Tuberculosis was for the longest of time a leading infectious killer instigated by a single pathogen until the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. The disease continues to be a major global health problem causing high rates of morbidity ...

GM organisms have started to infiltrate South Africa's agricultural landscape, altering how farmers deal with weeds and insects. Adopted from the United States of America, it is a technology that the commercial farming ...

In 2008, the South African government introduced the Ilima-Letsema Programme (ILP) to create sustainable agricultural activities and improve the food security of farming communities. The impact this programme has had at ...

The impact of small-scale food gardens on household food security was investigated. A descriptive, quantitative research was followed. Systematic random sampling was adopted to select 360 participants. Data was collected ...

BaPedi goats play a substantial role in the economy of the Limpopo province and contribute to food security in smallholder farming communities. However, livestock diseases are a major problem in hot provinces where droughts ...

Advances in the clothing sector began from the 1980s when a three dimensional (3-D) full-body scanner was developed to obtain anthropometric body measurement data accurately, quickly and non-intrusively. However, sizing ...

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a viral disease, which is endemic in most sub-Saharan African countries with warthog and tick vector (Ornithodoros) acting as biological reservoirs of the virus. A high mortality rate is ...

This study aimed to explore the food security status of peri-urban livestock farmers in the township of Botleng, Delmas, South Africa, and determine whether livestock production has contributed to food security of the ...

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is one of the highly contagious avian pathogens that threaten poultry producers based in endemic zones as a result of its epidemic potential. Selection for antibody (Ab) response has potential ...

Toxoplasmosis is one of the most widespread parasitic zoonotic diseases arising from Toxoplasma gondii infection. This disease significant impact on sheep and goat production; however, it sometimes goes unnoticed in the ...