Aspalathus linearis vorm deel van die Fabaceae familie. Die plant is n bladboudende, stikstofbindende naalddraer waarvan die naalde en dunner stingels geoes word vir bemarking as rooibostee. Die inbeemse plant, wat natuurlik ...

This study analysed driving forces behind land use change in the Southern Nations and Nationalities peoples’ Region of Ethiopia (SNNPR) where significant changes in forests, agricultural lands, grasslands and shrub land ...

This study contributed to the existing body of literature on the economics of smallholder livestock systems and management of conflicts between livelihood objectives of local livestock farming communities and neighbouring ...

This study attempts to explain the inability of resource constrained farmers in Zambia to invest in soil fertility enhancing improved fallows, a sustainable land use practice developed by the World Agroforestry Centre ...

Pulses (common beans and cowpeas) provide a major alternative source of protein, and the rapid rise in food prices has led to an increase in the consumption of inexpensive pulses. The slow growth in pulse production has, ...

There have been a number of support initiatives rendered to the small-scale sugarcane farmers in Mpumalanga but the sugarcane production there has remained low. This raised some questions on the efficient use of available ...

In rain-fed farming systems, a poor harvest can have broad and overwhelming effects on affected households. Smallholder farmers have to ensure that they have adequate food from one harvest to the other and enough inputs ...

Deteriorating quantity and quality of wetland ecosystem services is a major challenge for the conservation of the Lawuba wetland: socioeconomically the most important wetland area in Swaziland. In response, this study was ...

Common beans are one of the most important food and cash crops for most Malawians. The insufficient production of the crop in the country coupled with low yields has made scientists give much interest to the crop so that ...