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The effects of soil amendments and mulch on emergence, pod development and yield of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L.) in a hard-setting soil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S.A. Materechera --- Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Republic of South Africa B. Motsuenyane --- Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Republic of South Africa J.R. Modise --- Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Republic of South AfricaPoor crop establishment is a common problem in the soils of semi-arid areas of South Africa and is often one of the main factors limiting crop yields. Hard-setting Hutton soils (Chromic Luvisol) expose shoots of emerging crop seedlings to high... -
An overview of indigenous crop development by the Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture and Land Administration (DALA)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: C. Mathews --- Department of Agriculture and Land Administration (DALA),Indigenous as well as indigenized crops form part of the daily diet of the smallholder and developing farmers in the Mpumalanga province. Developmental efforts by national research institutes on these crops under smallholder environments have been negligible in the past... -
Proximate composition of carob cultivars growing in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: G.O. Sigge --- Department of Food Science, South Africa L. lipumbu --- Department of Food Science, South Africa T.J. Britz --- Department of Food Science, South AfricaFive carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) cultivars grown in South Africa were analysed for proximate and polyphenol composition as well as for mineral, amino and fatty acid content. Carob pods from the five cultivars were obtained from two locations in the... -
THE FOOD OF BARBUS MATTOZI GUIMARAES. 1884, (PISCES: CYPRINIDAE) IN A ZIMBABWE IMPOUNDMENT
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: B.G. Donnelly --- , ZimbabweThe food from the gut contents of 853 Barbus mattozi of various sizes were examined and analysed. The results showed a dietary transition from planktonivorous and omnivorous to piscivorous with increasing size of fish. At sizes larger than 230 nm... -
AN EVALUATION OF BABY FISH FOOD AS A SUITABLE DIET FOR THE FRESHWATER SNAIL, BIOMPHALABIA GLABRATA (SAY)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P.H. Joubert --- Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South Africa K.N. de Kock --- Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South AfricaTetra Kin Baby Fish Food ‘E’ for Egglayers (Tetra ‘E’) was evaluated as a possible nutrient for the laboratory culture and maintenance of pigmented and unpigmented Biomphalaria glabrata (Say). Growth was monitored weekly by determining shell diameter and mass. The... -
SUITABILITY OF TROPICAL FISH FOODS FOR LABORATORY CULTURE OF FOUR SPECIES OF FRESHWATER SNAILS ACTING AS INTERMEDIATE HOSTS FOR ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT HELMINTH PARASITES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: K.N. de Kock --- Department of Zoology, South Africa P.H. Joubert --- , South AfricaFour different kinds of tropical fish food from Tetra Werke, West Germany, as well as a mixture of two of these, were evaluated as possible nutrients for the laboratory culture and maintenance of four freshwater snail species of economic importance... -
RELATIVELY NEGATIVE δ13C RATIOS OF MESOZOOPLANKTON IN THE SUNDAYS RIVER ESTUARY, COMMENTS ON POTENTIAL CARBON SOURCES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: H.L. Jerling --- Department of Zoology, South Africa T.H. Wooldridge --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaMesozooplankton, submergent and fringing macrophytes and particles suspended in the water column in the Sundays River estuary South Africa were analyzed for δ13C isotope ratios. Highly negative values (−28.3‰ to −32.0‰) for the mesozooplankton species suggest the possibility of phytoplankton... -
Diet selection of goats in the communally grazed Richtersveld National Park
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: HH Hendricks PA Novellie WJ Bond JJ MidgleyThe study provided an account of the diet selection of goats within the Richtersveld National Park and focused on (a) diet composition, (b) plant growth-forms, (c) principal and preferred food plants. The conservation status of these food plants was also... -
The significance of gathering wild orchid tubers for orphan household livelihoods in a context of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: JoyceFX Challe --- Department of Research and Training, Mikocheni Agricultural Institute, Tanzania Anke Niehof --- Sociology of Consumers and Households Group, The Netherlands PaulC Struik --- Centre for Crop System Analysis, The NetherlandsWe investigated the role of gathering and selling the edible tubers of wild orchids by children orphaned by AIDS as one of their livelihood strategies, through a household survey administered to 152 households in three villages in the Southern Highlands... -
HIV/AIDS patient satisfaction with a food assistance programme in Sofala province, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mariana Posse --- Faculty of Economics and Management, Mozambique Rob Baltussen --- Department of Primary and Community Care, The NetherlandsFood insecurity is one of the main factors affecting access and adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in middle- and low-income countries. To mitigate this problem, food assistance interventions are being integrated in ART programmes. As evidence of effectiveness of these... -
Food web structure in three contrasting estuaries determined using stable isotope (∂13C) analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: PW Froneman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaFood web structure in three contrasting estuaries, the freshwater-deprived Kariega, the freshwater-dominated Great Fish River and the temporarily open/closed Kasouga estuary, along the south-east coast of southern Africa was investigated in summer (1–4 November) 2000 by employing stable carbon (∂13C)... -
Zooplankton abundance and composition in the hypertrophic Rietvlei Dam, South Africa, negate prospects for its remedial ‘top-down’ biomanipulation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RC Hart --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaCrustacean zooplankton abundance and composition were determined at one offshore and three nearshore sites in the hypertrophic Rietvlei Dam on 19 dates between July 2009 and December 2011. Total biomass fluctuated seasonally, generally declining from spring to winter through the... -
Accounting for food requirements of seabirds in fisheries management – the case of the South African purse-seine fishery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R. J. M. CrawfordIn South Africa, four of the seabirds that feed mainly on sardine Sardinops sagax and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus have an unfavourable conservation status or a small population: African penguin Spheniscus demersus, Cape gannet Morus capensis, Cape cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis and... -
The food of three seabirds at Latham Island, Tanzania, with observations on foraging by masked boobies Sula dactylatra
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BS Asseid L Drapeau RJM Crawford BM Dyer A Hija AA Mwinyi P Shinula L UpfoldAt Latham Island, Tanzania, in August 2004 and December 2005, flying fish (Exocoetidae) contributed 90% by mass of prey items regurgitated by masked boobies Sula dactylatra. The fish had a mean caudal length of 164mm. Two boobies generally foraged in... -
Examining the 'global spreading hypothesis' using graph theory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: F Jordán T WyattA persistent view, called the 'global spreading hypothesis', maintains that the frequency, magnitude and geographical extent of harmful algal blooms have increased in recent decades. These putative trends have been variously attributed to nutrient enrichment, climate change and inadequate databases... -
Puffer fish tragedy in Bangladesh: an incident of Takifugu oblongus poisoning in Degholia, Khulna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S AhmedPuffer fish poisoning that occurs occasionally among the rural poor in Bangladesh is mainly caused by freshwater species. A food poisoning incident resulting from the ingestion of the marine puffer Takifugu oblongus occurred at Degholia in the Khulna district of... -
HAB outreach using multimedia: integrating ocean research and education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A deCharon S Etheridge T McDonnell Wysor M SierackiThis paper highlights a few of the education and outreach products on harmful algal blooms (HABs) that have been developed at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, a non-profit organisation dedicated to marine biological research and education. The 'Toxic & Harmful... -
Regionally coherent trends in colonies of African penguins Spheniscus demersus in the Western Cape, South Africa, 1987–2005
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: LG Underhill RJM Crawford AC Wolfaardt PA Whittington BM Dyer TM Leshoro M Ruthenberg L Upfold J VisagieFrom 1987 to 2005, numbers of African penguins Spheniscus demersus breeding in South Africa's Western Cape Province increased by about 50%. Numbers decreased at the four northernmost colonies in the region: Lambert's Bay and the three colonies in Saldanha Bay,... -
