yield advantage of 5.8%, a water use efficiency increase of 12.6%, an increase in net economic return of 25.9% and a reduction of 12–33% in global warming potential, with more-favourable responses on loamy soils and in maize–wheat systems. Results suggest that there are opportunities to ...
The key explanation for the undeveloped urban agricultural sector is the greater returns to land and labour which may be earned from backyard shacks and alternative informal income opportunities in the city. Informal cultivation is primarily a survival niche of the most marginalized and most vulnerable...
South African Agriculture Market Analysis The Agriculture In South Africa Market size is estimated at USD 16.12 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 23.24 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 7.60% during the forecast period (2024-2029). South Africa is one of the major Africa...
in Cape Town. The GCCA is the international association for temperature-controlled logistics businesses. The GCCA Africa conference will see Africa’s cold chain professionals gather for two days of discussion on key challenges and opportunities related to the storage and distribution of perishable ...
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FinancingagricultureinSouthernAfrica Malawi October,2010 PrivateEquity:Securitisationofagricultureasasalableproductandasabusiness.1 PresentationStructure •Introduction•Challenges •Opportunities •Capitalformation.•Conclusion.2 Introduction •JointventurebetweenEmergentAssetManagementofUKandGrainvestofSouthAfrica....
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Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is one of the world’s fastest expanding crops, now occupying ~28 Mha (4% of agricultural land in the tropics1), mostly (82%) in Southeast Asia (fao.org/faostat/). Since 1980, there has been a 15-fold upsurge in production, with increasing intensification...
investment collaboration, especially since the launch of the Greater Mekong Sub-regional (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program in 1992, swidden agriculture is confronted with noticeable transformation into other land use types due to the expanding infrastructure networks and accessible market opportunities [137...
The major current applications in plants are reviewed also discussing the potential use of polymeric soft NMs which may open new and safer opportunities for smart delivery of biomolecules and for new strategies in plant genetic engineering, with the final aim to enhance plant defence and/or ...