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In South Africa’s family farming landscape of 2025, the bakkie might still rumble down dusty roads, but the hands steering it—and the minds shaping its journey—are changing. As agriculture evolves under the pressures of climate change, technology, and shifting markets, a distinct divide emerges between young farmers and their fathers.

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Importance of Maintaining Your Health in a Natural Way 

Food insecurity in 2025 has become a global emergency, affecting over 345 million people — more than double the number in 2020. Once concentrated in low-income countries, it now spans even wealthier nations due to a combination of climate extremes, economic hardship, war, and broken food systems. Beyond hunger, “hidden hunger” from nutrient-poor diets is rising, contributing to chronic health issues.

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South Africa’s diverse climate and geography create a complex landscape for agriculture, supporting the production of summer crops (e.g., maize, soybeans), winter crops (e.g., wheat, barley), fruits (e.g., citrus, grapes, apples), and vegetables (e.g., cabbage, spinach, tomatoes).

Zimbabwe’s recent announcement of compensation payments to white farmers dispossessed during the early 2000s land seizures has been called misleading by the Compensation Steering Committee (CSC), which represents most affected farmers.

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