Few data but many fish: marine small-scale fisheries catches for Mozambique and Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J Jacquet --- Sea Around Us Project, Fisheries Centre, Canada H Fox --- Conservation Science Program, USA H Motta --- WWF Mozambique Coordination Office, Mozambique A Ngusaru --- EAME Programme, WWF-Tanzania Programme Office, Tanzania D Zeller --- Sea Around Us Project, Fisheries Centre, CanadaThe fisheries data supplied to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) by national agencies have served as the primary tool for many global and regional studies. However, it is recognised that these data are incomplete and... -
Cross-shelf observations of diet and diel feeding behaviour of the bearded goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus off Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Hundt --- Department of Biology, Norway AC Utne-Palm --- Department of Biology, Norway MJ Gibbons --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaThe diet of the bearded goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus was studied at two 48 h stations off the Namibian coast. The inner station (120 m) was characterised by a deep layer of low-oxygen bottom water (<0.5 ml DO l−1 or <10%... -
Climate change impacts on fisheries in West Africa: implications for economic, food and nutritional security
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: VWY Lam --- Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Fisheries Centre, Canada WWL Cheung --- Fisheries Centre, Canada W Swartz --- Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Fisheries Centre, Canada UR Sumaila --- Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Fisheries Centre, CanadaWest Africa was identified as one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in previous global analyses. Adverse changes in marine resources under climate change may pose significant threats to the livelihoods and well-being of the communities and countries... -
Relations Key to Innovations – Peasants, Institutions and Technical Change on the Mossi Plateau in Burkina Faso
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mats Hårsmar --- , SwedenHow can technical changes within food crop cultivation in a country like Burkina Faso be explained? This is an important question for the reduction of poverty, for enhanced food security as well as for economic growth. Poor countries, where agriculture... -
Innovating the Green Way: Natural Considerations for Sustainable Consumption
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sajal Kabiraj --- International Center for Organization & Innovation Studies (ICOIS), ChinaLearn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful for what you did… Sarah Caldwell The five natural elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Sky), the... -
Gender, famine and HIV/AIDS: rethinking new variant famine in Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Andy GibbsAlthough making a large and rapid impact on our understandings of the interactions between famine and HIV/AIDS, the new variant famine hypothesis has had little critical scrutiny. This paper uses a case study of the Malawian food crisis of 2001/2002... -
Food consumption patterns, diversity of food nutrients and mean nutrient intake in relation to HIV/AIDS status in Kisumu district Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Agatha Christine Onyango --- School of Public Health and Community Development, Kenya Mary Khakoni Walingo --- School of Public Health and Community Development, Kenya Lucas Othuon --- Department of Educational Psychology, KenyaAs the causes and consequences of the AIDS epidemic become clearer, so does the fundamental importance of food and nutritional security for HIV-affected individuals. Even as food insecurity remains a major problem in poor households, its effects are worsened in... -
The importance of interdisciplinary collaborative research in responding to HIV/AIDS vulnerability in rural Senegal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Roos Willems --- Department Social and Cultural Anthropology, BelgiumHIV prevalence in Senegal is less than 1%, a success generally attributed to the country's quick response to the nascent epidemic of the 1980s and its continued efforts to curtail the spread of HIV. However, as the bulk of the... -
The impact of invasive fish and invasive riparian plants on the invertebrate fauna of the Rondegat River, Cape Floristic Region, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: StevenR Lowe DarraghJ Woodford DeanN Impson JennyA DayInvasive fish and plants are widespread in the rivers and riparian zones of the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa and represent potential threats to the highly endemic freshwater fauna. We investigated the impact of invasive smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)... -
The importance of estuarine-derived carbon for the nearshore marine environment: studies on two contrasting South African estuaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: PD Vorwerk --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa PW Froneman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe food web structure within and adjacent to two permanently open estuaries with contrasting flow regimes along the south-eastern coast of South Africa was investigated employing stable isotope analysis. The Kariega Estuary is considered a freshwater-deprived system, while the Great... -
Diet of large-eye dentex Dentex macrophthalmus (Pisces: Sparidae) off Angola and Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Kilongo P Barros M DiehdiouThe large-eye dentex Dentex macrophthalmus is a major target species of the demersal fishery off Angola, and is taken as bycatch off northern Namibia. Its prey spectrum off Angola and Namibia is described from the stomach contents of 593 individuals... -
Comparative ecology of the copepods Calanoides carinatus and Calanus agulhensis — the influence of temperature and food
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JA Huggett AJ Richardson JG FieldHypotheses regarding temperature, food abundance and food size were tested to explore niche separation between Calanoides carinatus, an abundant copepod in the cool and food-rich southern Benguela upwelling system, and Calanus agulhensis, the dominant copepod on the warmer, relatively food-poor... -
Divergent trends in bank cormorants Phalacrocorax neglectus breeding in South Africa's Western Cape consistent with a distributional shift of rock lobsters Jasus lalandii
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford AC Cockcroft BM Dyer L UpfoldIn South Africa's Western Cape Province, numbers of bank cormorants Phalacrocorax neglectus breeding at 11 localities decreased from above 500 pairs during 1978–1987 to 350 pairs from 1995 to 2006. The most northern colony (Lambert's Bay) was extinct by 1999... -
Influences of the abundance and distribution of prey on African penguins Spheniscus demersus off western South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford LG Underhill JC Coetzee T Fairweather LJ Shannon AC WolfaardtOff South Africa, anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and sardine Sardinops sagax are the main prey of African penguins Spheniscus demersus. The combined spawner biomass of these fish increased from less than one million t in 1996 to more than nine million... -
Implications for seabirds off South Africa of a long-term change in the distribution of sardine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford PS Sabarros T Fairweather LG Underhill AC WolfaardtFrom 1997 to 2005, the distribution of sardine Sardinops sagax, an important prey item for four seabirds off South Africa, shifted 400 km to the south and east, influencing its availability to breeding birds. It became progressively less available to... -
Changes in the trophic structure of the southern Benguela before and after the onset of industrial fishing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: KE Watermeyer LJ Shannon CL GriffithsDespite a human presence in the Benguela region for at least one million years, exploitation of marine resources by European seafarers only began in earnest in the 1400s. Ecopath with Ecosim was used to construct and compare mass-balanced foodweb models... -
Changes in the trophic structure of the northern Benguela before and after the onset of industrial fishing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: KE Watermeyer LJ Shannon J-P Roux CL GriffithsExploitation of marine resources has been occurring in the northern Benguela ecosystem for centuries. Understanding the cumulative long-term effects of this exploitation is important toward effective management of the modern system. Retrospective mass-balanced models of the ecosystem have been constructed,... -
Effects of fishing on a temperate reef community in South Africa 2: benthic invertebrates and algae
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Götz --- , South Africa SE Kerwath --- Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa CG Attwood --- Marine Research Institute, Department of Zoology, South Africa WHH Sauer --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaThe effect of fishing on benthic reef communities was studied by comparing reefs within and outside the Goukamma Marine Protected Area (MPA) on the South African warm-temperate south coast. Although study sites were similar in terms of bathymetry and oceanographic... -
