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Response of dual-purpose cowpea landraces to water stress.
(2013)Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) is an important protein-rich grain legume of major economic importance. It is widely grown by small-scale farmers in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world where it is cultivated ... -
Response of local wild mustard (Brassica species) landraces to water stress.
(2010)Wild mustard is an indigenous leafy vegetable. Its use is limited by a lack of knowledge of its agronomy. However, it is a rich source of nutrients and other minerals. Nowadays, the use of indigenous crops has been replaced ... -
Responses of Bambara groundnut (Vigna Subterannea L. Verdc) landraces to field and controlled environment conditions of water stress.
(2012)Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) is a drought tolerant African legume capable of producing reasonable yields where other crops may fail. However, it remains an underutilised crop, owing to limited research, ... -
Responses of maize (Zea mays L.) landraces to water stress compared with commercial hybrids.
(2009)Local maize landraces have evolved over hundreds of years of natural and farmer selection under varying conditions. These landraces may have developed tolerance to abiotic stresses such as water deficits during this cycle ... -
Screening groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes for tolerance to soil acidity.
(2013-11-15)Groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) are an important subsistence and cash crop for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa. They require well drained light textured soils. However, most light textured soils are acidic and ... -
Screening of cover crops under conservation agriculture.
(2016)The practice of conventional tillage results in land degradation, reducing soil fertility due to soil erosion. Conservation agriculture aims at reducing soil disturbance which brings benefits of soil conservation. The call ... -
Seed quality and water use characteristics of a bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L.) landrace differing in seed coat colour.
(2014)Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L.) is an underutilised African legume that fits the same ecological niche as Arachis hypogea (groundnuts). Because of its reported drought tolerance and high water use efficiency ... -
Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] production by small-scale farmers in KwaZulu-Natal : farmer practices and performance of propagule types under wetland and dryland conditions.
(2004)Ethno-archaeological evidence shows that taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] originated in Asia. It may have been brought into South Africa a few hundred years after 300 BC from Madagascar, where Malaysian settlers ... -
Towards a sustainable approach to alleviate food insecurity through communal gardens : a case of Zimiseleni and Ifalesizwe, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2014)Food insecurity is a multidimensional challenge of society. It requires an understanding of how the people who are affected by lack of access to adequate amounts of nutritious food can be taken out of poverty and hunger. ... -
Towards the achievement of environmental standards in the South African sugar industry : the role of GIS.
(2014-12-24)The South African Sugar Industry is a major land user in the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. Although offering substantial economic benefits in these regions, monocultural sugarcane production ... -
The use of bioslurry for fodder production in sustainable crop and livestock production system by smallholder farmers.
Livestock play a major role in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the rural areas of South Africa. In these areas livestock are continuously grazed in the natural rangelands (veld) for most of the year. This exerts ... -
Water productivity of selected sorghum varieties.
(2015-10-28)The majority of people living in rural communities rely on rain-fed farming for their agricultural production. Under these conditions, water stress through drought or uneven rainfall distribution is a major limitation to ... -
Water use characteristics of selected South African maize (Zea mays L.) landraces compared with commercial hybrids.
(2014)In South Africa, maize is the staple food, especially in rural areas. The majority of people in these areas rely on rain-fed farming for their agricultural production. Traditional maize landraces are still a feature of the ... -
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 ... -
Yield, protein and oil content of selected groundnut cultivars grown at two locations in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
(2014-09-23)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 ...