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Oudtshoorn: Swaar reëns bring vreugde en chaos
Swaar reëns in die omgewing van Oudtshoorn en vol besproeiingsdamme laat boere breed glimlag. maar oorstromings het tot wydverspreide chaos gelei. Hectic Die Stompdrift- en die Kammanassiedam, wat deel vorm van die Stompdrift-Kammanassie Waterverbruikersvereniging se besproeiingskema, het na swaar reëns in opvanggebiede begin oorloop. Die twee damme verskaf besproeiingswater[...]
Xylem: Why 2024 is the year to champion water
We already have solutions to water problems—it's time we started using more of them. It would be incorrect to say the world does not care about water. It's our most precious resource: without water, there is no life, and water fills many different roles in our societies. From feeding[...]
Improve water use efficiency with Manna Irrigation
Agriculture is facing a scenario defined by drought, flooding and increasingly frequent and intense extreme weather phenomena. The global irrigation intelligence leader, Manna Irrigation helps farmers in the 21st millennium to overcome all the challenges and manage profitable crop production with satellite technology. Hovav Lapidot, CEO of Manna Irrigation[...]
Game ranching part 1: Water for game
by Tisha Steyn Suitable land and sufficient water are prerequisites for a game farmer to be successful. “If a game rancher takes care of his veld, he takes care of the water resources,” says Ken Coetzee of Conservation Management Services in George in the Western Cape province of South[...]
Nuus: Water skep twee wêrelde
deur Tisha Steyn Die Klein-Karoo en Suid-Kaap beleef tans albei “twee wêrelde in een”. So sê Henry Meyer, suiwelen graanboer van Mosselbaai, en Laubscher Coetzee, volstruisboer van Oudtshoorn. Suid-Kaap “Saaiboere soos ek wat koring, kanola en hawer het wat ons wil platsny, stroop en baal, soek nou ՚n bietjie[...]