A condition index for African penguin Spheniscus demersus chicks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Lubbe --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa LG Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa LJ Waller --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa J Veen --- VEDA Consultancy, The NetherlandsThe body condition of altricial seabird chicks is directly related to the amount of food received from their parents, which depends on feeding conditions at sea. An index of body condition is therefore a useful tool for assessing variation in... -
Stable isotope evidence of food web connectivity by a top predatory fish (Argyrosomus japonicus: Sciaenidae: Teleostei) in the Kowie Estuary, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Bergamino --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa T Dalu --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa AK Whitfield --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa L Carassou --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa NB Richoux --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaIn this study, food web connectivity within the Kowie Estuary on the south-east coast of South Africa was evidenced by the trophic behaviour of the predominantly piscivorous Argyrosomus japonicus. We examined stable isotopes of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) in... -
Congruent, decreasing trends of gentoo penguins and Crozet shags at sub-Antarctic Marion Island suggest food limitation through common environmental forcing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa BM Dyer --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa L Upfold --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa AB Makhado --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South AfricaNumbers of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua and Crozet shags Phalacrocorax [atriceps] melanogenis breeding annually at Marion Island, one of South Africa's Prince Edward Islands in the South-West Indian Ocean, were strongly correlated over 19 split-years from 1994/1995 to 2012/2013. Both... -
Processes influencing the population dynamics and conservation of African penguins on Dyer Island, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Ludynia --- Marine Research Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa LJ Waller --- Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South Africa RB Sherley --- Marine Research Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa F Abadi --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Y Galada --- Marine Research Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa D Geldenhuys --- Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South Africa RJM Crawford --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa LJ Shannon --- Marine Research Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa A Jarre --- Marine Research Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaDyer Island, South Africa, supported the largest African penguin Spheniscus demersus colony in 1979 (22 655 breeding pairs), but population dynamics of the species have not followed the trends of adjacent colonies in years of high fish abundance or shifts... -
Avoiding adverse outcomes in anaesthesia. The relevant As: allergy, asthma airway and anaphylaxis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Bosenberg --- Department Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Faculty Health Sciences, USAThe perioperative preparation of children presenting for surgery aims to identify medical problems that might influence the outcome and to institute management strategies to reduce those risks. Adverse respiratory events remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in modern... -
Introducing solid foods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MJ Lombard --- Nutrition Information Centre, IL Labuschagne --- Nutrition Information Centre,There are recommendations to guide parents to help their infants make the transition from milk to weaning foods, but they differ in their focus in developed or developing countries and on the physiological and behavioural reasons that underlie the introduction... -
Responding to the crisis: food co-operatives and the solidarity economy in Greece
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Theodoros Rakopoulos --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThis article discusses a case of popular social response to imposed austerity and recession in Greece. It focuses on the antimiddleman movement in an Athens suburb. It also addresses the broader picture of the current Greek crisis, explaining how participants... -
The possible relation between bio-fuels, agriculture and the demand for food in South African cities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Charl van der Merwe --- Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) in the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Republic of South AfricaGlobal food security is constantly faced with new challenges as new driving forces emerge. One of these new emerging driving forces is the link between the demand for energy and agriculture, specifically with regards to food security discourses. This paper... -
Analysis of the impact of production technology and gender on under-utilised indigenous vegetables production in south-western Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwagbenga T Alao --- College of Agriculture, Nigeria Odunayo C Adebooye --- College of Agriculture, Nigeria Olanike F Deji --- Faculty of Agriculture, Nigeria Kaothar M Idris-Adeniyi --- College of Agriculture, Nigeria Oluwafemi Agbola --- College of Agriculture, Nigeria Ahmed O Busari --- College of Agriculture, NigeriaWe quantified the impact of new production technologies on total land area allocated to production of six (ugu, igbagba, tete atetedaye, woorowo, ogunmo and odu) selected high-premium under-utilised indigenous vegetables (UIVs) in south-western Nigeria. Leaf yields and accruable returns were... -
Socio-economic and demographic factors related to HIV status in urban informal settlements in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Liana Steenkamp --- HIV&AIDS Research Unit, South Africa Danie Venter --- Unit for Statistical Consultation, South Africa Corinna Walsh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Pelisa Dana --- Eastern Cape AIDS Council, South AfricaThe prevalence of HIV&AIDS is embedded in social and economic inequity and the relationship between social determinants and HIV incidence is well established. The aim of this study was to determine which socio-economic and demographic factors are related to HIV... -
Content analysis of food advertising strategies and ethical implications on South African television
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- Mahidol University, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThe study aimed to investigate strategies and ethical implications of food advertising in South African television. The sample included 343 food advertisements recorded over two weeks and 224 hours from two major South African TV channels. Results indicate 45 products... -
The nutrient intake of children aged 12–36 months living in two communities in the Breede Valley, Western Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: TA Balogun --- Division of Community Health, South Africa MJ Lombard --- Division of Human Nutrition, South Africa M McLachlan --- Division of Human Nutrition, South AfricaObjective: The objective of this study was to describe the current macro- and micronutrient intake of children (both boys and girls) in two selected communities in the Breede Valley, Worcester. -
Pseudo-egg and exotic egg adoption by Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus vetula
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Minke Witteveen --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, South Africa Mark Brown --- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Peter G Ryan --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, South AfricaGround-nesting birds, particularly larids, are known to include a variety of items in their nests as pseudo-eggs, as well as to adopt the eggs of conspecifics or other species. Three hypotheses have been put forward to explain this phenomenon: incubation... -
Parental care in a polygynous group of bat-eared foxes, Otocyon megalotis (Carnivora: Canidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anton Pauw --- Department of Botany, South AfricaThis study reports the first recorded instance of polygyny and communal nursing in Otocyon m. megalotis. The polygynous group, which was studied in the Kalahari Desert, consisted of a male, two lactating females and a litter of five pups. New... -
Studies on aspects of the biology of Tilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899) (Osteichthyes Cichlidae) in Ethiope River, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Robert B. Ikomi --- Department of Zoology, Nigeria Happy O. Jessa --- Department of Zoology, NigeriaAspect of the biology of Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899, in Ethiope River were examined. T. mariae was captured in the river throughout the year and constituted about 31% of the cichlid catch. It attained a standard length of 17.5 cm;... -
Trends in African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini populations between the early 1980s and early 2000s, with consideration of the influence of protected habitats and food availability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Douglas Loewenthal --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Dane M Paijmans --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip W Haupt --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Republic of Seychelles Philip AR Hockey --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaThe African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is classified as Near Threatened because the population size is small (<10 000) and numbers have decreased or were previously recorded as decreasing. Although human activity has increased in many parts of the species’... -
