Browsing Jàmbá: 2021 Volume 13 No 1 by Subject "Maize"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

Impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (J.E. Smith) on small-scale maize farmers and its control strategies in the Limpopo province, South Africa

Makgoba, Mankwana C.; Tshikhudo, Phumudzo P.; Nnzeru, Livhuwani R.; Makhado, Rudzani A. (OASIS, 2021)

South Africa experienced major outbreaks of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), causing direct damage by feeding on both vegetative and reproductive parts of host plant. The study ...
Quantifying the nutritional and income loss caused by crop raiding in a rural African subsistence farming community in South Africa

Raphela, Tlou D.; Pillay, Neville (OASIS, 2021)

Globally, crop damage by wildlife contributes to food insecurity through the direct loss of food and income. We investigated the calories lost and the potential economic impact of crop raiding at subsistence homesteads ...