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Theses and Dissertations (Agriculture): Recent submissions
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(2020)The smallholder dairy sector in South Africa is characterized by a low input production system and poor animal productivity. Research has been carried out to benchmark cow productivity on smallholder dairy herds; ...
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(2021)Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is believed to be adapted to the arid and semi-arid regions, highly tolerant to pests, diseases and drought. It has the potential to produce a high forage biomass with fewer inputs ...
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(2021)Regardless of the strategies adopted globally and nationwide to fight food insecurity within communities, particularly in the rural context, poverty becomes a major constituent which translates to most rural households ...
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(2020)Most rural communities harvest different plant parts of Jatropha zeyheri for nutritional and medicinal purposes. However, the decision of choosing to harvest the plant part with desired chemical components is essential ...
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(2020)The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of some non-genetic factors on birth weight of Kalahari Red goats. Data on pedigree, breeding and performance records (N=1902) of Kalahari Red goat kids born in the ...
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(2020)This work aimed at assessing the implications of involving local communities in biodiversity conservation in Blouberg Nature Reserve (BNR) in Limpopo Province, South Africa. To achieve this objective, firstly biodiversity ...
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(2020)Potato is the most important vegetable crop in South Africa in terms of contribution to the gross value of agricultural production, export earnings and contribution to food supply base and food security in the SACU region. ...
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(2020)The Nguni is indigenous multi-purpose cattle breed that plays an important role in both commercial and communal farming systems in South Africa (SA). Unfortunately, the breed is currently under threat of diminishing ...
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(2020)Stillbirth is a trait of high economic importance in dairy cattle and is increasingly being included in dairy cattle breeding objectives worldwide. In South Africa, however, there is limited information on stillbirth ...
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(2020)Avocado fruit ‘Hass’ harvested during early-season and exposed to temperature at 5.5°C for 28 d are susceptible to chilling injury (CI); and therefore, develop poor skin colour during ripening. In ‘Hass’ avocado fruit, ...
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(2020)The aim of the study was to assess the extent to which biological indicators and biomarkers can be used to monitor the pollution status of the Sand and Blood Rivers. Physico-chemical parameters were assessed as a primary ...
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(2020)The aim of this study was to investigate the role of Information Communication Technology tools in facilitating development within Community-Based Farming Projects (CBFPs) served by Mankweng Service Centre (MSC). The ...
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(2020)South African dairy cattle industry is characterized by a dual production system, comprising of a high input commercial production system and low input smallholder and emerging dairy herds. Performance data from both systems ...
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(2020)Bush encroachment is a major problem in arid and semi-arid savannas characterized by a grass layer interspersed with a shrub stratum. Land cover change as a result of rapid proliferation of woody species in previously open ...
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(2020)Food security is a broad concept especially as far as rural food security in countries is concerned. In essence, it is a phenomenon with the goal of ensuring that all individuals have at all times, an adequate level ...
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(2020)Worldwide, both root-knot (Meloidogyne species) and sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari Zehntner), are economic pests on sugarcane and sorghum crops. In most cases, each of the two pests is managed using host plant ...
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(2020)A study was conducted to determine the effect of dietary crude (CF) levels of (3, 4, 5 and 7 %) on feed intake, digestibility, growth rate, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and live weight of male Ross 308 broiler and indigenous ...
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(2020)Agriculture in South Africa, particularly in the summer rainfall areas, faces the challenge of optimal crop production in the face of climate change. Climate change scenarios for South Africa have been predicted to have ...
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(2019)Innovative methods of preserving the quality of traditionally processed green leafy vegetables are underway in Africa. Improvement of processing and preservation methods of leafy vegetables is another way of overcoming ...
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(2019)The study was conducted to assess phenotypic and genotypic diversity in resistance to gastro-intestinal nematode (GIN) within communal goats in different agro-ecological zones of Limpopo province. Eighty goats were randomly ...
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