Food abundance explains the breeding season of a tropical shorebird, the Crab Plover Dromas ardeola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Giuseppe De Marchi --- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, Italy Giorgio Chiozzi --- Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Italy Dawit Semere --- Research Division, Eritrea Yohannes Mebrahtu --- Research Division, Eritrea Farhad Hosseini Tayefeh --- Department of the Environment Provincial Office, Iran Mohammed Almalki --- Department of Biology, College of Science, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mauro Fasola --- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, ItalyThe timing of breeding in birds is a life-history trait that generally depends on food availability, but other factors may play a role, particularly in tropical areas where food availability is less seasonal than in temperate or polar areas. We... -
Snobbery and the triumph of bourgeois values: a speculative analysis of implications for hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Roy C. Wood --- Academy of Hotel and Facility Management, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, The NetherlandsThis is a ‘small’ paper that offers a broad-brush view of the nature of bourgeois values and implications of the same for our understanding of certain aspects of hospitality. The argument is speculative, but assertive. Bourgeois values, it is suggested, are inevitably... -
Can brand personality differentiate fast food restaurants?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Alisha Ali --- Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, London, United Kingdom Vishal Sharma --- PriceWaterHouse Coopers, London, United KingdomThis study examines brand personality as an approach to establish brand differentiation in the highly competitive fast food sector. A modified brand personality scale proposed by Musante et al. (2008) was used to develop a questionnaire which was distributed to... -
An investigation in purchasing practices of small F&B operators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Michel Altan --- Academy of Hospitality and Facility Management, NHTV Breda, The Netherlands Christine Demen-Meier --- Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Le Chalet-à-Gobet, SwitzerlandThe food and beverage (F&B) purchasing function is operating in a rapidly changing environment, whereby professionalisation and efficiency become key. This paper aims to identify generic skills that are most important for small F&B operators when it comes down to purchasing and... -
To what extent are restaurants prepared to respond to the needs of guests with food allergies and intolerances?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Maxine van Dam --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Lysbet Wiersma --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThe purpose of this research is to examine the knowledge of restaurants regarding food allergies and intolerances. The main research question is this: to what extent are restaurants prepared to respond to the needs of guests with food allergies and... -
Key values of Chinese consumers buying sustainable goods: the case of Green Food in Fuzhou
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Jan Arend Schulp --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Rengerslaan 8, 8917 DD Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Elena Cavagnaro --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Rengerslaan 8, 8917 DD Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Hanqing Lin --- Fujian Communication Technology College, ChinaThis research identifies the key individual values guiding the choice of Chinese customers for Green Food. The work builds on literature on sustainable consumption and the role of values in explaining consumers’ buying behaviour. A questionnaire on values and buying... -
The impact of Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF) in targeted supplementation of children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Liana Steenkamp --- HIV & AIDS Research Unit, South Africa Ronette Lategan --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Jacques Raubenheimer --- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaObjective: To describe catch-up growth in children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) on targeted supplementation using Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF). -
Responding to the crisis: food co-operatives and the solidarity economy in Greece
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Theodoros Rakopoulos --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThis article discusses a case of popular social response to imposed austerity and recession in Greece. It focuses on the anti-middleman movement in an Athens suburb. It also addresses the broader picture of the current Greek crisis, explaining how participants... -
Plant selection and grazing activity of the invasive snail Theba pisana in coastal Algoa Bay, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sean van Elden --- DST–NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, South Africa Nelson AF Miranda --- DST–NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, South Africa Renzo Perissinotto --- DST–NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, South Africa Janine B Adams --- Department of Botany, South AfricaThe land snail Theba pisana is a coastal species native to the Mediterranean but has been introduced to regions all over the world, including South Africa and Australia, where it is considered a pest. This study examines the diet of... -
Kelp gulls prey on the eyes of juvenile Cape fur seals in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AJ Gallagher --- Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, USA ER Staaterman --- Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, USA N Dreyer --- Sandwich Harbour 4×4, NamibiaThe kelp gull Larus dominicanus is an abundant and highly successful avian predator and scavenger that breeds along the coastline in the Southern Hemisphere, ranging from Antarctica to the tropics. On account of its dietary breadth, wide-ranging foraging strategies, and... -
Seasonal variation in the diet of Cape clawless otters (Aonyx capensis) in a marine habitat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M.J. Somers --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaSeasonal changes in the diet of Cape clawless otters Aonyx capensis feeding in the surf zone in False Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa, were investigated by spraint (faecal) analysis. The most common prey species, during all seasons, was the... -
Prey, but not plant, chemical discrimination by the lizard Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: William E. Cooper --- Department of Biology,, U.S.A Jason J. Habegger --- Department of Biology,, U.S.AWe experimentally studied responses to food chemicals by Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus, a member of a lizard genus endemic to subsaharan Africa. Gerrhosaur diets vary from insectivorous to omnivorous with a very large plant portion. The omnivorous G. validus responds strongly to... -
Territoriality and breeding success in Gurney’s sugarbird, Promerops gurneyi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: K.M. Calf --- Department of Zoology, South Africa C.T Downs --- School of Botany and Zoology, South Africa M.I. Cherry --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaTerritory size and quality were determined for Gurney’s sugarbirds in Qwaqwa National Park, northeastern Free State, South Africa. Changes in territory size of Gurney’s sugarbirds during the six-month season reflect increases in numbers of territorial birds and inflorescences at mid... -
Life history traits of Bathyclarias nyasensis (Siluroidei) in Lake Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: E. Kaunda --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa T. Hecht --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaLife history traits, including age, growth, reproduction and diet of Bathyclarias nyasensis from Lake Malawi were studied between December 1996 and November 1998. Owing to reabsorp tion of pectoral spines with increasing fish size, and the relatively low number of... -
The cheeseboard in Dutch fine dining restaurants, I: Practices and opinions of restaurant professionals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Jan A. Schulp --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Anne Küpers --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Jaap-Peter Nijboer --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Elske Rozendal --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Christel Westerhuis --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThe difficulties in serving a cheeseboard are explored in this paper. From literature 1940–2010, for accompanying cheeses, a shift was found from red to white wines and from dry to sweeter wines. There is also a tendency to more and sweeter... -
