experience relief sooner rather than later.
US Urea barge sales saw a lot of activity this week as US domestic sales sprang to life after Easter. This encouraged traders active in North America to start buying cargos to refill their positions. This buying activity supported prices in a number of urea-producing regions. The Middle East urea price rebounded to $300/t fob after hitting 2 year lows last week. The Brazilian price also rose $15/t in sympathy on this development. READ MORE
“The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is currently in a La Niña state, and forecasts indicate that it will likely return to a neutral state by autumn (Mar-Apr-May). However, ENSO’s impact is limited for the coming seasons until the next summer season which may be impacted by an El Niño state if early predictions are correct. Caution is advised, however, as changes in the ENSO prediction may change during winter and only monitoring is advised at this stage,” the weather service said. READ MORE
The irregular circumstances rocking South Africa are impacting negatively on agriculture. Not only is the agricultural sector bearing the brunt of these circumstances, but they also put transformation initiatives under significant pressure. Transformation, together with growing the sector, is key to changing the dynamics of agriculture and encouraging further job creation alongside skills development and land ownership. READ MORE
Around two-in-five Canadian farm operators are expected to retire over the next decade, the report found, and about two-thirds of producers do not have a succession plan in place.
Over the same period, a shortfall of 24,000 general farm, nursery and greenhouse workers is expected to emerge. ( Video on Farmingportal)
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Wanneer ons oor die krisis van die Suid-Afrikaanse bedeling en ook oor die krisis van die moderne wêreld praat, is dit belangrik om soms net weer te gaan vasstel hoe ons voorouers oor sekere dinge gedink het, en om te gaan kyk of hulle nie dalk al lankal antwoorde gehad het vir vandag se probleme nie. Tradisie is ’n stel oplossings is waarvan ons die probleme al vergeet het. Ons mag dalk net vind dat ons moderne probleme juis nou opduik, omdat die oplossings wat ons voorouers reeds vir daardie probleme ontwikkel het, juis vandag met die badwater uitgegooi word. Johann Pretorius.
Women in agriculture deserves recognition. These women are in most cases graduated or with some form of post-school tertiary qualification and a leader in hear community, church, at the local school, clinic and plays a role in keeping the daily activities on the farm, running.A Women who forms part of the decision making on the farm, support her husband to adapt to the changes in weather, government rules, managing the finances of the farm as a business.A Women who offers an input before agricultural meetings and conferences. This Women has a direct input in the management of the farm and allows her husband to be a farmer and allows him to farm. A Women without a platform to raise her own voice.The reality is that men as farmers compete in competitions, wins luxury vehicles and invited to international agricultural trade and study tours, but never such an opportunity for women in agriculture.
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Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds waarsku dat ‘n ernstige finansiële krisis in Afrika dreig wat sy ekonomiese groei en langtermyn-ontwikkeling aan bande kan lê. Die direkteur van die Afrika-afdeling van die IMF, Abebe Selassie, sê die verwagte krisis volg op die skokke wat die Covid-19-pandemie en Rusland se inval in Oekraïne op finansiële markte het en die gevolglike styging in inflasiekoerse.
The conclusion that agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases is based on a paradigm that can be questioned. The fundamental process in agriculture is large-scale photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide is captured by crops and at the same time oxygen is produced.
Suid Afrikaners wat nie baie kontak het met ware landbouers en kommersieele boere weet nie wat regtig daagliks op plaas in Suid Afrika gebeur nie. Ons landbouers voer 'n stryd teen niks anders as terrorisme nie- Dit help nie om al hierdie groot drome te he en ure lange gesprekke te voer oor hoe om landbou regteruk, as daar nie op grondvlak daadwerklik opgetree word nie.
The global pet-calming products market size is projected to gain remarkable growth from 2023 to 2033. According to the research report published by Future Market Insights, the global market is projected to surpass a valuation of US$ 16.41 billion in 2023. It is likely to hit a valuation of US$ 28.83 billion by 2033. The market is predicted to exhibit a modest CAGR of 5.8% from 2023 to 2033.
In its latest food inflation brief, the Bureau for Food and Agriculture Policy reported that the healthy food basket, which measured the cost of basic healthy eating for lower-income households in South Africa, had increased by 2.6% or R89 m/m in February to R3 504.
Te midde van ’n groeiende dieregesondheidskrisis weens entstoftekorte maak die netwerkorganisasie Saai gereed vir ’n uitgerekte regstryd teen die staatsbeheerde entstofvervaardiger Onderstepoort Biologiese Produkte (OBP).
The South African agricultural sector can expand with the correct incentives and visionary alignment between the government and private sector.My confidence in agriculture’s potential was reignited by the Crop Estimates Committee’s 2022/23 soybean production forecast of a record of 2,7 million tonnes, up by 22% from the previous season
Wine was first produced in South Africa as far back as the mid-1600s by Dutch colonisers who sold it to passing ships. The industry developed further during the colonial and apartheid eras and wine became an important part of the South African economy.
