Resources for South Africa
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20/5/2016 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of South Africa. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are...
- Abstract, South African Journal of Botany, 2019 Highlights • A comprehensive inventory of edible plants of southern Africa is presented. • The inventory includes 1740 food plant species from 74 sources. • Apocynaceae has the highest number of edible plants (137 species). • The diversity in...
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1/1/2008 En 2005, el gerente de la finca de ECHO, Danny Blank, tomó un período sabático de tres meses como “reportero agrícola ambulante” para ECHO, visitando varios países en el sudeste de África. Lance Edwards, un antiguo empleado de ECHO que ahora trabaja en el desarrollo agrícola en la región, le...
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- TheSouth African Journal of Botanypublishes original papers that deal with the classification, biodiversity, morphology, physiology, molecular biology, ecology, biotechnology, ethnobotanyand other botanically related aspects of species that are of importance tosouthern Africa. Manuscripts dealing...
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20/1/2013 Los pollos de patio pueden encontrarse en todos los países en desarrollo y desempeñan un papel vital en muchos hogares rurales pobres. Proporcionan la escasa proteína animal en forma de carne y huevos y pueden venderse o cambiarse para llenar necesidades esenciales de la familia como medicinas,...
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1/1/1983 Since the earliest times man has used plants to create physical barriers: as protection against wild animals and enemies; for shelter of dwellings, gardens, crops and livestock against injurious winds; to hide unsightly buildings or features of the environment; to provide privacy and for many...
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Weyer, D.; Bezerra, J.C.; De Vos, A. Participatory Mapping in a Developing Country Context: Lessons from South Africa.Land2019,8, 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/land8090134 Abstract Digital participatory mapping improves accessibility to spatial information and the way in which knowledge is...
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TheSouth African Journal of Plant and Soilpublishes original articlesand commentaries on research in the fields offundamental and appliedsoil and plant science. Original research papers, short communications including germplasm registrations, relevant book reviews, commentaries on papers recently...
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Mugiyo H, Chimonyo VGP, Sibanda M, Kunz R, Nhamo L, Masemola CR, et al. (2021) Correction: Multi-criteria suitability analysis for neglected and underutilised crop species in South Africa. PLoS ONE 16(10): e0259427. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259427 Several neglected and underutilised...
- Abstract, International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, 2012 This article details the process of the implementation of collaboratively developed, clean cookstove technology in rural Limpopo Province of South Africa. The stove design drew heavily upon existing, open source knowledge...
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Abstract,International Journal of Agronomy, 2017 Smallholder livestock farmers who depend on natural communal grazing lands are particularly vulnerable to climate change as well as to food insecurity and should be encouraged to grow drought-tolerant fodder crops. Moringa oleifera is a highly...