Trophic relationships of hake (Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus) and sharks (Centrophorus squamosus, Deania calcea and D. profundorum) in the Northern (Namibia) Benguela Current region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Johannes A Iitembu --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Namibia Nicole B Richoux --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe trophic relationships of two hake species (Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus) and three shark species (Centrophorus squamosus, Deania calcea and D. profundorum) were investigated using nitrogen and carbon stable isotope signatures (δ15N and δ13C) of their muscle tissues. The... -
Not everyone can afford an apple a day: stigma and food insecurity in rural South African young adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rebecca Fielding-Miller --- Department of Medicine, Division of Global Public Health, Kristin L Dunkle --- South African Medical Research Council, Daniel Murdock --- Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, GeorgiaThe HIV epidemic in South Africa has created a generation of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVCs). Little is known about the experiences of these “former” OVCs once they pass their 18th birthday. We conducted a qualitative study to understand the... -
Feeding ecology of four livestock species under different management in a semi-arid pastoral system in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Igshaan Samuels --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Clement Cupido --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Melvin B Swarts --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Anthony R Palmer --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, South Africa Jamie W Paulse --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaThe Leliefontein communal area in Namaqualand is grazed by mixed species herds that have multiple benefits for pastoralists. This study assessed how the management (herding and free-ranging) of different livestock herds affects their feeding ecology during the wet and dry... -
Creating tangible and intangible hospitality products with a sustainable value – The case of the Altes Land apples
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Sofie-Charlotte Depke --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Christina Lück --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Jennifer Peters --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Lara Wellmer --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Sarah Seidel --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis paper focuses on a specific sub-part of hospitality, namely sustainable product creation via regional integration. According to the research question “To what extent does the integration of local apple products contribute to regional sustainable value creation in Altes Land... -
Are South African women willing and able to apply the new food-based dietary guidelines? Lessons for nutrition educators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: P. Love --- Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, E.M.W. Maunder --- School of Agricultural Sciences andAgribusiness, J.M. Green --- School of Agricultural Sciences andAgribusiness,Background -
Characteristics of the South African Food Composition Database, an essential tool for the nutrition fraternity in the country: Part I
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Na Danster --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, P Wolmarans --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit,Information on the nutrient composition of food forms the foundation for determining the diet-health-disease-relationships in a country. The nutrient composition of foods is influenced by many factors such as climate, soil, cultivar/breed, the grade of ripeness at harvest and the... -
Development of a Malian food exchange system based on local foods and dishes for the assessment of nutrient and food intake in type 2 diabetic subjects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Coulibaly --- Département des sciences des aliments et de nutrition, Faculté des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation, Canada Ht O’Brien --- Département des sciences des aliments et de nutrition, Faculté des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation, Canada I. Galibois --- Département des sciences des aliments et de nutrition, Faculté des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation, CanadaObjective: To develop exchange lists for the assessment of food and nutrient intakes for people with diabetes in Mali. -
Factors influencing high socio-economic class mothers’ decision regarding formula-feeding practices in the Cape Metropole
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M. Sowden --- Division of Human Nutrition, D. Marais --- Division of Human Nutrition, R. Beukes --- Division of Human Nutrition,The aims of the study were to identify the reasons why high socio-economic class women in the Cape Metropole decide not to breast-feed; to evaluate whether the type and volume of infant formula selected by the mother was appropriate for... -
Use of the South African Food Composition Database System (SAFOODS) and its products in assessing dietary intake data: Part II
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: P. Wolmarans --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, E. Kunneke --- Division Dietetics, R. Laubscher --- Biostatistics Unit,A number of dietary research methodologies are available for the collection of quantitative dietary intake data. The methods most often used in South Africa include the 24-hour dietary recall, the quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and the dietary intake record. To... -
What factors determine the use of the nutrition information on the food label when female consumers from Pietermaritzburg select and purchase fat spreads?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: NL. Wiles --- Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Pietermaritzburg M. Paterson --- Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Pietermaritzburg JL. Meaker --- Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, PietermaritzburgObjectives: This study set out to determine the following in relation to the nutrition information on the food labels of selected fat spreads: the demographic profile of female consumers using the food label, reasons for food label use and whether... -
Fast-food consumption among 17-year-olds in the Birth to Twenty cohort
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Feeley --- Birth to Twenty Research Programme, South Africa Jm Pettifor --- MRC Mineral Metabolism Research Unit and Department of Paediatrics, South Africa Sa Norris --- Birth to Twenty Research Programme, South AfricaObjectives: Assessment of fast-food consumption in urban black adolescents. -
South African dietary total antioxidant capacity based on secondary intake data in relation to dietary recommendations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: H Louwrens --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, South Africa F Rautenbach [AN0001] I Venter --- Faculty of Applied Sciences,Objective: In this exploratory study, the average adult South African dietary total antioxidant capacity (TAC) was estimated using secondary data and was evaluated against that determined for dietary intake recommendations. -
Characteristics and factors influencing fast food intake of young adult consumers in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Mk Van Zyl --- Woolworths South Africa (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Np Steyn --- Knowledge Systems, South Africa Ml Marais --- Division of Human Nutrition, South AfricaObjectives: To determine fast food consumption patterns, socio-economic characteristics and other factors that influence the fast food intake of young adults from different socio-economic areas in Johannesburg, South Africa. -
Food and beverage marketing to children in South Africa: mapping the terrain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Sb Cassim --- School of Management, South AfricaThe prevalence of overweight and obesity, particularly in children, raises serious attention to its causes and possible interventions. Food marketing to children has in recent years come under scrutiny as one of the putative factors responsible for the rising rates... -
The importance of access to food intake data
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M. Herselman --- Division of Human Nutrition; Faculty of Health Sciences, L Du Plessis --- Community Nutrition; Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, -
The lack of food intake data and the consequences thereof
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Iv Van Heerden --- Nutrition Consultant and Scientific Editor, Hc Schönfeldt --- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences,Generally, South African researchers working in the fields of nutrition and dietetics collect food intake data as a first step towards determining the nutritional status of various populations. However, on publication, the majority of the results obtained from these studies... -
Community-based agricultural interventions in the context of food and nutrition security in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M. Faber --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, C. Witten --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, S. Drimie --- Regional Coordinator, RENEWAL,Despite South Africa being a food-secure country in terms of aggregate food availability, it is listed by the World Health Organization as one of 36 high-burden countries, home to large numbers of stunted children. Recent findings, in the context of... -
