Annual Symposia
Symposia are held annually.
2021 SYMPOSIUM: The impact of climate change on sugarcane agriculture in the future
2 & 3 November 2021
- Opening: SASRI Director (Dr Terry Stanger)
- Future climate trends – what we know and don’t know and implications for adaptation of crop production (Professor Angelinus Franke, University of Free State) view pdf
- Research update – Unravelling sugarcane plant response to a future climate (Dr Riekert van Heerden, SASRI) view pdf
- Future sugarcane production areas estimated with the BFAP model (Dr Abraham Singels, ex SASRI) view pdf
- Feasibility to breed sugarcane varieties for a future climate (Dr Marvellous Zhou, SASRI) view pdf
- AGM: Dr Rian van Antwerpen
2020 SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME
Thursday, 24 October 2019.
Theme: Cane Quality
Welcome
Dr Rian van Antwerpen view pdf
Deterioration in Cane Quality and Milling Performance in the South African Sugar Industry from 2007 to 2016
Tim Murray view pdf view video
How UCL handled their Big Midlands Crop
Rolf Lütge view pdf view video
Harvesting Planning and Practices to Maximise Recoverable Sucrose
Don McCulloch view pdf view video
Varieties, Ripeners and Climate Trends
Kerry Redshaw view pdf view video
Annual Symposia
Symposia are held annually.
2021 SYMPOSIUM: The impact of climate change on sugarcane agriculture in the future
2 & 3 November 2021
- Opening: SASRI Director (Dr Terry Stanger)
- Future climate trends – what we know and don’t know and implications for adaptation of crop production (Professor Angelinus Franke, University of Free State)
- Research update – Unravelling sugarcane plant response to a future climate (Dr Riekert van Heerden, SASRI)
- Future sugarcane production areas estimated with the BFAP model (Dr Abraham Singels, ex SASRI)
- Feasibility to breed sugarcane varieties for a future climate (Dr Marvellous Zhou, SASRI)
- AGM: Dr Rian van Antwerpen
2020 SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME
Thursday, 24 October 2019.
Theme: Cane Quality
Welcome
Dr Rian van Antwerpen view pdf
Deterioration in Cane Quality and Milling Performance in the South African Sugar Industry from 2007 to 2016
Tim Murray view pdf view video
How UCL handled their Big Midlands Crop
Rolf Lütge view pdf view video
Harvesting Planning and Practices to Maximise Recoverable Sucrose
Don McCulloch view pdf view video
Varieties, Ripeners and Climate Trends
Kerry Redshaw view pdf view video
PREVIOUS SYMPOSIA
2018: Conservation Agriculture
1. Opening: Dr Carolyn Baker (SASRI, Director)
2. Conservation Agriculture – an introduction: Rowan Stranack (SASRI, Head: Extension & Biosecurity) View PDF
3. Conservation Agriculture legislation in SA: Paul Botha (SASRI, Extension – Eston) View PDF
4. Surface water control with contour structures – using the CoSDT calculator in its design (Guest speaker: Professor, Jeff Smithers, UKZN) View PDF
5. Regenerative Agriculture in sugarcane: Making a start: (Guest speaker: Deon Schröder, Sugarcane Producer – Dalton) View PDF
6. Status of Conservation Agriculture in rural areas (Guest speaker: Lehman Lindeque, United Nations Development Programme) View PDF
7. Should soil conservation be on your balance sheet? (Guest speaker: Dr Philip Theunissen, (Economist & Farmer)
Unfortunately Dr Theunissen had to withdraw from the symposium but sent the following two articles which should be of interest:
Should soil conservation be on your balance sheet? View PDF
Does farm land have a scrap value? View PDF
8. SASIAA AGM View PDF
