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Water use of selected sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L. Moench) genotypes.
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Water-use dynamics of alien plant invaded riparian forests in South Africa.
(2018)In South Africa the invasion of riparian forests by alien trees has the potential to affect the country’s limited water resources. It is difficult for government initiatives, such as the Working for Water (WfW) alien ... -
Wealth creation through green economy in urban areas : a case study of poor urban women's use of environmental services to generate income in Msunduzi Municipality, South Africa.
(2013)Urbanisation is an inevitable process that creates opportunities for economic growth and development, however, it can come at the cost of urban poverty and environmental degradation - two of the greatest challenges facing ... -
A web-based GIS as a management tool for rock art sites in the Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park.
(2005)The importance of managing and conserving cultural heritage can not be overemphasised. It is this realisation that has prompted the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to declare ... -
Web-based teaching, learning and research using real-time data from field-based agrometeorological measurement systems.
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Weeds : reservoirs of vector-borne viral pathogens in South Africa.
(2016)Weeds have the potential to alter the function of ecosystems either as pests themselves or by harbouring vectors and vector-borne diseases. Their role as reservoirs of viral pathogens has had a significant bearing on viral ... -
Wetland geomorphology and floodplain dynamics on the hydrologically variable Mfolozi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2008)Wetlands in southern Africa can be considered a rarity, forming despite a regional negative water balance and a continental background of wide scale incision. These particular characteristics lead to southern African ... -
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts : cumulative risk of indoor air pollution and urban vulnerability in Cato Manor.
(2003)Low-income communities are potentially more vulnerable to physical, social and environmental hazards than wealthier communities. The lack of services associated with these communities (such as water supply, sanitation ... -
Why SR52 is such a great maize hybrid.
(2013)Maize is Africa’s most important food crop. Unfortunately a yield gap currently exists in Africa which can be attributed to the use of inferior maize varieties such as open-pollinated varieties, double and three-way cross ... -
Wild watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) landrace production in response to three seedling growth media and field planting dates.
(2010)The challenge of food security requires that agricultural production is no longer based on a narrow genetic material present in conventional crops. Whereas conventional crops have been genetically improved to suit management ... -
Wilderness information systems for education : a proposed management framework.
(2004)South Africa's well-established history of formally protected areas has resulted in it becoming a global leader in resource conservation and a pioneer of new management techniques. Roughly thirty years ago, South Africa ... -
Wilderness planning using the limits of acceptable change system : a case study of the overnight caves in the Mlambonja wilderness area of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park.
(2004)Human-induced impacts associated with recreational use in wilderness areas have the potential to imperil the wilderness resource and the quality of visitor experiences. One approach to address this problem is the Limits ... -
Winter forage as a limiting factor for guineafowl in plantation forestry lands.
(2003)This research investigates the potential impacts that a change in land-use to plantation forestry from an area of extensive I intensive agriculture has on helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris populations. A comprehensive ... -
Women and decision-making in sustainable land use and natural resource management in rural KwaZulu-Natal : case studies of Ekuthuleni and Platt Estate.
(2006)Many rural communities suffer from the poor management of natural resources they depend on. Natural resources such as land, water and forests are the source of their daily needs. It is well known that the sustainable ... -
Women and technology in the marginalized rural communities : case studies from Kwazulu-Natal.
(2004)Generally, rural women have lesser access to technologies that are vital in progressing with their tasks due to gender dimensions linked to patriarchy that were perpetuated by apartheid, which promoted male migration and ... -
Women empowerment in agriculture : agency and institutions for improved market access and household food security in Limpopo Province.
(2016)Developing the smallholder agricultural sector has been proposed as a way of developing rural communities. These assertions are partly based on the results of the Asian Green Revolution. Women’s contribution to agricultural ... -
Women's access to housing in Clermont township.
(1998)Obtaining access to housing is the greatest hurdle for women throughout the developed and the developing world. However, this phenomenon varies from country to country, and it is determined by the level of each ... -
Work and life of women in the informal sector : a case study of the Warwick Avenue Triangle.
(1993)This thesis presents a case study of women working in the informal sector in the Warwick Avenue Triangle of Durban. It documents and analyses the ways in which twenty women experience and contribute to recent changes in ... -
Yield and quality parameters of tomato cultivars as affected by different soilless production systems and beneficial micro-organisms.
(2013)Most tomato cultivars used for commercial food production are imported into South Africa. Optimal growing conditions for these specific cultivars need to be determined, as wrong cultivar choices can lead to great financial ... -
Yield, protein and oil content of selected groundnut cultivars grown at two locations in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
(2013)The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa has climatic conditions which differ from region to region. The groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivars, as it is the case with other crops, do not always perform equally well ...