On this week’s episode of Farmer’s Inside Track, Chantel Arendse, the lead for plant biotechnology at CropLife SA, joins us.

Arendse says that given the existing state of the world, farmers will continue to spend what they must on increasingly pricey agricultural inputs despite the rising costs. A high-yielding, disease-free harvest depends on their utilisation of high-quality seed.

“Developing farmers, not only in South Africa but across Africa, are known for saving and replanting their seeds every year.”

She notes that this method’s ability to provide a healthy harvest gradually reduces over time because of the deteriorating quality of the seeds used.

“It is important that farmers carefully consider seed quality when they make these investments, so that all the efforts and use of resources don’t go to waste.”

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