Prosopis spp have been declared invader species under the Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act of 1983. They dominate vast areas of the Karoo, in some areas to such an extent that it has become impenetrable for animals.
The Agricultural Overview Documents (OVD) contain voluminous information, mainly in text and table form (in Afrikaans).
The project will serve as a pilot project for the future rollout of a GIS strategy to other areas in the Western Cape, specifically in terms of the planning requirements for the sub-directorate: Resource Conservation.
This project involves developing a comprehensive Information Database containing all the relevant Agricultural information in the Western Cape that will provide timely and accurate managerial information.
The project will use a variety of methodologies to map agricultural activities in the Western Cape for use in planning and spatial development frameworks.
The project entails the collation of the latest climatic data statistics and the interpolation thereof using the latest technology to form continuous climate spatial climate models for the Western Cape. Data included are rainfall, temperatures (maximum & minimum), evaporation and solar radiation.