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Transforming agriculture: where is the magic?

Concern has often been expressed over the government's perceived reluctance to give the National Development Plan its full commitment. Professor Mohammed Karaan, Dean of the Faculty of AgriSciences at the University of Stellenbosch, offers his views on how to make the NDP come alive.

22 Jun 2015

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The National Development Plan will only ever be as good as its implementation. Right now, it's missing a spark, some kind of magic to bring it to fruition. Throughout history, most fundamental changes have been initiated by the youth. On our campus, we recently witnessed a new season of activism by the so-called 'inconvenient youth'.

Read the full article on Farmer's Weekly.

Source: Farmer's Weekly

Farmer’s Weekly has a long and proud history of serving South Africa’s agricultural industry. Throughout the years, Farmer’s Weekly has been a clarion for South Africa’s farming community and, the magazine remains fully committed to its original undertaking – the advancement of the interests of farmers and their industry.

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