South African food producers need to brace for drought: economist

[BusinessTech]

South African food producers need to brace for drought: economist

Rain-fed agriculture will be under strain when South Africa enters El Niño weather patterns later this year.

 

[rvZA]

South Africa has bigger problems on hand than droughts and El Ninos. Get used to it. We will soon have no food to eat with or without droughts and crazy weather.

 

[backstreetboy]

South Africa has bigger problems on hand than droughts and El Ninos. Get used to it. We will soon have no food to eat with or without droughts and crazy weather.

Do you get paid by a shrink or something?

 

[Jam Sandwich]

Mielies, Cabbage and spinach... Thats all we need..

 

[Temujin]

/shocked
Oh wait, nvm

And most of our dams are still 100%+ from earlier on in summer... no where to put all the new stuff coming this season. If only there was some sort of forward planning and some way to store it all for the next drought in a few years, maybe like building moar dams or something

 

[LCBXX]

Here comes water-shedding.

 

[Scooby_Doo]

I wonder if hydroponics is viable in SA cities yet.

 

[Alexander the Straight]

Who exactly are these South African food producers? It would be interesting to know, 29 years on, what percentage of food production can now be attributed to Black owned and managed farms.

 

[Madhawk]

More your crops to Gauteng. I’ve had enough of rain this year already….

 

[WollieVerstege]

South African food producers need to brace for drought: economist

Rain-fed agriculture will be under strain when South Africa enters El Niño weather patterns later this year.

Not to worry, we'll feed our agriculture from dams instead. /s