Bats are the second most diverse order of mammals and provide crucial ecosystem services from insect control (including significant crop pest species), to pollination of plants and seed dispersal. Bats are known to be ...
Globally, the rate of land use and land cover changes has affeceted the magnitude of soil eroion. Strategies to combat soil erosion can give assistance as solutions to provide food security in many agricultural areas. ...
The leather tanning technology is one of the oldest industry in humankind’s civilisation history. It converts raw hides and skins into non-putrescible products used in making various leather materials. Globally, Africa ...
The functioning of wetland ecosystems is impacted by human anthropogenic activities, which affect wetlands’ vegetation development and their ability to offer ecosystem services. The need to understand vegetations’ natural ...
In an event of an unexpected death, injury, or inability of a bull to serve, spermatozoa can be harvested from the epididymides to enable the propagation of valuable germplasm from genetically superior males. Recovering ...
Soil degradation is a major challenge affecting agricultural production around the world in the
twenty-first century. Alternative approaches including the use of biochar and the introduction
of legumes that will fix ...
Hsp70 is a prominent molecular chaperone. Structurally, Hsp70 is composed of two domains,
C-terminus substrate binding domain (SBD) and nucleotide binding domain (NBD). The NBD
of Hsp70 is responsible for its ATPase ...
Declining underground water, unpredictable rainfall patterns and high temperatures pose a threat to future food and water security. Water security is also threatened by the growing demand for water in the agriculture sector ...
Microgrids are becoming a crucial component of the electricity grid in dependability, economics,
and environmental sustainability. Microgrids rely heavily on renewable energy
sources. From an engineering standpoint, ...
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade is a remarkable large-scale migration in the human history. On several occasions between the 16th and 19th century, millions of African men, women, and children were purchased from African ...
1,2,4-Triazine and its derivatives have proven their importance in the biological world since they are used in the treatment of diseases like cancer and HIV/AIDS. Thus this project was aimed at synthesizing novel ...
This study deals with different perceptions that the small-scale farmers of Vhembe District Municipality have towards the practice and adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. Farmers’ perceptions towards sustainable ...
Water is central to sustainable agricultural intensification, as it directly influences several dimensions of sustainability, including social, economic, health and environmental aspects. Therefore, lack of water is the ...
The Greater Giyani Municipality (GGM) is one of the South African municipalities that is experiencing challenges in providing water to the Giyani Community. In 2010 the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) initiated ...
South Africa is one of the countries in the world having challenges on the untreated surface and groundwater. In arid and semi-arid areas groundwater is the main source of supply, these areas consist of crystalline basement ...
Climate variability has always had an impact on citrus production in South Africa. Climate models have projected increases in temperature and changes in rainfall patterns. These changes are likely to present a risk to ...
Railways are essential transportation corridors that facilitate the movement of goods
and people with important environmental and economic benefits. Despite these
benefits, railways and trains can negatively affect ...
This research study reports the inhibition of mild steel (MS), zinc (Zn) in 1.0 M HCl and 1.0 M H2SO4, and the inhibition of aluminium (Al) in 0.5 M HCl by three selected quinoxaline derivatives namely, quinoxalone-6-carboxylic ...
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been identified as promising physisorption candidates because of their unique structures. MOFs are a class of crystalline materials consisting of coordinate bonds between metal ions and ...
The use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in poultry may induce antibiotic resistance with risk of accumulation of harmful residues in poultry products, thereby compromising poultry and human health. Apple cider vinegar ...