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Screening groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes for tolerance to soil acidity.
(2011)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 ... -
Seed quality and yield of selected traditional and commercial crops : vegetable water use and nutritional productivity perspectives.
(2017)Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces challenges of achieving nutrient and food security under water limitations due to climate change and variability. Under these conditions, it is important to adopt cropping systems that are ... -
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 ... -
Timing of weed control and harvest date effects on potato crop field performance and mineral content.
(2020)Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an important vegetable crop that is high on dietary minerals and vitamins that are needed by the human body but can be a weak competitor to weeds. The aim of the study was to determine the ... -
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.
(1999)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 ... -
Vertical hydroponic production of leafy vegetables with human-excreta-derived-materials (HEDMs) from decentralised sanitation technologies.
(2020)Hydroponic production of leafy vegetables with human-excreta-derived-materials (HEDMs) extracted by decentralised sanitation technologies is projected to reduce food shortages while improving sanitation services in peri-urban ... -
Water productivity of selected sorghum varieties.
(2014)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 and nutritional water productivity of taro (colocasia esculenta L. Schott ) Landraces.
(2020)Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a vital drought tolerant crop with the ability to produce corms of high nutritional quality, but it still occupies low levels of utilisation and research in South Africa. Information on crop ... -
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 ... -
Water use efficiency of three common subsistence legume crops in relation to soil type under controlled environment conditions.
Water scarcity in agriculture is the primary reason for poor crop yield and quality. The study's primary aim was to determine the effect of water stress on the growth and development of grain legumes in relation to 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.
(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 ...