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Relocation: to be or not to be a black diamond in a South African township?
(Elsevier, 2013)
Beginning in the mid-1990s, South Africa’s geopolitical, social and economic landscapes have been rapidly transforming. Driven primarily by government policy particularly after 1994, these changes have among other effects ...
Migration, rural–urban connectivity, and food remittances in Kenya
(MPDI, 2021)
This paper draws on data from a representative city-wide household food security survey of Nairobi conducted in 2017 to examine the importance of food remitting to households in
contemporary Nairobi. The first section of ...
Estimating and monitoring land surface phenology in rangelands: A review of progress and challenges
(MPDI, 2021)
Land surface phenology (LSP) has been extensively explored from global archives of
satellite observations to track and monitor the seasonality of rangeland ecosystems in response
to climate change. Long term monitoring ...
Mapping rangeland ecosystems vulnerability to lantana camara invasion in semi-arid savannahs in South Africa
(African journal of ecology Wiley, 2022)
We mapped and modelled the potential areas vulnerable to Lantana camara (L. camara)
invasion in semi-arid savannah ecosystems in the communal lands of Bushbuckridge
and Kruger National Park, South Africa. Specifically, ...
Comprehensive food system planning for urban food security in Nanjing, China
(MPDI, 2021)
Food system planning is important to achieve the goal of “zero hunger” in the UN’s
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN, 2016). However, discussion about comprehensive
planning for food security is scarce and ...
Deserving and undeserving welfare states: Cash transfers and hegemonic struggles in South Africa
(Routledge, 2022)
The South African social grant programme appeared as if it might suddenly end on 1
April 2017. The potential termination of grants kicked off a significant public outcry by
members of parliament, the judiciary, the ...
Boon or bane? Urban food security and online food purchasing during the Covid-19 epidemic in Nanjing, China
(MDPI, 2022)
This paper examines the relationship between the rapid growth of online food purchasing
and household food security during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China using the
city of Nanjing as a case study. The ...
Preparing for COVID-19: Household food insecurity and vulnerability to shocks in Nairobi, Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
An understanding of the types of shocks that disrupt and negatively impact urban household food security is of critical importance to develop relevant and targeted food security emergency preparedness policies and responses, ...
Estimation of maize foliar temperature and stomatal conductance as indicators of water stress based on optical and thermal imagery acquired using an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) platform
(MDPI, 2022)
Climatic variability and extreme weather events impact agricultural production, especially
in sub-Saharan smallholder cropping systems, which are commonly rainfed. Hence, the development
of early warning systems regarding ...
Mapping the spatial distribution of underutilised crop species under climate change using the MaxEnt model: A case of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2022)
Knowing the spatial and temporal suitability of neglected and underutilised crop species (NUS) is important for
fitting them into marginal production areas and cropping systems under climate change. The current study ...