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Apportioning human-induced and climate-induced land degradation: A Case of the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality

Author: Kgaphola, Motsoko J ; Ramoelo, Abel ; Odindi, J ; Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc ; Seetal, Ashwin R Date: Mar 2023 Land degradation (LD) is a global issue that affects sustainability and livelihoods of approximately 1.5 billion people, especially in arid/semi-arid regions. Hence, identifying and assessing LD and its driving forces (natural and anthropogenic) ... Read more
Deriving crop coefficients for evergreen and deciduous fruit orchards in South Africa using the fraction of vegetation cover and tree height data

Author: Mashabatu, M ; Ntshidi, Zanele ; Dzikiti, S ; Jovanovic, N ; Dube, T ; Taylor, NJ Date: Aug 2023 Inaccurate crop coefficients are major contributing sources of uncertainty that lead to inefficient use of limited available water resources. Understanding the need to improve water use efficiency in South Africa’s fruit industry, this study ... Read more
Distinguishing between human-induced land degradation from effects of rainfall: Case of The Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality

Author: Kgaphola, Motsoko J ; Ramoelo, Abel ; Odindi, John ; Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc ; Seetal, Ashwin R Date: Nov 2022 Land degradation (LD) is a global issue that affects the sustainability and livelihoods of approximately 1.5 billion people, especially in arid/semi-arid regions. Assessing and identifying LD, especially driven by anthropogenic activities, ... Read more
Effect of different irrigation systems on water use partitioning and plant water relations of apple trees growing on deep sandy soils in the Mediterranean climatic conditions, South Africa

Author: Ntshidi, Zanele ; Dzikiti, S ; Mazvimavi, D ; Mobe, Nompumelelo T Date: Jul 2023 All commercial apple fruit (Malus Domestica (Borkh) exported from semi-arid regions are grown under irrigation with drip and micro sprinkler systems being the most widely used. Few studies have directly compared the physiological responses ... Read more
Impact of land use and land cover change on land degradation in rural semi-arid South Africa: Case of the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality

Author: Kgaphola, Motsoko J ; Ramoelo, A ; Odindi, J ; Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc ; Seetal, Ashwin R ; Musvoto, Constansia D Date: May 2023 In semi-arid regions, interactions between biophysical and socio-economic variables are complex. Such interactions and their respective variables significantly alter land use and land cover, degrade landscape’s structure, and impede the ... Read more
Social-ecological system understanding of land degradation in response to land use and cover changes in the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality

Author: Kgaphola, Motsoko J ; Ramoelo, Abel ; John Odindi, J ; Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc ; Seetal, Ashwin R ; Musvoto, Constansia D Date: Feb 2023 Land degradation is a major risk to the sustainability and functioning of socioecological systems (SES), especially in arid/semiarid regions. By understanding a system and its interlinkages, the socioecological approach offers an innovative ... Read more
A systematic study site selection protocol to determine environmental flows in the headwater catchments of the vhembe biosphere reserve

Author: Gumbo, AD ; Kapangaziwiri, Evison ; Mathivha, FI Date: May 2022 Developing nations will be worst hit by the impacts of climate change because limited resources hinder the spatial reach of climate studies, effort, and subsequent implementation to help with the improvement of livelihoods. Therefore, finding ... Read more
Using the water balance approach to understand pool dynamics along non-perennial rivers in the semi-arid areas of South Africa

Author: Maswanganye, SE ; Dube, T ; Jovanovic, Nebojsa ; Kapangaziwiri, Evison ; Mazvimavi, D Date: Dec 2022 Study region: The Touws River in the Klein Karoo region of South Africa. Study focus: This study sought to improve the understanding of pool dynamics along non-perennial rivers (NPRs) by utilising the water balance approach to assess the water ... Read more
Water use efficiency of indigenous fruit trees in South Africa

Author: Ntshidi, Zanele ; Mobe, Nompumelelo T ; Dzikiti, S Date: Jul 2022 South Africa is endowed with many indigenous fruit tree species (IFTs). Besides Marula (Sclerocaryea birrea subsp. Caffra), use of indigenous fruit products in the country is generally low compared with other countries on the African continent. ... Read more

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