Irrigation is key to growing bananas in marginal areas

In this article, a Mpumalanga farmer who was fairly new to banana production at the time explained the importance of irrigation when growing this crop on marginal land.

Bananas can be grown commercially in marginal areas, provided that an adequate irrigation system is laid on, says Dave Elphick of the farm Althorpe, near Kaapmuiden in Mpumalanga.

Elphick has proved over the past two years that this advice, given