Evaluating the impact of the Siyazondla Homestead Food Production Programme on the food security of selected households in the Amathole District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

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The impact of industrial agrarian policies on soils: experiences of small-scale farmers in the rural Eastern Cape by Phakisi, Nteboheng Portas

“…Municipalities including Buffalo City Metropolitan, Great Kei, Amathole and others in the Eastern Cape, in collaboration with the Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture and agro industry, introduced programmes such as the Massive Food Production Programme and the current Cropping Project to support rural farmers and to reduce poverty in the province. …”
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Urban landscape laboratory : a public industry for the research and development of rice and fisheries

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A biscuit fortified with iron, iodine and B-carotene as a strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies in primary school children by Van Stuijvenberg, Martha Elizabeth

“…Long-term evaluation of this programme, however, showed that improved micronutrient status is not sustained during the long summer school holidays, and it is suggested that the biscuit programme is supplemented with other strategies, such as local food production programmes and nutrition education. Red palm oil, with all of its additional qualities (i.e. no trans fatty acids; rich source of antioxidants), appears to be an attractive alternative for use as a vitamin A fortificant. …”
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Development of a cost-effective system for ovoviviparous production of Artemia nauplii at low-salinity as live food for the larvae of the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus: Burch... by Bwala, Richard

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