WRC tools help farmers improve efficiency, cut costs

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Agriculture  C ompared to other countries, the level of subsidisation of agriculture in South Africa is one of the lowest in the world. This means that local farmers have to continually raise the efficiency of their operations to remain profitable. Over the past few years, local agriculture has also been hard hit by exceptionally high input price increases, for example, fuel, fertilisers and electricity. Water management, mainly in respect to irrigation practice, is one of the most critical determinants of economically efficient crop production, particularly in a seasonally dry country such as South Africa.

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