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Smallholder irrigation schemes, agrarian reform and ‘accumulation from above and from below’ in South Africa
(Wiley & Blackwell Publishing, 2013)
A key issue in debates on agrarian reform in South Africa is the potential for small-scale
farming, in conjunction with redistributive land reform, to make a significant contribution to
employment creation and poverty ...
Food for the urban poor: safety nets and food-based social protection in Manzini, Swaziland
(Springer, 2014)
This paper aims to contribute to the urban food security debate by exploring the role of informal safety nets and formal food-based social protection in addressing food insecurity challenges facing low-income urban households ...
Food security in Southern African cities: the place of urban agriculture
(Sage Publications, 2011)
Several decades of research on ‘urban agriculture’ have led to markedly different conclusions about the actual and potential role of household food production in African cities. In the context of rapid urbanization, urban ...
Learner perceptions of the introduction of computerassisted learning in mathematics at a peri-urban school in South Africa
(Springer, 2014)
This study responded to a national call to improve the outcomes in mathematics in the Grade 12 matriculation examination in South Africa by reporting learners’ perceptions of the introduction of computer-assisted learning ...
The role of ground water in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
Although water resources managers speak of a water crisis in Africa, the management of ground water has to
date not featured strongly in national and regional African water agendas. Examination of the physical environment
of ...
Foreword to special section: groundwater in Africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
The variable N-terminal region of DDX5 contains structural elements and auto-inhibits its interaction with NS5B of hepatitis C virus
(Portland Press, 2012)
RNA helicases of the DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp)-box family of
proteins are involved in many aspects of RNA metabolism from
transcription to RNA decay, but most of them have also been
shown to be multifunctional. The DEAD-box ...
Simulation of Y-chromosomal haplotype data
(Elsevier, 2010)
The non-recombining nature of the Y-chromosome determines the non-independence of alleles between
loci. The evolution of short tandem repeat (STR) loci in the Y-chromosome is the result of different factors
such as ...
The “four sigma” limit for significant periodicities
(Springer Verlag, 2010)
Most of the pulsations which have been observed
in sdB stars have very low amplitudes. Detection of modes
from photometric observations is usually performed by noting
the most prominent peaks in a periodogram or, ...