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CROP DOLLAR: Is SA’s novel spekboom restoration a new soil carbon-farming frontier?

Leonie Joubert · Daily Maverick

Published 12 Oct 2026, 10:11 am·just now·1 min read

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Mass-planting spekboom to repair damaged farmlands in the Eastern Cape, paid for through the carbon markets, got supersized with the arrival of weighty Global North investment. Could this mark a new era for African agriculture, where farming soil carbon replaces conventional crops?

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