Climate and Agriculture : Empirical evidence for Countries and Agroecological Zones of the Sahel 

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Climate change: definitions, measures and models In this first section, we discuss and define the climate and global warming, their measures and the models used to measure climate and climate change. Definitions Climate...

THE BOVINESNP50 GENOTYPING ARRAY IN FOUR SOUTH AFRICAN CATTLE POPULATIONS

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Chapter 2 Literature review Introduction Farm animal genetic resources include all species, breeds and strains of animals, particularly those of economic, scientific and cultural interest to mankind used for agriculture either at present...

ECONOMICS VS. ECOLOGY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOMATO INDUSTRY

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » ABSTRACT Tomato production was an important economic activity in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. A clear tomato yield gap existed between South Africa and the other countries in Southern Africa. Understanding the...

Global Negotiations and Agreements on Agriculture

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » INTRODUCTION This thesis considers the current collective understanding of research on the rights conferred by Intellectual Property (IP) law on the agricultural industry concerning innovation and international food and agricultural law in promoting...

Trends and overview of Conservation agriculture in Africa

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » CHAPTER 4 THE YIELD IMPACT OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE: AN ASSESSMENT OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE Introduction Yields in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa have remained appallingly low despite technological innovations such as...

VIABILITY OF PROBIOTIC CULTURES FROM YOGHURT SAMPLES RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM SOUTH AFRICAN RETAIL STORES

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » CHAPTER 3 :Investigation of the efficiency of encapsulation of probiotics in an interpolymer complex in supercritical carbon dioxide using scanning electron microscopy ABSTRACT Probiotics, beneficial microorganisms, must be available in certain numbers for...

Regional IUCN Red List assessments for South African terrestrial and marine mammals

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Relationship between mammals and human activity measures Anthropogenic activities form a complex web of threats that is influenced by various socioeconomic and political factors (e.g. national policies, economic conditions and a host of...

AFRICAN CLIMATE, FARMING SYSTEMS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » African climate and agricultural potential According to the IPCC (2001), most parts of Africa are mainly tropical and experience hot and dry conditions. Temperate climatic conditions are found in the extreme south and...

Measuring the vitamin A content of South African fortified white maize

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » The South African context In South Africa, refined white maize meal is currently the main staple food due to consumer demand (NFCS, 2000). Ironically, the preferences of today’s African consumers for white as...

Soil Conservation and the Politics of Transition: Settler Agriculture under Responsible Government, c. 1924-34

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Introduction Current discourses on sustainable agriculture (encapsulating issues such as the advantages of organic and conservation farming, action research such as participatory agrarian technology development and adaptive collaborative management, to name a few)1,...