Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Food security"
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Biofertilizers and sustainable agriculture: exploring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
(SpringerSpringer, 2017)Worldwide agricultural food production has to double in 2050 so as to feed the global increasing population while reducing dependency on conventional chemical fertilizers plus pesticides. To accomplish this objective, there ... -
Drivers of regional crop variability in Chad
(Elsevier, 2020)Highlights • Combines environmental and livelihood data to analyze regional crop production in Chad. • Structural breaks are identified and used to detrend the crop statistics. • Combines quantitative and qualitative ... -
Irrigation water quality and the threat it poses to crop production: evaluating the status of the Crocodile (West) and Marico catchments, South Africa
(Springer, 2018)Ensuring food security is becoming increasingly difficult due to limited freshwater resources. Low-quality irrigation water also poses a severe threat to crop yield and quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ... -
Promoting food security through indigenous and traditional food crops
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Despite many factors weighing in South Africa’s favor on the agricultural front, including having official “food secure” status, millions of households have insufficient access to nutritionally safe food. This is largely ... -
South African wild fruits and vegetables under a changing climate: the implications on health and economy
(Elsevier, 2021)Overdependence on exotic plant species constitutes a major setback for the consumption of wild fruits and vegetables among South Africans. The country is not spared from the adverse effects of climate change which play a ...