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Agri podcast: Carbon footprint under scrutiny

───   ELSABÉ RICHARD 11:31 Mon, 21 Sep 2020

Agri podcast: Carbon footprint under scrutiny | News Article

The carbon footprint of livestock has under scrutiny.


Editor of Landbouweekblad, Chris Burges, spoke to senior researcher at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Michiel Scholtz, about the impact of livestock farming on the environment. Scholtz reveals that livestock is not the biggest producer of methane gasses, as people make it out to be.

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A new strategy needs to be developed to combat farm attacks. When farmers are able to defend themselves, they will be able to defend their families and neighbours against farm attackers. This was recently brought to light during a webinar about farm attacks and food security in South Africa. The panel consisted of five speakers, which included the President of the World Farmer’s Association, Dr Theo de Jager, and Independent Community Safety and Violent Crime expert, Ian Cameron. They spoke about the difficulties farmers face and the possible solutions to combat this plague in the rural areas of the country. OFM News’ Elsabé Richard attended this webinar.




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