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Emergency response using oral rabies vaccination of dogs –field data from Namibia demonstrate high efficiency

open access: yesOne Health, 2023
Dog-mediated rabies is responsible for tens of thousands of human deaths annually, and in resource-constrained settings, vaccinating dogs to control the disease at source remains challenging for various reasons. Currently, rabies elimination efforts rely
Conrad M. Freuling   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Reform in the Era of Global Warming—Can Land Reforms Help Agriculture Be Climate-Smart?

open access: yesLand, 2020
In an era of global warming, long-standing challenges for rural populations, including land inequality, poverty and food insecurity, risk being exacerbated by the effects of climate change.
Alexis Rampa, Y. Gadanakis, G. Rose
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Contaminant organisms recorded on plant product imports to South Africa 1994–2019

open access: yesScientific Data, 2021
Measurement(s) organism Technology Type(s) organism identification assay Sample Characteristic - Organism Plantae Sample Characteristic - Location Republic of South Africa Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10 ...
Davina L. Saccaggi   +3 more
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Applying the Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Concept to South Africa

open access: yesLand, 2021
What potential will the fit-for-purpose land administration concept have of working in the Republic of South Africa? This question is asked against the existence of a high-quality cadastre covering most of the South African landmass.
Christopher Williams-Wynn
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Alluvial Diamond Mining on Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in the Lower Vaal River, Northern Cape Province in South Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environment, 2020
The study aimed to assess the impact of alluvial diamond mining on macroinvertebrate community composition at four selected sites in lower Vaal River in 2016 with the application of the South African Scoring System 5 (SASS5).
Phetole P Ramollo
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation status and historical relatedness of South African communal indigenous goat populations using a genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism marker

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2022
Indigenous goats form the majority of populations in smallholder, low input, low output production systems and are considered an important genetic resource due to their adaptability to different production environments and support of communal farming ...
T. C. Chokoe   +8 more
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Theories of Land Reform and Their Impact on Land Reform Success in Southern Africa

open access: yesLand, 2019
Our purpose is to present and test a typology of land reform theories as a means of understanding and interrogating the motives behind land reform and to better equip land administrators and policymakers to enact land reform programs that are appropriate
Simon Hull, K. H. Babalola, J. Whittal
semanticscholar   +1 more source

No-till improves selected soil properties, phosphorous availability and utilization efficiency, and soybean yield on some smallholder farms in South Africa

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Some of the limiting factors for smallholder farmer soybean production in South Africa are low native soil phosphorus (P) availability and poor utilization efficiency of added P. Phosphorus fertilization, use of improved or high yield potential cultivars
Patience B. Chauke   +9 more
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Land Reform and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis with Micro Data

open access: yesAmerican Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2019
We assess the effects of a major land policy change on farm size and agricultural productivity using a quantitative model and micro-level data. We study the 1988 land reform in the Philippines that imposed a ceiling on land holdings, redistributed above ...
Tasso Adamopoulos, Diego Restuccia
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Commentary: Land reform in South Africa

open access: yesTown and Regional Planning, 2019
Since coming to power in 1994, the democratically elected government of South Africa has been trying to address the various issues concerning land. It has been acknowledged that the complex and emotive land question relates to inequality in terms of use,
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD): Spatial Planning and Land Use Management branch
doaj   +1 more source

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