Agriculture is not only the backbone, but also an important sector of the South African economy. It provides food and employment to a majority of people in the country, especially in the rural areas. Smallholder farmers ...
South Africa is characterised by low production which can be attributed to a lack of diversification and flexibility in agricultural production. There has been an explosive change in consumer-food relationships due to ...
The ever increasing number of students who drop out of university remains a challenge
for Higher Education administrators. In response to this, different studies have been
conducted globally in order to identify student ...
Mimusops zeyheri tree groves made up of seventeen trees collected from communities
in Southern Africa were used in this study. The trees had high morphological variations
in terms of growth rate, fruit (size and taste) ...
The Southern African endemic Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana comprises two geographically isolated populations, consisting of a western and an eastern population. Several authors have suggested that the taxonomic ...
Braide, Tamunotonye Mayowa(University of Limpopo, 2015)
Capital is one of the most important factors of production. In South Africa, among other things, lack of finance is one of the fundamental problems hampering production, productivity and income of rural farm households. ...
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 ...
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is one of the important food legumes and a valuable component of the traditional cropping systems. It serves as a source of protein in human diet and plays a major role in animal nutrition. ...
Studies have indicated that sorghum hectares in South Africa have been decreasing over the past decades. This has resulted in a huge importation of the grain sorghum by the country. This study was undertaken due to sorghum ...
The aim of the study was to investigate medicinal plants used for the treatment of various ailments by the traditional healers and local people and to determine antifungal activities against animal fungal pathogens. ...
Agriculture is regarded as one of the pillars for economic development for most developing countries including South Africa; however youth participation in the sector is minimal. Similar to the situation in many other ...
The Glentig, Alma and Swaershoek Formations were deposited after the emplacement
of the Bushveld igneous complex (BIC). The sediments accumulated in what is termed
as the proto-basin of the Waterberg Group. The Glentig ...
The Glentig, Alma and Swaershoek Formations were deposited after the emplacement of the Bushveld igneous complex (BIC). The sediments accumulated in what is termed as the proto-basin of the Waterberg Group. The Glentig ...
The Madzaringwe Formation in the Tuli Basin, Limpopo Province of South Africa is one of the coal-bearing late Palaeozoic units of the Karoo Supergroup. The Madzaringwe Formation in the former Vele colliery (now referred ...
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is amongst the underlying causes of mortality and morbidity globally. However, lifestyle habits such as frequent consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) contributes to its ...
The main purpose of modelling rare events such as heavy rainfall, heat waves,
wind speed, interest rate and many other rare events is to try and mitigate
the risk that might arise from these events. Heavy rainfall and ...
Maize (zea maize) is the most important crop in South African grain production, providing nutrients to both humans and animals. It is a basic raw material for producing fuel, starch, oil and alcoholic beverages, as well ...
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; ...