AGRI NEWS NET -Summary of the Weeks News - 20th June 2021

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To keep the agricultural sector on its current growth trajectory, government urgently needs to address its shortcomings in terms of infrastructure and biosecurity management, inefficiencies in service delivery and issues around exports. This was the opinion expressed by Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) Commodity Markets and Foresight Manager, Dr Tracy Davids.

There are nearly 120,000 ostriches farms in Iran Ostrich is a native bird to Africa and requires warm climate to be farmed. Such climate can easily be found in Iran and currently twelve provinces are farming ostriches. All Iranian provinces, except those in north, have the potential to start ostrich farming.

Mnr. Pieter du Plessis van SA Water Warriors sê dié dorpe gaan sedert 2015 onder die droogte se impak gebuk, asook die slegte maatskaplik-ekonomiese omstandighede in die provinsie waar watertekorte, voedselonsekerheid en onvoorspelbare reënvalpatrone ervaar word.

In die VSA is 81% van die kweekhuisgasse wat vrygestel word koolstof dioksied en slegs 10% is metaan .Landbou is verantwoordelik vir 10% van die VSA se kweekhuisgasse, vervoer vir 28% en elektrisiteit vir 27% . Dit is ook belangrik om na die energie verbruik van die verskillende protein bronne te kyk in MJ/kg protein.

Biotechnology has a number of applications in the agricultural industry -- and not all of them are cause for concern. Throughout history, farmers have selectively bred animals and propagated plants to promote certain traits.

An agricultural economist and part-time farmer, Dr Pieter Taljaard, has been appointed as Grain SA’s new chief executive. This morning, the organisation announced that he would take over the reins from Jannie de Villiers on 1 September.

South African Liquor Brandowners Association (Salba) has issued a statement that acknowledges the government's decision to consider preserving the economic livelihoods of South Africa's citizens, but calls for greater effort to be deployed in the vaccine rollout. It also called for an explanation of the rationale behind the decision to restrict retail alcohol sales over the weekend.

New findings share how prescribed fire and no-till management impact soil microbes.-Using no-till and prescribed fire management are two potential ways to manage crop residue. Both practices help keep organic matter and nitrogen in the soil. However, research was needed to understand how these two practices can affect long-term soil health.

NAMIBIË- Minder beeste bemark in die afgelope ses maande is minder slagdiere in Namibië bemark omdat boere hul kuddes begin heropbou ná die driejaardroogte wat sedert 2019 reusekuddeverminderings noodsaaklik gemaak het.

According to shipping, port and logistics industry analyst Jon Monroe, we are seeing a flurry of new container services entering the Trans-Pacific route. Two new services from BAL and CU Lines, although small and irregular, will call at Southern California ports from China in the coming weeks.

In the global consumption of chicken eggs, China has a massive lead over all other countries. At 58.6M tonnes in 2020, Chinese consumption was almost 9 times higher than the US, which ranked second in production and consumption. China also is the first in the world for per capita consumption (40kg per year per person).

Suid-Afrikaanse oesterboere en kleinskaalse vissermanne het beswaar gemaak teen die voorstel dat Turkse kragskepe aan die Suid-Afrikaanse kus kan anker gooi vir kragopwekking. Die oesterboere en vissermanne vrees dat die drywende gasturbine-kragopwekkers nadelig sal wees vir die omgewing.

Without healthy land and soil, society is unable to produce the food needed to sustain growing populations. Globally, desertification affects about 70% of dry lands and 73% of Africa’s agricultural land is degraded. According to the UNEP and other reports, about 91% of South Africa is dry land, making it susceptible to desertification, land degradation and the effects of drought.

Desertification is land degradation in drylands due to human activities and, of course, climate change.- Drylands cover about 46,2% of the globe’s total land area and are home to three billion people. More than 20% of global plant biodiversity centres are located within drylands.

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