Transcription of AGRICULTURE: FACTS & TRENDS South Africa
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AGRICULTURE: FACTS & TRENDS . South Africa 1. FOREWORD. This report provides a snapshot of the overwhelming evidence Agriculture has done more to reshape that we need better environmental practices if we want to ensure ongoing productive agricultural systems and food security in South Africa . It also serves to underpin WWF's drive to promote the protection of natural ecosystems, which produce the critical the natural world than anything else goods and services that underpin agricultural practices in the country. We have not attempted to specify every issue, but rather we humans do, both its landscapes and aimed to provide a broad view of the negative impacts of agri its fauna and flora. Our eating also cultural development that is focused on maximum productivity by exploiting natural resources while disregarding the complex constitutes a relationship with dozens hidden costs financial and otherwise of food production. It also highlights some of the best-practice solutions we need to of other species - plants, animals and follow if we want to meet our growing demand for food and fibre fungi - with which we have co-evolved to the point where our fates are deeply one of the key challenges of the 21st century.
South African wheat 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 3 000 3 500 4 000 Production vs Demand Source data: Agricultural Statistics, 2008 ... The organic (chemical free) industry is the fastest-growing industry segment world-wide. World organic food sales jumped from $23 billion in 2002 to $52 billion in
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