South Africa's Dam Water: Sufficient for Food Production in the Coming Summer Season?

About this episode

The episode discusses the water capacity of South Africa's dams and its implications for food production in the upcoming summer season.

As South Africa's agricultural heartland braces for the peak irrigation demands of the 2025/26 summer season, the nation's dams hold a cautiously optimistic reserve of clean water—collectively at around 81% capacity nationally, bolstered by persistent above-normal winter and early spring rains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• water supply
• agriculture
• irrigation
• climate
• food production

Keywords

• South Africa
• dam water
• food production
• irrigation demands
• summer season
• agriculture
• water capacity

Mentioned in this episode

Places: South Africa, South Africa's agricultural heartland

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