Besluitsorientasie deur inkrementele kostekalkulasie met spesiale verwysing na veldbemesting
Abstract
An increase in the world population constantly
increases the demand for agricultural products.
Consequently the agriculturalist continuously
has to increase production. In South Africa,
almost 90 per cent of arable land is already fully
exploided and yields of cash crops can no longer
be raised at will to meet increasing demands.
More specific, the demand for red meat increased
very sharply over the past decade and ways had
to be found to meet this demand.
Fortunately on a relatively large part of South
Africa, unsuitable for crop production and used
as pasture, production may be improved by applying
some form of radical veld improvement. Veld
fertilization as a means to increase production,
was investigated by South African research
workers for nearly half a century, however, they
were not quite certain whether. it will be an
economic practice, especially in the relatively
lower rainfall areas. (In the vicinity of
600 mm/a). In these areas, veld fertilization
is at present no farming practice but is restricted
to agricultural research. For these
reasons it is not possible to evaluate it from
results as obtaining by farmers. Insufficient
economic evaluation, to propagate this practice
in general has been done.