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CONTENTS contents Carol Posthumus Climate change [email protected] Editor Riana Lombard [email protected] Advertising Sales Victory in SA’s first climate change court case Research Pg4 Extent of irrigated agriculture in SA: a new status quo? San Code of Ethics launched René van der Merwe Pg6 Isobel van der Stoep Annemarie van der Westhuizen 6 14 Sustainable Development [email protected] Subscriptions and circulation [email protected] Technical Executive Officer 4 Pg15 [email protected] Technical Assistant Goals! Affluence Lite, no poverty 15 Pumps, valves and pipes show Indutec 2017 in Midrand in May 11 KSB in Zambia 12 Dawn helps Wolf Sanctuary with water 13 News Liam Hamer-Nel [email protected] | alliancephoto.com Graphic Design Massive investment in hops in George 18 Sunnyside up – after the drought 29 Contributors: Energy Ian de Jager; Mike de Villiers; Gareth Gregory, Caren Jarmain, Adriaan van Niekerk, Jascha Muller & Ruben Goudriaan, The Conversation. Pg20 Printing Colourtone Aries, Cape Town, RSA Tel: [phone] Pg26 Distribution Hydropower in agriculture blooms again 20 Energy from biogas and organic waste boosted 23 Energy and your operation 30 Biofuels, the potential of papyrus wetlands in Africa ccc How To… How to select and install pipe flanges 26 Ezweni Magazine Distribution www.ezwenimags.co.za Agriculture Need to pull together: key role players 34 Media Support Macadamias, bats control pests 36 SA entrepreneur wins Agripreneur of the Year 38 www.mediasupport.co.za Cover Photograph L’Ormarins hydropower construction by I&F Engineering in action Published by SABI (South African Irrigation Institute / Suid Afrikaanse Besproeiingsinstituut) T: [phone] | E: [email protected] Web: www.sabi.co.za Address: PO Box 834, Strand, 7139, Western Cape, South Africa SABI magazine / tydskrif is a bi-monthly publication. Pg36 Innovations Trench digging 43 Regulars From the editor President’s message Company members Weather Dam levels SABI Approved Designers 2 Training Update 47 3 Subscribe now 24-25 Advertisers contents 40 41 Diary 47 46 Contacts at SABI 48 48 48 © Copyright: South African Irrigation Institute/Suid-Afrikaanse Besproeiingsinstituut) (SABI). Requests to reproduce material herein should be addressed to [email protected]. All rights reserved. Disclaimer: The views expressed herein by authors or advertisers are not necessarily subscribed to or endorsed by SABI or the editor . SABI | APRIL / MAY 2017 1