Makgadikgadi farmers sought compensation for cattle lost to culling and movement restrictions, underscoring the cost of disease control falling on the herd owner. [TK: widely reported, uncited.]
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Farming
Vaccination Wins Over Mass Culling in Foot-and-Mouth Response
Veterinarians chose to vaccinate rather than mass-cull foot-and-mouth-infected livestock, relieving farmers and raising cold-chain demand. The shift moves the cost from destruction to logistics.
Post-Mining Pivot: Selebi Phikwe Citrus Project Seeks Expansion
After BCL’s copper-mine closure, Selebi Phikwe’s farming and tourism push includes a citrus project employing over 300 workers and now seeking expansion. A mining town learns to grow.
Clarity on Goods Allowed Through FMD Zones Reduces Trade Disruption
The Department of Veterinary Services listed goods such as hides and processed meats that may move across foot-and-mouth zones, easing confusion. Clarity, not new rules, reduced the disruption.
Border Fence Demanded as Farmers Fear Losing EU Beef Market
Kgalagadi farmers want a 200 km fence along the Molopo River to keep foot-and-mouth out and the EU beef market open. The proposal reads as a measure of how much that market is worth.
How Israel became the Most Advanced Country in Agriculture
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, early settlers who decided to settle in the lands of Israel faced a huge challenge: how to farm in conditions of sweltering heat and minimal rainfall. The land was catastrophically barren, but the desire to make this area...
The Nitrogen Fertilizers Gap: Russian Sanctions, Africa, and Global Food Economy
Sanctions, or talk of sanctions, toward Russia create opportunities for the African Agricultural Economy, especially fertilizer production amongst other things. Throwing threats and executing them are two different things, and what lies between must be an impact...
Russia-Ukraine Geopolitics creates Opportunity for SA Agri-Commodities
All war affects geopolitics and has a direct impact on global economics by reshaping demand and supply. From an international trade perspective, the current Russia-Ukraine dispute has created opportunity for largest African agricultural commodity exporters like South...
Sowing Seeds of Success in East and Southern Africa
The seed industry in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region is among the best performing agricultural sub-sectors in some member states comprising 21 countries. An extract from a report titled “A Regional Perspective on the Development of...