Who is the nutrition workforce in the Western Cape?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: H Goeiman --- Department of Health, D Labadarios --- Health Systems and Innovation, Np Steyn --- Centre for the Study of the Social and Environmental Determinants of Nutrition,Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine the current nutrition staffing profile of the Integrated Nutrition Programme (INP) in Department of Health in the Western Cape, and establish whether it is adequate to meet the objectives of... -
Using different approaches to assess the reproducibility of a culturally sensitive quantified food frequency questionnaire
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: E. Wentzel-Viljoen --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, Potchefstroom R. Laubscher --- Biostatistics Unit, Parow A. Kruger --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), PotchefstroomObjective: To report on the use of different approaches to assess the reproducibility of a culturally sensitive quantified food frequency questionnaire (QFFQ) used for assessment of the habitual dietary intake of Setswana-speaking adults in the North West Province of South... -
Exploratory survey of informal vendor-sold fast food in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Abb Feeley --- Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, K. Kahn --- Health and Population Division, R. Twine --- Rural Public Health and Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), Sa Norris --- Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit,Background: South Africa is experiencing a dramatic increase in obesity in both urban and rural areas. It is important to understand access to food better and how this influences food choice in rural environments. This study aimed to explore the... -
A study of the relationship between health awareness, lifestyle behaviour and food label usage in Gauteng
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: El Kempen --- Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, H. Muller --- Research Directorate, E. Symington --- Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, T. Van Eeden --- Department of Life and Consumer Sciences,Background: The objectives of the study were to determine whether consumers who read food labels, were also more aware of health and lifestyle issues, in terms of nutrition and other health-related lifestyle behaviours, and whether there was a relationship between... -
The impact of morbidity on food intake in rural Kenyan children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Cg Neumann --- Departments of Community Health Sciences and Pediatrics, USA M. Marquardt --- Emergency Medicine, USA No Bwibo --- Department of Pediatrics, KenyaObjective: To quantify the effect of common illnesses on energy intake in rural Kenyan children. -
Nutritional status and food intake data on children and adolescents in residential care facilities in Durban
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Hh Grobbelaar --- Department of Food and Nutrition Consumer Sciences, Ce Napier --- Department of Food and Nutrition Consumer Sciences, W Oldewage-Theron --- Centre of Sustainable Livelihoods,Objective: The aim of this study was to examine growth indicators and dietary intake patterns of children aged 4-18 years residing in residential care facilities in Durban. -
The acceptability and intake of lipid-based pastes as a food supplement in a South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: L Steenkamp --- HIV and AIDS Research Unit, R Lategan --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences,This descriptive study included 103 children aged 12-60 months, 39 older children and 291 adults, and was performed to assess the sensory acceptability of a lipid-based food supplement. Lipid-based pastes were found to be highly acceptable, although concern exists regarding... -
Glycaemic index of selected staple carbohydrate-rich foods commonly consumed in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: So Mahgoub --- Kaplan University, M Sabone --- School of Nursing, J Jackson --- Centre for Scientific Research,Objectives: Data on the glycaemic index (GI) of foods commonly consumed in Botswana are lacking. The present study aimed to evaluate the GI of some of the staple carbohydrate-rich foods eaten in Botswana. -
Food intake and meal pattern of adolescents in school in Ila Orangun, south-west Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Mo Ogunkunle --- Department of Human Nutrition, As Oludele --- Department of Home Economics, NigeriaObjective: This study was designed to assess the food intake and describe the meal pattern of adolescents attending public secondary schools in Ila Orangun, south-west Nigeria. -
Food availability and accessibility in the local food distribution system of a low-income, urban community in Worcester, in the Western Cape province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Ja Roos --- Department of Industrial Engineering, Ga Ruthven --- Department of Industrial Engineering, Mj. Lombard --- Research and Information Division of Human Nutrition Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mh McLachlan --- Research and Information Division of Human Nutrition Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Objectives: The objective was to understand the local food distribution system in Avian Park, with a focus on food availability and accessibility. -
Knowledge of nutrition facts on food labels and their impact on food choices on consumers in Koforidua, Ghana: a case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: S. Darkwa --- Department of Vocational and Technical Education, GhanaObjective: The aim of this study was to investigate consumers’ knowledge of food labels and how this knowledge guides their decisions when making purchasing choices with regard to food. -
Acceptance of a ready-to-use supplementary food by stable HIV-treated and HIV and tuberculosis (co-infected)-treated patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: K. Pillay --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, M. Siwela --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Fj Veldman --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Eo Amonsou --- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Bp Mabaso --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition,Objectives: The objective of the study was to determine consumer acceptance and perceptions of a ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) by subjects treated for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and HIV and tuberculosis (co-infected subjects). -
Adolescent food frequency and socio-economic status in a private urban and peri-urban school in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Ka. Audain --- Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Sm Kassier --- Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Fj Veldman --- Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition,Objective: The objective of the study was to make a comparative analysis of the dietary preferences of adolescents attending an urban versus a peri-urban school in KwaZulu-Natal, in order to investigate the association between socio-economic status and food frequency. -
Nutritional quality of a ready-to-use food, and its acceptability to healthy and HIV-infected children receiving antiretroviral treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nl Wiles --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Pietermartizburg Zn Mahlangu --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Pietermartizburg M. Siwela --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Pietermartizburg Fj Veldman --- Dietetics and Human Nutrition, PietermartizburgObjectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the nutritional quality of a ready-to-use food (RUF), and its acceptability to children who were “healthy” and to those who were human-immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). -
The effect of a combination of nutrition education, soy and vegetable gardening, and food preparation skill training interventions on dietary intake and diversity in women: a case study from Qwa-Qwa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: W. Oldewage-Theron --- Visiting Professor, Centre of Sustainable Livelihoods, South Africa A. Egal --- Director, Centre of Sustainable Livelihoods, South AfricaObjective: The objective of the study was to determine if an integrated food and nutrition intervention, including home gardening, nutrition education and recipe development and training, would improve dietary diversity in women. -
Food insecurity among students at the University of the Free State, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: L. Van den Berg --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Professions Faculty of Health Sciences, J. Raubenheimer --- Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences,Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate food insecurity in students in a developing country with high national food insecurity. -
Household hunger, standard of living and satisfaction with life in Alice, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nicole Marguerite Dodd --- Department of Industrial Psychology (Military),The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between household hunger, standard of living and satisfaction with life in a rural South African setting. Respondents were 442 randomly selected community dwellers from Alice, in the Eastern Cape (Xhosa... -
