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  • A cost-benefit analysis of alternative management strategies for red deer in Denmark 
    Jensen, Frank; Lundhede, Thomas Hedemark; Sunde, Peter (Springer, 2024-10)
    In this paper, we conduct a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of five alternative management strategies for red deer in Denmark: free harvest, trophy hunting, maximum harvest and two cases for natural demographic population ...
  • Preferences for index-based pasture insurance : a choice experiment in Limpopo Province, South Africa 
    Manganyi, Bernard; Jourdain, Damien; Karuaihe, Selma Tuemumunu (Routledge, 2024)
    South African subsistence livestock farmers rely heavily on traditional mitigation and coping mechanisms to deal with the effects of drought. However, these methods have proven ineffective in managing the full impact of ...
  • Managing trade-offs between communities’ welfare and nature conservation : the case of wildlife management systems in and outside protected areas in Africa 
    Muchapondwa, Edwin; Ntuli, Herbert (Annual Reviews, 2024-10)
    Successfully analyzing and managing trade-offs between community welfare and wildlife conservation are complex tasks that require a multidisciplinary approach and consideration of various factors. Bioeconomic modeling ...
  • Gender differentials in primary processing and market participation by mopane worm harvesters in Zimbabwe : insights from the COVID-19 pandemic phase 
    Musara, Joseph P.; Bahta, Yonas T.; Mapuranga, Rangarirai; Musiniwa, Fredy; Hatab, Assem Abu; Owusu‑Sekyere, Enoch (BioMed Central, 2024-09)
    BACKGROUND: Gender disparities in access to inputs, markets, financial inclusion, and participation in strategic value chains are major developmental challenges in emerging economies. Participation in the edible insect ...
  • Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points 
    Gianelli, Ignacio; Achieng, Therezah; Amon, Diva; Archibald, Sally; Arif, Suchinta; Castro, Azucena; Chimbadzwa, Tapiwa Prosper; Coetzer, Kaera L.; Field, Tracy-Lynn; Selomane, Odirilwe; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Stevens, Nicola; Villasante, Sebastian; Armani, Mohammed; Kimuyu, Duncan M.; Adewumi, Ibukun J.; Lapola, David M.; Obura, David; Pinho, Patricia; Roa-Clavijo, Felipe; Rocha, Juan; Sumaila, U. Rashid (Copernicus Publications, 2024-04)
    Radical and quick transformations towards sustainability will be fundamental to achieving a more sustainable future. However, deliberate interventions to reconfigure systems will result in winners and losers, with the ...
  • Consumers' willingness-to-pay for dairy and plant-based milk alternatives towards sustainable dairy : a scoping review 
    Madududu, Pamela; Jourdain, Damien; Tran, Duc; Degieter, Margo; Karuaihe, Selma Tuemumunu; Ntuli, Herbert; De Steur, Hans (Elsevier, 2024-11)
    The dairy sector is transforming following growing concerns over sustainability, propelling innovations such as plant-based milk alternatives (PBMAs). Researchers have shown increasing interest in conducting studies on ...
  • Empirical analysis of drought-induced cattle destocking in South Africa 
    Nketiah, Prince; Ntuli, Herbert (AOSIS, 2024-03)
    Destocking as a drought mitigation strategy exposes smallholder cattle farmers to adverse effects, including the distortion of farm planning and income loss, as cattle are sold off regardless of the market price. Factors ...
  • Ten new insights in climate science 2023 
    Bustamante, Mercedes; Roy, Joyashree; Ospina, Daniel; Achakulwisut, Ploy; Aggarwal, Anubha; Bastos, Ana; Broadgate, Wendy; Canadell, Josep G.; Carr, Edward R.; Chen, Deliang; Cleugh, Helen A.; Ebi, Kristie L.; Edwards, Clea; Farbotko, Carol; Fernandez-Martinez, Marcos; Frolicher, Thomas L.; Fuss, Sabine; Geden, Oliver; Gruber, Nicolas; Harrington, Luke J.; Hauck, Judith; Hausfather, Zeke; Hebden, Sophie; Hebinck, Aniek; Huq, Saleemul; Huss, Matthias; Jamero, M. Laurice P.; Juhola, Sirkku; Kumarasinghe, Nilushi; Lwasa, Shuaib; Mallick, Bishawjit; Martin, Maria; McGreevy, Steven; Mirazo, Paula; Mukherji, Aditi; Muttitt, Greg; Nemet, Gregory F.; Obura, David; Okereke, Chukwumerije; Oliver, Tom; Orlove, Ben; Ouedraogo, Nadia S.; Patra, Prabir K.; Pelling, Mark; Pereira, Laura M.; Persson, Asa; Pongratz, Julia; Prakash, Anjal; Rammig, Anja; Raymond, Colin; Redman, Aaron; Reveco, Cristobal; Rockstrom, Johan; Regina Rodrigues; Rounce, David R.; Schipper, E. Lisa F.; Schlosser, Peter; Selomane, Odirilwe; Semieniuk, Gregor; Shin, Yunne-Jai; Siddiqui, Tasneem A.; Singh, Vartika; Sioen, Giles B.; Sokona, Youba; Stammer, Detlef; Steinert, Norman J.; Suk, Sunhee; Sutton, Rowan; Thalheimer, Lisa; Thompson, Vikki; Trencher, Gregory; Van der Geest, Kees; Werners, Saskia E.; Wubbelmann, Thea; Wunderling, Nico; Yin, Jiabo; Zickfeld, Kirsten; Zscheischler, Jakob (Cambridge University Press, 2023-12)
    NON-TECHNICHAL SUMMARY. We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting ...
