The Onderstepoort landfill facility is in the City of Tshwane (CoT) and has been operational since 1996. The facility was developed following the Environmental Conservation Act (ECA) 73 of 1989 and classified as G:M:Bwhich ...

Crop yield is the industry standard for calculating the amount of horticultural produce harvested. As a result, producing sufficient quantities of quality biochemical ingredients can help to solve food security and ...

Climate change is a daunting challenge to smallholder agriculture in northern Ghana over the years. Climatic conditions continue to demonstrate significant levels of variability on annual and decadal bases, making smallholder ...

Biodiversity is rapidly declining worldwide because of the anthropogenic impacts on the environment regarding goods and services it delivers to humanity. Evidence suggests that we have entered the period of sixth mass ...

Calving difficulty is an economically important welfare-related trait in dairy cattle and, therefore, should be included in breeding objectives of South African Holstein dairy cattle. In South Africa, however, calving ...

Most growers prefer enclosed crop production over open space crop production to mitigate environmental conditions such as excessive rainfall, wind and hail. However, there is limited access to natural pollination agents ...

E-waste entails electronic equipment and or part thereof, which is or considered obsolete resulting in it being discarded with no intention for reuse. The advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has seen a rapid ...

A study was undertaken in the northern region of the Eastern Cape Province within the Grassland Biome located in the Eastern Cape Drakensberg Strategic Water Source Area. Vegetation surveys were undertaken on two ...

Firewood can be defined as a source of energy generated by burning wood biomass such as logs and twigs. It is the major source of energy in the rural areas of developing countries, where other energy sources such as ...

The study examined the impact of The Fast Track Land Reform Program on natural ecological systems at Dingwall Game Ranch and Chesa Forest. It restricted itself to wildlife deterioration and timber poaching as these are ...