Browsing Research Articles (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)) by Subject "Africa"

Browsing Research Articles (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)) by Subject "Africa"

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  • The balance of trade in alien species between South Africa and the rest of Africa 
    Faulkner, Katelyn T.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Robertson, Mark P.; Rouget, Mathieu; Wilson, John R.U. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-03-31)
    BACKGROUND : Alien organisms are not only introduced from one biogeographical region to another but also spread within regions. As South Africa shares land borders with six countries, multiple opportunities exist for the ...
  • Challenges to planted forest health in developing economies 
    Hurley, Brett Phillip; Slippers, Bernard; Sathyapala, Shiroma; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2017-11)
    A number of strategies have been proposed to manage the increasing threat of insect pests to non-native plantation forests, but the implementation of these strategies can be especially challenging in developing economies, ...
  • COVID-19 vaccinology landscape in Africa 
    Baptista, Sara; Naidoo, Sanushka; Suliman, Sara; Nepolo, Emmanuel; Kanoi, Bernard N.; Gitaka, Jesse; Blessing, Oyedemi Mbaebie; Enany, Shymaa (Frontiers Media, 2022-12-05)
    More than two years after the start of COVID-19 pandemic, Africa still lags behind in terms vaccine distribution. This highlights the predicament of Africa in terms of vaccine development, deployment, and sustainability, ...
  • A taxonomic review of white grubs and leaf chafers (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Melolonthinae) recorded from forestry and agricultural crops in Sub-Saharan Africa 
    Harrison, James du Guesclin; Wingfield, Michael J. (Cambridge University Press, 2016-04)
    Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is difficult to implement when one knows little about the pest complex or species causing the damage in an agricultural system. To implement IPM on Sub- Saharan African melolonthine pests ...