Africa emits less than 5% of global carbon emissions. But the continent has a role to play in meeting the target of limiting warming to 1.5°C. Africa is experiencing high population and urbanisation growth. It is likely to face growing demands for food and basic infrastructure.
Beurtkrag, die vervalle spoorwegnetwerk en voortslepende logistieke probleme by hawens maak beleggers traag om in Suid-Afrika te belê. Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa het egter Donderdag tydens die vyfde Suid-Afrikaanse beleggerskonferensie gesê dié drie kwessies bly fokuspunte van die regering.
Na ‘n paar jaar van geen melkprys-verhoging nie, het produsente teen die einde van verlede jaar ‘n 5,2 persent jaarlikse verhoging verwelkom. Volgens die Namibiese Landbou-unie se verslag van die vierde kwartaal van 2022, het totale uitgawes egter vir 2022 gemiddeld met meer as 20 persent gestyg, en dit is hoofsaaklik aangedryf deur stygings in die prys van brandstof en voerkoste.
Die program, bekend as die Ocean Clean-up’s Great Pacific Garbage Patch, het ‘n skokkende 200 000 kilogram plastiek uit die Stille Oseaan verwyder. Die Nederlandse organisasie sonder winsoogmerk, gestig deur Boyan Slat, wil teen 2040 90 persent van die drywende oseane-plastiek verwyder.
The 2022/23 orange crop in the US is forecast to be the smallest since 1937, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).It was expected that the harvest would amount to 62,25 million boxes or 2,57 million tons, an 86-year low and a decline of 23% on the previous season.
Zimbabwe se Tabakbedryf-bemarkingsraad sê produksie sal na verwagting in 2023 tot 230 miljoen kilogram styg ná afloop van goeie reën. ‘n Rekord-oes word verwag, ondanks kunsmispryse wat weens die Russiese-Oekraïnse konflik gestyg het. Volgens die raadsvoorsitter, Patrick Devenish, beoog die tabakbedryf om vervaardiging teen 2025 tot 300 miljoen kilogram te verhoog.
China was the world’s largest importer of wheat in marketing year 2022-23, bringing in an estimated 12 million tonnes, according to the Grain: World Markets and Trade issued by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Wetenskaplikes het die belangrikheid beklemtoon dat Suid-Afrika stelsels in plek moet hê om sy voedselstelsels te beskerm. Tydens die bekendstelling van die National Biosecurity Hub in Pretoria, is klem gelê op die noodsaaklikheid om navorsing te doen oor bekende en ontluikende bio-sekerheidsbedreigings.
Carnivores like leopards, lions and hyenas have been killing livestock for centuries, causing financial losses to farmers. In many parts of the world, farmers respond by killing these predators. This has greatly reduced the populations of some top predators like leopards and lions.
The logistics challenges faced by table grape farmers in Cape Town have been a source of frustration and concern over the past few months. Farmers have been struggling to move their products out of the Port of Cape Town, which has resulted in significant delays and losses.
“The multimodel rainfall forecast indicates above-normal rainfall for the northeast of the country and below-normal rainfall for the southwest during all predicted seasons. As most of the rainfall during winter is expected in the far southwest, the below-normal rainfall conditions in those areas are expected to have a significant impact,” it says.
It is often claimed that smallholder farmers produce 70% or even 80% of the world's food. This is not correct. Smallholders produce around one-third of the world's food.
According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) projections, the avocado will become the most commercialized tropical fruit by 2030. Global exports are predicted to surpass four million tons, above the external sales of mangoes and pineapples, behind only banana.
South Africa has a food crisis. The food system—made up of all of the activities and actors involved in the production, processing, transportation, selling, consumption and disposal of food—produces starkly unequal access to nutritious foods.
As spring reaches the Northern Hemisphere, the strawberry markets in various countries enter new phases too. In the Netherlands, the shift from Spanish to Dutch strawberries is happening with local supply opportunities arising.
Tru-osmose is dieselfde tegnologie wat gebruik word om seewater te ontsout. Met tru-osmose kon sy 60% van die water uit die urine haal en 85,5% van die ureum herwin.Courtney het daarna ’n hibriede nanofiltrasie- en tru-osmose-proses getoets om chemikalieë uit die urine te verwyder om ’n suiwerder bron van ureum te verkry. Met dié metode is tot 99% van die chemikalieë verwyder en kan die suiwerheid van die ureum tot 89% verbeter word. ’n Verdere ondersoek het bevriesing gebruik om die urine te konsentreer en tegelykertyd ongewenste chemikalieë te verwyder. Dié proses in kombinasie met tru-osmose gebruik sowat 60 kWh per kubieke meter, wat aansienlik minder energie is as ander urinekonsentrasiemetodes, soos dehidrasie, wat 198 kWh verg, of distillering wat 154 kWh verg/ Volgens haar word ’n loodsprojek nou gebou wat 100 liter urine per dag kan verwerk. Om dit op die skaal vir kommersiële landbou te kry, sal 150 000 tot 200 000 liter urine per dag ingesamel en verwerk moet word. Sonder grootskaalse insameling van urine is dit onwaarskynlik dat die landbousektor dus gou urine-gegronde bemesting sal gebruik.
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