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Linking smallholder agriculture and water to household food security and nutrition

Wenhold, F.A.M. (Friedeburg Anna Maria Wenhold(nee Pape)); Faber, Mieke; Van Averbeke, W.; Oelofse, Andre; Van Jaarsveld, P.; Jansen van Rensburg, W.S.; Van Heerden, I.; Slabbert, R. (Water Research Council, 2007-06)

Promoting household food security and reducing malnutrition rates of a growing population with the same amount of water is a challenge facing South African nutritionists and agriculturalists alike. Apart from non-food ...
African leafy vegetables consumed by households in the Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa

Faber, Mieke; Oelofse, Andre; Van Jaarsveld, P.J.; Wenhold, F.A.M. (Friedeburg Anna Maria Wenhold(nee Pape)); Jansen van Rensburg, W.S. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-02)

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to determine the availability of, access to and nutrition-related uses of African leafy vegetables in rural and urban households; and to determine the β-carotene content of the ...
Primary health care facility infrastructure and services and the nutritional status of children 0 to 71 months old and their caregivers attending these facilities in four rural districts in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa

Schoeman, Serina; Smuts, C.M.; Faber, Mieke; Van Stuijvenberg, M.; Oelofse, Andre; Laubscher, J.A.; Benade, A.J.S.; Dhansay, M.A. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-03)

OBJECTIVE: To assess primary health care (PHC) facility infrastructure and services, and the nutritional status of 0 to 71-month-old children and their caregivers attending PHC facilities in the Eastern Cape (EC) and ...
The protein dispersibility index in the quality control of heat-treated full-fat soybeans : an inter-laboratory study

Palic, D.; Modika, K.Y.; Oelofse, Andre; Morey, Liesl; Coetzee, S.E. (South African Society for Animal Science, 2011)

There are a number of laboratory methods that could be used to estimate the adequacy of full-fat soybean (FFSB) heat treatment. The protein despersibility index (PDI) has been claimed to have the most constant response to ...
Selenium concentration of maize grain in South Africa and possible factors influencing the concentration

Courtman, C.; Van Ryssen, J.B.J.; Oelofse, A. (South African Society for Animal Science, 2012)

A total of 896 maize grain samples were obtained from all the maize silos throughout South Africa (231 silos) and analysed for selenium (Se) content. This information was used to compile a regional distribution map of the ...
Effects of reducing phytate content in sorghum through genetic modification and fermentation on in vitro iron availability in whole grain porridges

Kruger, Johanita; Taylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall); Oelofse, Andre (Elsevier, 2012-03)

Improved iron availability from sorghum porridges will benefit many malnourished communities in rural Africa, where there is a high prevalence of iron deficiency. This research compared the efficacy of reducing sorghum ...

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