Agriculture
Landbounuus-podcast: Agri-focus highlights of the past two months─── CHRISTAL-LIZE MULLER 11:19 Thu, 19 Dec 2019
In this Agri News Bulletin, we look at the top stories in one of OFM News’s OFM Agri-focus inserts of the past two months.
Deputy President David Mabuza has committed government to provide urgent relief to the Northern Cape farming community whose livestock is affected by the drought condition. Mabuza visited Aggeneys in the Khai Ma Local Municipality as part of the Land Reform and integrated Farmer Support Programme. Mabuza announced government has reprioritised about R30 million for immediate intervention in the procurement and distribution of fodder. This as a short-term measure. He also said government will provide assistance for the production of fodder to increase the current capacity of a fodder bank established by the province. The Northern Cape Province is currently experiencing persistent drought in all of its five districts. Below average vegetation conditions are being experienced over most areas, including almost 15 500 farms with a carrying capacity of about more than 613 4 large stock units.
Die Departement van Landbou in die Noord-Kaap sê daar is geen rede tot paniek oor die uitbreking van Afrika-varkpes in die Campbell-distrik naby Griekwastad in dié provinsie nie. Zandisile Luphahla, sê sedert dit bekend geword het dat die uitbreking plaasgevind het word die departement oorval met oproepe van mense en boere wat bekommerd is oor die verspreiding van dié siekte. Dit kom nadat talle varke op dié plaas by Campbell dood is. Luphahla sê die situasie word gemonitor en die plaas is onder kwarantyn. Luphahla het ook aan OFM-nuus gesê daar word nou saamgewerk met die Suid-Afrikaanse Varkprodusente-organisasie (Savpo) om siektebeheermaatreëls toe te pas.
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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Departement van Water en Sanitasie doen 'n beroep op gemeenskappe en veral besproeiingsboere in die Mafube, Nketoana en Dihlabeng munisipaliteite om hul reg te maak vir lae watertoevoer. Sputnik Ratau, woordvoerder, sê dit is weens die beplande instandhouding aan die Lesotho-Hoogland-waterskema se pyplyn. Ratau sê daar gaan vandeesmaand en volgende maand aan dié skema se waterleweringspyplyn en gepaardgaande stelsels gewerk word. Hy sê boere veral langs die Liebenbergsvlei-rivier en die Asrivier by Clarens in die Vrystaat moet streng by die departement se beperkte waterverbruikskedule vir landboudoeleindes hou.
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