AgriSA -Impact of drought on Agriculture

If you visited your local retailer or Vegetable and Fruit store, you might have been shocked by the souring prices and probably noticed a scarcity of greens and fruits on the shelves. If you planning to make a nice tasty green salad then on average you can expect to pay R17 for a good quality lettuce R3 for one tomatoes and R12 cucumber and if you want to be fancy and by adding an avocado on average you can expect to pay R20 for one avo. So after going through a basic shopping list we speak to Koos Van Zyl the advisor disaster management at AgriSA for details on the status of Agriculture in South Africa

Guest: Koos Van Zyl
Position: advisor disaster management at AgriSA