Background: Although rabies in humans remains a major public health problem, the disease is preventable through canine vaccination and appropriate post-bite treatment. Several countries have successfully eradicated the ...
The spread of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in the environment is
recognized widely as an important public health issue, with concerns about future ability to treat infectious diseases. The main risk to public health ...
In South Africa, communal and/or emerging farmers’ rangeland condition and grazing capacities deteriorate, because grazing capacity is usually over-estimated due to lack of knowledge on veld and livestock production system ...
Introduction
Run-off from Johannesburg mine dumps is a source of environmental pollution and a public health concern. This study focussed on assessing and developing remediation strategies for Manuel Street Park (MSP) ...
The residual effect of Atrazine [2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-isopropylamino)-s-triazine]
has emerged as a concern because of the possibility of carryover. A study was
conducted at the Florida campus of the University of ...
The Blyde Canyon Nature reserve displays its natural beauty for most National and International visitors all over the World.
The region is renowned for its high rainfall and misty weather, which enhances the natural ...
The study aimed at investigating the role played by ABET programmes in the development of rural black women in the Omusati Region. The study was to determine whether the ABET programmes that are provided in the area are ...
The purpose of the study is to illustrate the challenge of providing sufficient micronutrients to the inhabitants of South Africa. Traditional foods have therefore been identified as one of the strategies that can be ...
The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is a tick of veterinary and health importance globally, transmitting Babesia bovis and B. bigemina. Tick control is important and needed to prevent livestock diseases ...
Breeding maize (Zea mays L.) for tolerance to acidic soils could improve maize yields. The current study aims to identify maize genotypes with tolerance to acidic soils, as well as identifying secondary traits associated ...
Wheat is an important staple food produced, consumed and traded globally. South Africa is now experiencing climate change, the emergence of biotypes and pathotypes, increasing human population, as well as a decrease in ...
This study was conducted under a South African controlled environment to determine the sensitivity of direct seeded broccoli hybrid to four pre-emergence herbicides at seven application rates, Metolachlor at (0.4, 0.8, ...
The main aim of the study was to analyze the socio-economic variables effecting agritourism business using data from two rural communities of the Limpopo province, Nwa’metwa and Lenyenye. The results showed that there are ...
The study focused primarily on the socio-economic benefit(s) of land reform beneficiaries with regard to food security. The study further investigated the socio-economic impact of selected land reform projects in the Limpopo ...
The study was conducted across the four district municipalities in the Free State province of South Africa. The objective of the study was to determine socio-economic factors that affected livestock numbers among smallholder ...
Land reform in South Africa is characterised by unsuccessful farming enterprises. As a
result, the South African government initiated a series of agricultural support programmes
to assist in turning around this status ...
This research was conducted in one of the districts in the Oromia region located in the Central Rift Valley to assess the problem of soil erosion and deforestation and to determine how these drivers of land degradation ...
The main limiting factor in soybean production in South Africa is low native soil
phosphorus (P) availability and poor utilization efficiency of added P. Phosphorus
fertilization, use of improved or high yield potential ...
Seed quality management is considered the key to boosting agricultural production, which may be quickly done using seed improvement technologies. Comprehensive seed priming techniques is one of the tools that enhance fast ...
Gluten intolerance and diabetes are some of the major noninfectious sicknesses in South Africa. The influence of ingredients on the physicochemical profile of composite green banana flour-based biscuits was examined in ...