Government is once again failing agriculture by not declaring the Free State/Northern Cape fires – where grazing, animals and homes were destroyed already – as disaster areas. The parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development yesterday called on minister Thoko Didiza to declare the districts affected by fires in the Free State
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South Africa’s diverse weather and climatic conditions enable the country to cultivate and produce a variety of fruits. The country is known globally as a producer and exporter of citrus, deciduous and subtropical fruits. This issue of the Fruit Trade Flow Report looks at citrus fruit (grapefruit and lemons) and pome fruit (apples and pears).
