CROP DOLLAR: Is SA’s novel spekboom restoration a new soil carbon-farming frontier?
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?
By Leonie JoubertSouth Africa
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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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- Length
- 42 words · 1 min read
- Published
- October 11, 2026
- Byline
- Leonie Joubert
- Source
- Daily Maverick