Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd is a common medicinal plant in Africa belonging to the
Asteraceae plant family. It has been used for decades as a treatment for cold related
illnesses and a variety of other ailments such ...
This thesis is based on application of frailty and copula models to under five
child mortality data set in South Africa. The main purpose of the study was to
apply sample splitting techniques in a survival analysis setting ...
The purpose of this study was to assess and document the use of the Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) in weather and seasonal climate forecasting in Moletjie, Limpopo Province. The objectives of this study were to document ...
The aim of this study was to provide baseline limnology data that can be used in the
management of small dams, Molepo Dam and Hout River Dam. Physico-chemical
parameters were assessed to determine the water quality and ...
Wheat forms part of the most essential grain crop produced in South Africa after maize.
In South Africa, most of the wheat produced is used mainly for human consumption
while the remaining is used for animal feed and ...
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are frequent ailments among humans and are a
high burden to public health. One strategy for the development of new therapies
against pathogenic bacteria such as Mycobacterium ...
Changes in climate and land-use, collectively called environmental changes, have been
a source of concern globally, particularly in dryland grasslands, where people still
heavily rely on services from these ecosystems. ...
Traditional sorghum juice is produced in many African countries for human
consumption. The juice is very rich in calories, B-group vitamins including thiamine,
folic acid, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, and essential amino ...
Sustainable food production has been a major challenge in the era of climate change
and a growing population in the twenty-first century. However, climate change
scenarios such as extreme temperatures and fluctuations ...
The gas sensing performance of two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride
nanosheets (h-BNNSs) has being studied by means of computational and
experimental methods. The structural, stability and vacancies properties ...
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 ...
Beef and chicken meat play a very crucial role in providing food to South African consumers. However, the rise of food prices in South Africa is viewed to curtail progress and drives consumers into debt and forgone opportunity ...
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 ...
Our discussion starts with the study of convergence and clustering of filters initiated in
pointfree setting by Hong, and then characterize compact and almost compact frames
in terms of these filters. We consider the ...
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 ...
Using the ARFIMA (autoregressive and fractionally integrated moving aver age) model extended with sGARCH (standard generalised autoregressive con ditional heteroscedasticity) and ’gjrGARCH (Glosten-Jagannathan-Runkle gen ...
The purpose of this study was to analyse socioeconomic factors influencing formal and informal market participation by beef cattle farmers. Cattle production plays an important role in the provision of food worldwide. It ...
Nature reserves are reservoirs for biodiversity. Their very purpose is to preserve indigenous fauna and flora and thus protect associated ecosystem services. The Schuinsdraai Nature Reserve of rural Sekhukhune District, ...
The agricultural sector is dominated by broiler production and it is the key source of
animal proteins followed by beef. South Africa is described as a net importer of chicken
meat, given that broiler consumption of ...
The unique phytochemical composition of the medicinal plant cancer bush (Sutherlandia frutescens) have made its foliage to gain much attention in South Africa due to its health benefits. In situ harvesting of the plant ...