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Bewaringslandbou kan mielie-opbrengste hupstoot gee
Mielieboere wat geenbewerking of bewaringslandbou op hul plase wil toepas sal kan baat uit heelwat beter opbrengste tydens droër seisoene, omdat hierdie boerderymetodes hulle toelaat ...
Microbes: Our tiny, crucial allies
Most of us considered microbes little more than nasty germs before science recently began turning our view of the microbial world on its head. A ...
Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world
One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that organic farming is inherently sustainable. It can be, but it is not necessarily. After all, ...
Soil Preparation book for grapevine industries just launched!
A brand new book was just released for the wine and table grape industries. SOIL PREPARATION for sustainable wine and table grape production, by Johan ...
Carbon farming can slash CO2 emissions
Soil health improvement, a technique known as carbon farming, could cut the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere by more than one-sixth, a ...
Cover Cropping for Climate Smart Agriculture
In recent years there have been several new terms being used pertaining to modern agriculture. Terms such as Conservation farming, Regenerative agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Climate ...
What is Soil Carbon Sequestration?
What is Soil Carbon Sequestration? Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide can be lowered either by reducing emissions or by taking carbon dioxide out of the ...
Seeding equipment for a drier future
The agricultural sector remains vulnerable to water risks and a changing climate. The droughts we are currently facing have had a great impact on the ...
The role of Conservation Agriculture in Climate Smart Agriculture
The Western Cape Province and especially the agricultural sector is facing climate change with projections of continued warming of between 1.5 °C and 3 °C ...
Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms
It’s now over 50 years since the world was first warned that resources were being used at an unsustainable rate. It has now been estimated that almost one quarter ...
Conservation Agriculture and soil fertility management Part 2
Case study on a degraded soil in the North West Province Following an introduction to some theoretical principles and practices of Conservation Agriculture and integrated ...
‘Soil probiotics’ promise bigger, healthier crops
But there’s a downside More than half the world’s plant-derived energy intake comes from just three crops: rice, wheat and maize. These crops, like most ...
Conservation Agriculture and soil fertility management Part 1
Theoretical principles and practices In South Africa, crop production systems based on intensive and continuous soil tillage have led to excessively high soil degradation rates ...