The overconsumption of goods and services caused by increasing population and economic growth is threatening environmental stability around the globe. The fashion industry with its unsustainable and unethical practices has ...

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) Moench is an essential vegetable globally, but in the past decade, a reduction in yield per hectare has been noted. Amongst various reasons for its low yield, weeds are the most important. ...

The digital age has extensively changed the way consumers make their purchases from in-store to online purchases. With this shift, companies are struggling to maintain and balance the trade-offs between profits, people and ...

Effective sustainable management of urban green spaces can cushion the shocks associated with their depletion and the accomplishment of SDG 11.7, particularly in countries in the Global South that are rapidly urbanising. ...

The aim of this research was to build a developed market credit risk model and adapt it for the understanding and estimation of consumer credit losses in the emerging market of South Africa. The developed market of the ...

The thermochemical conversion of waste tires for chemicals and power production is investigated using process synthesis techniques and experimental analysis. Pyrolysis and gasification technologies were evaluated in terms ...

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 ...

Bush tea (Athrixia phylicoides DC.) is a South African native plant that grows naturally in different parts of South Africa that are characterized by different climatic conditions. The effects of agricultural practices on ...

The production of tomatoes is hampered by a variety of pests and diseases despite the importance of tomatoes as a vegetable in everyday life and their economic significance in Zimbabwe. Tobacco spider mites (Tetranychus ...