  • Community perceptions on land and water acquisitions in the Okavango Delta : implications for rural livelihoods 
    Phonchi-Tshekiso, Nametso Dorothy; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Selomane, Odirilwe (Taylor and Francis, 2024)
    Large-scale land acquisitions in Africa are increasing, reported often as the transfers of land for food and biofuel crop production. Only reporting agricultural acquisitions underplays potential impacts of other forms of ...
  • Food policy analyses and prioritisation of food systems to achieve safer food for South Africa 
    Dama, Tshilidzi Isaac; Loki, Olwethu; Fitawek, Wegayehu; Mpuzu, Sikwela M. (Elsevier, 2024-12)
    Food safety has become an important international public health and economic issue since the first and only publication of global estimates on the burden of food borne diseases by the World Food Organisation in 2015. The ...
  • What does a just transition mean for urban biodiversity? Insights from three cities globally 
    Mabon, Leslie; Layard, Antonia; De Vito, Laura; Few, Roger; Hatzisavvidou, Sophia; Shackleton, Charlie; Marshall, Adam; Marciniak, Gilles; Moersberger, Hannah (Elsevier, 2024-08)
    Just transitions – responses to environmental change that minimise negative impacts on the most affected people and places, while ensuring nobody is left behind – are gaining scholarly and policy significance in areas ...
  • In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic : perceived risks, management strategies and emerging opportunities for small and medium agri-food enterprises in a developing country 
    Hatab, Assem Abu; Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch; Esmat, Abou-Rehab; Lagerkvist, Carl-Johan (Elsevier, 2023-10)
    The Covid-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to small- and medium-sized agrifood enterprises (SMAEs) in developing countries. However, research investigating what risks Covid-19 posed to these firms, how they ...
  • The impact of trade openness on agricultural growth in South Africa 
    Chisakaitwa, Sibonginkosi (University of Pretoria, 2024-04-30)
    The major purpose is to analyse the relationship between trade openness and agricultural growth. The study employs the ARDL model to assess the influence of trade openness on agricultural growth. Major findings of this ...
  • The effect of land tenure across food security outcomes among smallholder farmers using a flexible conditional difference-in-difference approach 
    Ibrahim, Hussain Kobe; Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina) (Taylor and Francis, 2023-06-13)
    The paucity of literature on the influence of land tenure across a range of food insecurity outcomes may impede a complete analysis in developing countries. This paper examines the association between land tenure and ...
  • Impact of public agricultural expenditure on food availability in Lesotho 
    Kanono, Makabelo M. (University of Pretoria, 2024-02)
    Public Agricultural expenditure plays a huge role in boosting the effectiveness of the agricultural sector. It is also a great tool to curb food shortages. Lesotho signed the CAADP Declaration alongside other African ...
  • A scenario-based enterprise optimisation of mixed farming units in the Hessequa district of the Western Cape Province, South Africa 
    Moore, Dian Erik (University of Pretoria, 2024-07)
    Over the past 20 years, the farming environment has changed significantly, becoming much more integrated and complicated. Whereas the focus was primarily on farming before, it has become a business, where farmers have to ...
  • The appropriateness and sufficiency of public support to small-scale aquaculture producers in Gauteng Province, South Africa 
    Mofokeng, Masuping Berta (University of Pretoria, 2024-07)
    Aquaculture has become a significant global food-producing sector, where, with the traditional capturing fisheries being depleted, it offers a good opportunity to supplement supply in order to meet the increasing demand ...
  • The true cost of food : a preliminary sssessment 
    Hendriks, Sheryl L.; De Groot Ruiz, Adrian; Herrero Acosta, Mario; Baumers, Hans; Galgani, Pietro; Mason-D’Croz, Daniel; Godde, Cecile; Waha, Katharina; Kanidou, Dimitra; Von Braun, Joachim; Benitez, Mauricio; Blanke, Jennifer; Caron, Patrick; Fanzo, Jessica; Greb, Friederike; Haddad, Lawrence; Herforth, Anna; Jordaan, Daniel Du Plessis Scheepers; Masters, William A.; Sadoff, Claudia; Soussana, Jean-François; Tirado, Maria Cristina; Torero, Maximo; Watkins, Matthew (Springer, 2023-01)
    Ensuring sustainable food systems requires vastly reducing their environmental and health costs while making healthy and sustainable food affordable to all. One of the central problems of current food systems is that many ...
  • Policy options for food system transformation in Africa and the role of science, technology and innovation 
    Badiane, Ousmane; Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Glatzel, Katrin; Abdelradi, Fadi; Admassie, Assefa; Adjaye, John Asafu; Ayieko, Miltone; Bekele, Endashaw; Chaibi, Thameur; Hassan, Mohamed Hag Ali; Mbaye, Mame Samba; Mengoub, Fatima Ezzahra; Miano, Douglas W.; Muyonga, John H.; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Ramadan, Racha; Sibanda, Simbarashe (Springer, 2023-01)
    As recognized by the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa – 2024 (STISA-2024), science, technology and innovation (STI) offer many opportunities for addressing the main constraints to embracing transformation ...
  • Ensuring access to safe and nutritious food for all through the transformation of food systems 
    Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Soussana, Jean-François; Cole, Martin; Kambugu, Andrew; Zilberman, David (Springer, 2023-01)
    Action Track 1 of the Food Systems Summit offers an opportunity to bring together the crucial elements of food safety, nutrition, poverty and inequalities in the framework of food systems within the context of climate and ...