Author:Todorovic, M; Lamaddalena, N; Jovanovic, Nebojsa; Pereira, LSDate:Sep 2014In the past few decades, advances in agricultural research lead to substantial increases in food production (e.g. Green Revolution in Asia and Latin America in the 1980s). However, the question of food security is again high-up on the ...Read more
Author:Lötter, Johanna MDate:Oct 2017The agricultural sector in southern Africa needs to produce enough food to feed its current population of 277 million and future predicted population of over 300 million by 2025 (United Nations ESA, 2015). All of this must happen within the ...Read more
Author:Nahman, Anton; De Lange, Willem J; Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Godfrey, Linda KDate:Nov 2012Food waste is problematic for a number of reasons, including the loss of a potentially valuable food source or resource for use in other processes (e.g. energy generation or composting), wasted resources and emissions in the food supply chain, ...Read more
Author:Musvoto, Constansia DDate:Feb 2015South African agriculture is dominated by the large scale commercial sector. However, the government of South Africa recognises the potential role of small scale farming in the economy of the country and in job creation. South Africa has ...Read more
Author:Nortje, Karen; Musvoto, Constansia D; Murambadoro, MDate:Aug 2011On 29 August and 01 September 2011 the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in conjunction with Nkuzi Development Association held two workshops with local stakeholders in the case study area of Elim and surrounds. These ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Nahman, AntonDate:Aug 2012Throughout the developed world, food is treated as a disposable commodity. Between one third and half of all food produced for human consumption globally is estimated to be wasted. However, attempts to quantify the actual magnitude of food ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Nahman, Anton; Barjees, M; Salemdeeb, R; Nizami, A-S; Reynolds, CDate:Jan 2020The food waste reduction potential within the countries of Middle East and Africa is large and understudied. Countries in the region are faced with food security and sovereignty issues, with over 50% of food imported in some countries. Due ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Nomusa R; Siwela, MDate:Aug 2015Cereals form a major component of diets around the world; the most commonly consumed cereals include wheat, rice, maize, and barley. In tropical and semiarid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, however, 'small grain' cereals such as sorghum ...Read more
Author:Murambadoro, MDate:Feb 2012Food security research and policy have focused more on the rural poor where the incidence and depth of poverty is more pronounced. Urban livelihoods are based on cash income and many people in urban areas are employed in the informal sector ...Read more
Author:Bothma, G; Mashaba, C; Mkonza, N; Chakauya, E; Chikwamba, Rachel KDate:Aug 2010Genetically modified organisms are expected to have a large impact on the ability of humanity to feed, fuel and heal itself in light of the growing global change, and adverse geo-climatic conditions anticipated as a result of climate change. ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Muswema, Aubrey P; Ramukhwatho, Fhumulani RDate:May 2018Food waste is becoming an important issue in light of population growth and global food security concerns. However, data on food wastage are limited, especially for developing countries. Global estimates suggest that households in developed ...Read more
Author:Humbert, U; Wessels, GJC; Smit, Jacoba E; Ubbink, ODate:Jan 2014Climate change poses environmental risks which can negatively affect livestock production. To circumvent this, it is possible to move livestock into environmentally controlled animal housings. In South Africa, this is practiced in the broiler ...Read more
Author:Chikwamba, Rachel KDate:29 Sep 2006The presentation outlines the global status of food security and implications for meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets, with particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa; trends in hunger, food availability, food distribution, consumption; ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, Laven; Main, Russell S; Cho, Moses A; Madonsela, Sabelo; Majozi, Nobuhle, PDate:Jan 2022Maize has been identified as a strategic commodity for the reduction of poverty and enhancement of food security in the African continent. Climate variability and difficult economic conditions are pressuring farmers to produce higher (maize) ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Mofolo, M; Kagarura, GMDate:May 2012There are strong commitments from the South African (S.A.) government to promote rural development and improve the quality of life in rural communities. The challenges that face rural areas in S.A. include underutilisation and/or unsustainable ...Read more
Author:Funke, Nicola S; Riera, Sebastian; Yamamura, HiroshiDate:Dec 2017This presentation focuses on qualitative and quantitative data analysis regarding a research project undertaken by the CSIR on effective agricultural water use in the Maruleng Municipal Area in Mpumalang, South Africa.Read more
Author:Bosire, J; Celliers, Louis; Groeneveld, J; Paula, J; Schleyer, MHDate:Dec 2015The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region spans across a large latitudinal range, from the Somalia region, influenced
by the strong monsoon regime of the northern Indian Ocean, to the southern temperate regime of the tip of
South Africa, where ...Read more
Author:Cheruiyot, D; Osunmakinde, IODate:Dec 2010This research investigates an alternative approach to automatically evolve the hidden temporal distribution of onset of rainfall directly from multivariate time series (MTS) data in the absence of domain experts. Temporal probabilistic modelling ...Read more