Redaksie | Editorial
W
hen I was young a drone was a kind of bee;
a mouse was a rodent; a screen used in the
drive-in theatre to watch movies; a bug
was a pest; a crash was associated with an accident
between vehicles; a blackberry was a smallish fruit; an
icon someone te be revered; a gig something
musicians did on a Saturday night and drag; somehing associated with dressing in, uhm.. funny clothes.
Vandag weet ek dat ‘n drone ‘n miniatuur radiogekontroleerde vliegtuig-affêre is waarmee foto’s
geneem kan word vir presisieboerdery doeleindes; ‘n
muis by ‘n rekenaar tuishoort; ‘n screen die kykgedeelte van ‘n rekenaar of selfoon is; ‘n bug of virus
jou rekenaar kan siek maak of laat crash; ‘n Blackberry
allesbehalwe pers is, of geëet kan word; ‘n icon ‘n
programsimbool op die screen van ‘n rekenaar is; ‘n
gig aanduiding gee van die hoeveel megagrepe (niks
met ‘n sterk stoeier te doen nie!) daar op die rekenaar
beskikbaar is en drag te doene het met hoe jy jou muis
hanteer.
Change, change,change...we have come a long way
since the days that a grown sheep cost only R10. To try
and buy meat with R10 these days, will most probably
only procure three slices of pink polony.
Verandering is noodsaaklik om die miljoene monde te
voed, want ongelukkig word ons ou aarde nie jaarliks
groter soos hy ouer word nie en word ons water nie
meer soos in die weduwee se kruik met die olie gebeur
het nie. Inteendeel, die plek om te verbou word al hoe
kleiner. Die mens word gedwing om innoverend te
wees. Nou meer as ooit is innovering nodig om steeds
groter en groter oeste uit bestaande grond voort te
bring.
William Pollard (1911–1989,) a physicist and an Episcopal priest once said: “Without change there is no
innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement.
Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable”.
It is, hence, important that the daily changes we experience be tackled with renewed vigor and the challenges we face in agriculture be confronted with resourceful genius, creativity and cunning. We have come a
long way with many innovations to assist the farming
community towards improved success. Pollard went
on to say: “Learning and innovation go hand in hand.
The arrogance of success is to think that what you did
yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” Creativity
and innovation is thus an ongoing process.
I want to conclude with the words of Shimon Peres,
former President of Israel: “In Israel, a land lacking in
natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage, our minds. Through creativity
and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into
flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology”.
Ek kan dit alles saamvat in die ou bekende uitdrukking:
’n Boer maak ‘n plan.
Chris