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Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Supervisor "Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina)"
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-16)This study is aimed at investigating specific preferences for various types of maize meal in two rural communities of Mthatha. Consumption data shows that in very poor households, maize was the only and most consumed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-03)The purpose of this study was to determine, understand and describe the acceptability, choice and preference of dairy fruit beverages by a group of black South-African female consumers. Food choice, acceptability and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Biodiversity is essential to human nutrition and food security as it can ensure stable and sustainable food production and contribute to a diverse diet. Biodiversity is classified as the degree of variation within a species. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The global focus on a 1 000 days from conception to 2 years stresses the importance this period has on improving infant health. South Africa has focused on policies and actions to improve breastfeeding rates but specific ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-15)This study was concerned with the level of acceptability and perceptions of three types of commercially produced roller-milled white maize meal namely: sifted unfortified, sifted fortified and super fortified versus ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-15)Dietary diversity is an indicator of the access dimensions of household food security as it relates to income, area, and seasonality. Dietary diversity refers to the number of different individual food items (food variety) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Household food security has been described with a three-factor definition: 1) the availability of food, 2) the access thereto, and lastly 3) the food utilization patterns and practices. In previous research, both the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-07)A dearth of information was found to guide food product formulation for low-income consumers. The political change in South Africa and neighbouring countries and the accompanying influx to economic centres, resulted in the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-05-19)BACKGROUND This study commenced with a certain rationale in mind, emerging from a personal, felt responsibility, which were further embedded in global declarations by the FAO and the WHO, as well as commitments made during ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The marama bean, encompassing both Tylosema esculentum ((Burch.) A.Schreib.) and Tylosema fassoglense ((Kotschy ex Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc.), has been identified as an orphan crop of southern Africa with a great potential ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004)Genetically modified food is a reality for many modern-day consumers around the world. With the introduction of GM food to the food market, consumers were faced with a number of new products and also familiar products ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-09-25)Vitamin A deficiency has been recognised as a widespread problem affecting about 750 million people, mostly in developing countries. Mortality due to vitamin A deficiency can be reduced by as much as 23% with improved ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-12-08)South Africans frequently consume red meat as part of their diet. However the nutrient content of South African sheep meat is derived from other countries. The Red Meat Industry considered it essential to have more reliable ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where nutrient malnutrition is of concern, finger millet contributes substantially to the dietary protein and mineral intake of many communities. The quality of finger millet protein is, however, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)It has long been recognised that, as part of a balanced, moderate diet, animal source foods (ASFs) offer a wide range of benefits to human health. For many years our ancestors made ASFs part of the human diet by following ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Governments play an essential role in creating a healthy food environment and regulating the information available to consumers on which they can base their food choices. Over the past few decades, the policy environment ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-04-29)In this thesis various quality characteristics of South African potatoes, Solanum tuberosum L. were explored. Ensuring high yielding, quality crops that are adapted to their place of origin are essential in ensuring a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-04-08)The aim of the study was to determine the quality of South African lamb, particularly the carcass, nutrient and sensory attributes. To this end the cut composition of SA lamb carcasses with different fat scores was determined ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)For any food systems to be sustainable, it needs to contribute to society and economic growth, in addition to being environmentally conscious. Sustainable eating is defined as choosing and consuming “food to meet current ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-09-22)In 2003 the Department of Health of South Africa embarked on a mandatory fortification programme of maize meal as part of the Integrated Nutrition Program (INP) to alleviate malnutrition. The aim of this study was two-fold: ...
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