Climate Change Impacts on Food Security

The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is sitting on a long list of farmers applying for aid relief, with their plight prompted by adverse change in weather patterns.

MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza, says that weather conditions such as hail have a negative impact on farming communities and threaten food security.

"We have received requests from farmers for assistance because their crop was destroyed by hail. We have a long list of them," explains Mayathula-Khoza.

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