{"id":57928,"date":"2022-05-02T06:04:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T04:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/landbou-vernuwe-20220426-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:12:38","slug":"landbou-vernuwe-20220426-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/landbou-vernuwe-20220426-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Landbou vernuwe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die Wes-Kaapse departement van landbou het op 21 April met die w\u00eareldwye viering van kreatiwiteit- en innovasie-dag met talle suksesse in di\u00e9 sektor gepronk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ivan Meyer, die minister van landbou, s\u00ea di\u00e9 dag is daarop gemik om mense te bemoedig om hul kreatiwiteit vrye teuels te gee en sodoende nuwe idees te skep, wat die w\u00eareld \u2019n beter plek sal maak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVernuwing is een van die Wes-Kaapse regering se kernwaardes,\u201d meen Meyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Di\u00e9 soort vernuwing het krag gegee aan die paneelbord van die Wes-Kaapse departement van landbou se landelike veiligheidsmonitering, wat vroe\u00ebr vanjaar die kortlys vir die openbare dienslewering-vernuwingspryse gehaal het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie instrument, wat binne die departement ontwikkel is, monitor landelike misdaad-voorvalle wat <span>hotspots <\/span>binne die landboulandskap identifiseer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2019n Ander inisiatief, genaamd die hulpbronne-doeltreffendheidsprojek, het die goudmedalje in die afdeling vir replikasie en aanpassing van vernuwende oplossings gewen. 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