AGRICULTURE NEWS - Every year, invasive plants rob South Africa of an estimated 1,44 billion cubic metres of water.
According to Henko Vlok of the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa, this is enough for 3,38 million households of four inhabitants each for a year, or to irrigate 120 000ha of cropland.
With South Africa a water-scarce country, controlling of invasive alien plants (IAPs) is key to protecting our water resources.
IAPs are exotic, non-indigenous or non-native to an ecosystem. Due to resistance to local control factors and a lack of natural enemies, these plants tend to spread aggressively.
Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, Farmer's Weekly.