Food and nutrition labelling: the past, present and the way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: N Koen --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, R Blaauw --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, E Wentzel-Viljoen --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences,Current global mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) remains unacceptably high and is increasing. A major reduction in the burden of NCDs should come from population-wide interventions, including the promotion of a healthy diet through the provision of adequate nutrition information... -
Effects of rising food prices on household food security on femaleheaded households in Runnymede Village, Mopani District, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: K Mkhawani --- Department of Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, South Africa SA Motadi --- Department of Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, South Africa NS Mabapa --- Department of Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, South Africa XG Mbhenyane --- Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, R Blaauw --- Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Background: Rising food prices can have a devastating effect on the health of poor households by making it more difficult for them to afford basic food baskets. Although South Africa is food secure as a nation, it does not mean... -
The food environment of students on a financial assistance programme at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: NML Meko --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa EM Jordaan --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South AfricaThe research study was undertaken to determine the food that students on the financial assistance program at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, could buy on campus. Students on this program can buy food from six food outlets on... -
Cape cormorants decrease, move east and adapt foraging strategies following eastward displacement of their main prey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford --- Branch: Oceans & Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa RM Randall --- South African National Parks, South Africa TR Cook --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa PG Ryan --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa BM Dyer --- Branch: Oceans & Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa R Fox --- Addo Elephant National Park, South African National Parks, South Africa D Geldenhuys --- CapeNature, Voëlklip, South Africa J Huisamen --- CapeNature, Voëlklip, South Africa C McGeorge --- CapeNature, Voëlklip, South Africa MK Smith --- South African National Parks, South Africa L Upfold --- Branch: Oceans & Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa J Visagie --- CapeNature, Scientific Services, Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve, South Africa LJ Waller --- CapeNature, Voëlklip, South Africa PA Whittington --- Department of Zoology, South Africa CG Wilke --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa AB Makhado --- Branch: Oceans & Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South AfricaNumbers of Cape cormorants Phalacrocorax capensis breeding in South Africa decreased by nearly 50% from approximately 107 000 pairs in 1977–1981 to 57 000 pairs in 2010–2014. Although four colonies had >10 000 pairs in 1977–1981, there was just one... -
The influence of food abundance, food dispersion and habitat structure on territory selection and size of an Afrotropical terrestrial insectivore
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: William D Newmark --- Natural History Museum of Utah, USA Thomas R Stanley --- US Geological Survey, USAMost tropical insectivorous birds, unlike their temperate counterparts, hold and defend a feeding and breeding territory year-around. However, our understanding of ecological factors influencing territory selection and size in tropical insectivores is limited. Here we examine three prominent hypotheses relating... -
Challenges to implementing the food-based dietary guidelines in the South African primary school curriculum: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of principals and curriculum advisors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Kim Anh Nguyen --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Anniza De Villiers --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Jean Marie Fourie --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South Africa Michael Hendricks --- School of Child and Adolescent Health, South AfricaObjectives: The South African food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) were developed and implemented to promote healthy lifestyles in the population along with preventing non-communicable diseases and other forms of diet-related illness. The FBDG were recommended for implementation within the national school... -
Food and wine pairing: A new approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Peter Klosse --- Academie voor Gastronomie, Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput, NetherlandsFlavour can be assessed objectively with the use of the newly developed flavour styles theory. In this approach, flavour is structured on the parameters contracting mouthfeel, coating mouthfeel and flavour richness. The result is the flavour styles cube. The eight... -
Key values of Chinese consumers buying sustainable goods: the case of Green Food in Fuzhou
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Jan Arend Schulp --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Elena Cavagnaro --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Hanqing Lin --- Fujian Communication Technology College, ChinaThis research identifies the key individual values guiding the choice of Chinese customers for Green Food. The work builds on literature on sustainable consumption and the role of values in explaining consumers' buying behaviour. A questionnaire on values and buying... -
To what extent are restaurants prepared to respond to the needs of guests with food allergies and intolerances?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Maxine van Dam --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Lysbet Wiersma --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThe purpose of this research is to examine the knowledge of restaurants regarding food allergies and intolerances. The main research question is this: to what extent are restaurants prepared to respond to the needs of guests with food allergies and... -
Snobbery and the triumph of bourgeois values: a speculative analysis of implications for hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Roy C. Wood --- Academy of Hotel and Facility Management, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis is a ‘small’ paper that offers a broad-brush view of the nature of bourgeois values and implications of the same for our understanding of certain aspects of hospitality. The argument is speculative, but assertive. Bourgeois values, it is suggested,... -
Can brand personality differentiate fast food restaurants?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Alisha Ali --- Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom Vishal Sharma --- PriceWaterHouse Coopers, United KingdomThis study examines brand personality as an approach to establish brand differentiation in the highly competitive fast food sector. A modified brand personality scale proposed by Musante et al. (2008) was used to develop a questionnaire which was distributed to... -
An investigation in purchasing practices of small F&B operators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Michel Altan --- Academy of Hospitality and Facility Management, NHTV Breda, The Netherlands Christine Demen-Meier --- Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Le Chalet-à-Gobet, SwitzerlandThe food and beverage (F&B) purchasing function is operating in a rapidly changing environment, whereby professionalisation and efficiency become key. This paper aims to identify generic skills that are most important for small F&B operators when it comes down to... -
The cheeseboard in Dutch fine dining restaurants, I: Practices and opinions of restaurant professionals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Jan A. Schulp --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, The Netherlands Anne Küpers --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, The Netherlands Jaap-Peter Nijboer --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, The Netherlands Elske Rozendal --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, The Netherlands Christel Westerhuis --- International Hospitality Management, Stenden University of Applied Science, The NetherlandsThe difficulties in serving a cheeseboard are explored in this paper. From literature 1940–2010, for accompanying cheeses, a shift was found from red to white wines and from dry to sweeter wines. There is also a tendency to more and... -
Creating tangible and intangible hospitality products with a sustainable value – The case of the Altes Land apples
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sofie-Charlotte Depke --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands Christina Lück --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands Jennifer Peters --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands Lara Wellmer --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The Netherlands Sarah Seidel --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The NetherlandsThis paper focuses on a specific sub-part of hospitality, namely sustainable product creation via regional integration. According to the research question “To what extent does the integration of local apple products contribute to regional sustainable value creation in Altes Land... -
