• The impact of trade openness on agricultural growth in South Africa 

  Chisakaitwa, Sibonginkosi (University of Pretoria, 2024-04-30)

  The major purpose is to analyse the relationship between trade openness and agricultural growth. The study employs the ARDL model to assess the influence of trade openness on agricultural growth. Major findings of this ...
• Impact of public agricultural expenditure on food availability in Lesotho 

  Kanono, Makabelo M. (University of Pretoria, 2024-02)

  Public Agricultural expenditure plays a huge role in boosting the effectiveness of the agricultural sector. It is also a great tool to curb food shortages. Lesotho signed the CAADP Declaration alongside other African ...
• A scenario-based enterprise optimisation of mixed farming units in the Hessequa district of the Western Cape Province, South Africa 

  Moore, Dian Erik (University of Pretoria, 2024-07)

  Over the past 20 years, the farming environment has changed significantly, becoming much more integrated and complicated. Whereas the focus was primarily on farming before, it has become a business, where farmers have to ...
• The appropriateness and sufficiency of public support to small-scale aquaculture producers in Gauteng Province, South Africa 

  Mofokeng, Masuping Berta (University of Pretoria, 2024-07)

  Aquaculture has become a significant global food-producing sector, where, with the traditional capturing fisheries being depleted, it offers a good opportunity to supplement supply in order to meet the increasing demand ...
• Knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of smallholder farmers towards cassava production in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 

  Ngobeni, Light (University of Pretoria, 2024-07-07)

  Cassava is a global source of carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, and it thrives in dry and infertile soil. Its resilience makes it suitable to mitigate climate change and reduce food insecurity. The crop is primarily ...
• Identifying the significance of a Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak on the South African beef industry 

  Bowen, Paige Carmen (University of Pretoria, 2023-11)

  Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease endemic to South Africa (SA). As accepted by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), South African had an FMD-free zone where vaccination was not ...
• Analysing South Africa's food security environment based on the 2022 Global Food Security Index score and rank 

  Marguerite, Nel (University of Pretoria, 2024-02)

  A report issued by the FAO has warned that, on a global scale, most nations are not progressing towards the achievement of the goal to eliminate hunger before the end of the year 2030, as outlined in the Sustainable ...
• Food policy analyses and prioritisation of food systems to achieve safer food for South Africa 

  Dama, Tshilidzi Isaac (University of Pretoria, 2024-03)

  Food safety has become an important international public health and economic issue since the first and only publication of the global estimates on burden of food borne diseases by the World Food Organisation in 2015 and ...
• Prioritisation of no-regret solutions to address food system disruption in central Mozambique 

  Jorge, Crisaldo Joao (University of Pretoria, 2024-03)

  Extreme weather events (floods, droughts, and cyclones) have become more frequent and severe, posing a threat to food systems. These disruptions have devastating effects on agriculture, livelihoods, and food security, ...
• Stakeholder interactions and capacity development for innovation and adoption of agricultural technologies: the case of banana value chain in Uganda 

  Kiconco, Stella (University of Pretoria, 2024-02-23)

  The low level of adopting improved technologies has been a major challenge towards increasing agricultural productivity and ensuring food security in developing countries. Although multiple studies have been conducted with ...
• Attitudes of school-going and unemployed youth towards agriculture as a profession in the Eastern Cape of South Africa 

  Mnukwa, Mihlali (University of Pretoria, 2023-11)

  Agriculture is one of the largest contributors to the economic growth in South Africa and plays an important role in the socio-economic development of South Africa, particularly in rural regions like the Eastern Cape, ...
• An assessment of the factors influencing asset accumulation of South African rural households 

  Dayimane, Mzwandile (University of Pretoria, 2024-02)

  Rural areas in South Africa are predominantly characterized by the presence of subsistence farming households, many of which face challenges related to limited asset ownership. While historical poverty reduction efforts ...
• Stakeholder preferences for ecosystem services provided by wetlands in Eswatini 

  Mahlalela, Linda Siphiwo (University of Pretoria, 2024)

  Wetlands sustainability and their capacity to provide ecosystem services is threatened by increasing land pressure and climate change effects. Wetlands are also complex ecosystems that present several challenges to public ...
• Evaluation of land tenure on household food security and child nutrition among smallholder farmers in Nigeria 

  Ibrahim, Hussain Kobe (University of Pretoria, 2024-02-03)

  Secure land tenure is essential to improve smallholder food security and children's nutrition. However, evidence of this association is lacking. This study sought to address this gap by investigating three sub-objectives: ...
• A stakeholder assessment of the food fraud vulnerability of the South African meat sector : a case study of the Tshwane metropolitan area 

  Nelwamondo, Vhutshilo (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Occurrences of food fraud have highlighted the importance of understanding the vulnerability of food chains to fraud and so be able to improve companies’ ability to reduce fraud within their own institutions and throughout ...
• The effects of three urban food garden projects on livelihoods and food security in Soweto, South Africa 

  Nyakata, Patience Annie (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The global population is projected to exceed nine billion by 2050, necessitating continued food production and buffered supply growth. To meet the rising demand, governments have started implementing countermeasures, such ...
• An investigation of the South African operating environment for agribusinesses 

  Smith, Jade (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This paper focuses on analysing priorities on a global- and regional level but not on a national level. It explores the operating environment for South African agribusinesses using environmental scanning approaches to ...
• Perceptions about the AgriSETA skills training program by three selected farmer cooperatives (or farmer cooperative societies) in the North West and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa 

  Katuruza, Hycianthia (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The study was influenced by the world’s growing interest in cooperatives, evidenced by the United Nations General Assembly declaring 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives. From a South African perspective, the study ...
• Impact of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmer livelihoods in Kenya and Zimbabwe 

  Kimathi, Linet M. (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  To contribute to the conservation agriculture (CA) is considered as that of combining minimum soil disturbance through zero-tillage practices, permanent soil cover through mulching and crop rotation or crop diversification ...
• Impact of foot-and-mouth disease on livestock value chain activities in the municipalities of the three affected provinces in South Africa 

  Lengoabala, Karabo Joyce (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of foot-and-mouth disease on livestock value chain activities and to distinguish the level of livestock activities between FMD free, protected, and red zone areas. ...

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