SA farmers

Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza says farmers are feeling the brunt of high fertilizer prices because of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago, devastating both the agricultural and industrial sectors of the country. Both Russia and Ukraine are major producers of fertilizers. Didiza has been at Mandeni on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, handing over fertilizers to emerging sugarcane and subsistence farmers. “So the small-scale sugar […]