South Africa's Dam Water: Sufficient for Food Production in the Coming Summer Season?

10/11/2025 3 min
South Africa's Dam Water: Sufficient for Food Production in the Coming Summer Season?

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As South Africa's agricultural heartland braces for the peak irrigation demands of the 2025/26 summer season, the nation's dams hold a cautiously optimistic reserve of clean water—collectively at around 81% capacity nationally, bolstered by persistent above-normal winter and early spring rains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.