by Wandile Sihlobo | Aug 1, 2019 | Agricultural Environment and Natural Resource
While memories of Day Zero warnings in late 2017 and early 2018 might be fading in Cape Town residents’ minds, the effects of the water shortages are still felt in some farming communities — and agricultural production has not fully recovered from the damage of the...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jul 11, 2019 | Agricultural Environment and Natural Resource
Erratic weather conditions and more frequent droughts and floods are exacerbating uncertainty in the agricultural sector. While these have largely been a phenomenon of sub-Saharan Africa and Asian countries, the Americas are also starting to experience these harsh...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jul 10, 2019 | Agricultural Environment and Natural Resource
The effects of the changing climate, which is, of course, a global challenge, have been felt in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia in the recent past. This has been through erratic rainfalls and more frequent occurrences of droughts and floods. For countries whose...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jul 6, 2019 | Agricultural Environment and Natural Resource
I wasn’t planning on blogging today, but since I’m currently sitting at the car wash and the queue is long, I might as well use this time to say a few words about South Africa’s latest agricultural machinery sales data. The figures for June 2019 showed a drastic...
by Wandile Sihlobo | May 23, 2019 | Agricultural Environment and Natural Resource
Phumulo Masualle, former Premier of the Eastern Cape province in South Africa, pencilled an essay in 2017 calling for the revitalisation of rural, small towns. In short, he argued that the demise of South Africa’s rural small towns stems from the lack of economic...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Mar 30, 2019 | Africa Focus, Agricultural Environment and Natural Resource, Agricultural Labour Market, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trade, Food Security, General Comments, Land Reform
It is hard to get a clear picture of crop conditions in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai. But reports from a number of media outlets who have people on the ground paint a concerning picture. This afternoon, Al Jazeera came out with a headline — Cyclone Idai destroys...
