Agri SA said rolling blackouts affect irrigation reliant and energy-intensive agro-processing industries.
CAPE TOWN - As the country sits with stage 2 load shedding, farmers are raising concerns about the negative impact the power cuts have on their businesses.
The organisation's Nicol Jansen said diesel generators for irrigation farmers to power their pumps would be too expensive. Jansen said it’s been a difficult week for the sector: “It was a really bad week for irrigation farmers. Luckily the weather helped a little bit, so water usage is a little bit lower and that made it a bit easier. We can’t, however, continue for more than a week without electricity or else we will have damaging effects on the crops.”
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