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Africa’s small-scale farmers make up nearly 80% of all farms in the agriculture sector ... hard when there’s a drought because these farmers rely on rainwater. South Africa has been affected ...

Still, the overall agricultural production conditions promise to be better than in 2024, characterised by the mid-summer drought and animal disease challenge. South Africa has also progressed notably ...

As South Africa ... with drought-resistant crops and water-efficient technologies, to help other G20 countries and African nations alike develop solutions to climate-related agricultural challenges.

This spontaneous celebration seems symbolic of South Africa’s precarious ... Northern Cape’s reliance on rain-fed agriculture has seen years of serious drought devastate its agricultural ...

His quest to a "zero waste" agricultural system was ignited by the drought and famine of the ... The BBC's Fergal Keane returns to South Africa to follow up on a woman's story that stuck with ...

This comes after a challenging 2024 maize production season marked by drought, according to the Agricultural Business ... noting that this week South Africa imported white maize for the first ...