Is the Black Harrier Circus maurus a specialist predator? Assessing the diet of a threatened raptor species endemic to southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Marie-Sophie Garcia-Heras --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa François Mougeot --- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Spain Beatriz Arroyo --- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Spain Graham Avery --- Iziko South African Museum, South Africa Margaret Avery --- Iziko South African Museum, South Africa Robert E Simmons --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaStudying the diet of wild animals is central for understanding their flexibility in food requirements. The Black Harrier Circus maurus is an endangered raptor in South Africa and Namibia. To date, information about the diet of the species is insufficient... -
A review of microbial hazards associated with meat processing in butcheries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: L. B. Shilenge --- Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Health, South Africa K. Shale --- Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Health, South Africa T. Matodzi --- Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Health, South Africa F. Machete --- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, South Africa C. Tshelane --- Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Health, South AfricaMeat is highly nutritional and rich in proteins, which makes it a good substrate for possible microbial growth. As a result, in its raw state, meat is easily susceptible to colonization by microorganisms. This study describes the possible sources of... -
Are the attitudes and practices of foodservice managers, catering personnel and students contributing to excessive food wastage at Stellenbosch University?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: ML Marais --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Y Smit --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa N Koen --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa E Lötze --- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of AgriSciences, South AfricaObjective: The aim was to investigate factors contributing to food wastage by Stellenbosch University (SU) students in selected residences, and to determine the attitudes and practices of students and catering personnel impacting on food waste and a sustainable environment. -
School tuck shops in South Africa—an ethical appraisal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nico Nortje --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Mieke Faber --- Department of Dietetics, South Africa Anniza de Villiers --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South AfricaIt can be postulated that schools have an ethical responsibility to protect children from an unhealthy food environment. Against the backdrop of stunting, overweight and micronutrient deficiencies prevalent in South African children, the aim of this scoping study is to... -
Assessment of food gardens as nutrition tool in primary schools in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Sunette M Laurie --- Agricultural Research Council - Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South Africa Mieke Faber --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Mamohkele M Maduna --- Department of Basic Education, Directorate Sustainable Food Production in Schools, South AfricaObjectives: To assess knowledge, perceptions and practices on food production amongst learners and educators, gardening activities and management of school food gardens in schools participating in the National School Nutrition Programme. -
Consumer awareness and acceptability of bambara groundnut as a protein source for use in complementary foods in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Adewumi Toyin Oyeyinka --- Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, South Africa Kirthee Pillay --- Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, South Africa Muthulisi Siwela --- Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, South AfricaObjectives: To determine the consumer awareness and acceptability of bambara groundnut as a protein source and to assess its potential for use in complementary feeding. -
The impact of a nutrition education programme on feeding practices of caregivers with children aged 3 to 5 years in rural Limpopo Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Lf Mushaphi --- Department of Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, South Africa A Dannhauser --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Professions, South Africa Cm Walsh --- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Professions, South Africa Xg Mbhenyane --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, South Africa Fc van Rooyen --- Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaObjective: To determine the impact of nutrition education on feeding practices of caregivers with children aged 3 to 5 years at baseline and post intervention. -
Analytical Review of African Agribusiness Competitiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Suresh Chandra Babu --- International Food Policy Research Institute, USA Mahika Shishodia --- International Food Policy Research Institute, USAAgribusiness has a major role to play in the transformation of the agricultural sector in Africa. With the demand for high-value food products increasing across the world, there is an opportunity for an increase in income/employment through the production and... -
Determination of water quality, and trace metals in endemic Sarotherodon linellii, Pungu maclareni and Clarias maclareni, in crater Lake Barombi Mbo, Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: BN Sone --- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norway. Current address: c/o P Ndumbe, Standard Chartered Bank, Yaounde, Cameroon BO Rosseland --- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norway. Current address: c/o P Ndumbe, Standard Chartered Bank, Yaounde, Cameroon H-C Teien --- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norway. Current address: c/o P Ndumbe, Standard Chartered Bank, Yaounde, CameroonConsidering water pollution as a potential threat to some endemic cichlids of Lake Barombi Mbo, Cameroon, an investigation was done in 2011 to determine trace metals in its water, linking their uptake in gills and liver of fish to water... -
Food challenges facing people living with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nobuhle Moyo --- School of Built Environment and Development Studies, South Africa Pranitha Maharaj --- School of Built Environment and Development Studies, South Africa Liberty Mambondiani --- School of Built Environment and Development Studies, South AfricaThis study explored the food challenges facing people living with HIV/AIDS in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe. Tsholotsho is a socio-economically disadvantaged, rural district in Zimbabwe and has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the country. For this study, face to... -
Modelling the impacts of semi-intensive aquaculture on the foodweb functioning of a Nile Delta coastal lake
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Bocci --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy R Pastres --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy S Kholeif --- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Egypt D Dalla Barba --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy D Brigolin --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, ItalyNutrient loadings are an important component of aquaculture impacts as they can lead to cascade effects at the ecosystem level. An evaluation of these effects on foodweb functioning is presented and discussed for the case study of Lake Burullus in... -
Food, memory and transnational gastronomic culture amongst Cameroonian migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Henrietta M. Nyamnjoh --- African Centre for Cities, and Environmental and Geographical Science, South AfricaIn the context of accelerated mobility and migration, food forms part of peoples’ historical identity and emotional repertoire. Drawing on ethnographic research amongst Anglophone Cameroonian migrants living in Cape Town, South Africa, this paper explores how Cameroonian migrants maintain their... -
Investigating the adoption of the root and tuber composite flour (RTCF) technology transferred among micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs (MSEs) in the bakery industry in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: W. Quaye --- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana J.A. Onumah --- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana C. Tortoe --- Food Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana P.T. Akonor --- Food Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana E. Buckman --- Food Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, GhanaA survey was conducted to investigate the extent of adoption of root and tuber composite flour (RTCF) technology transferred among micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs (MSEs) in the bakery and pastry industry in Ghana. A total of 268 respondents were surveyed... -
Seasonal diet composition and forage selectivity of Boer goats in a semi-arid gypsophilous grassland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Miguel Mellado --- Department of Animal Nutrition, Mexico José A Villarreal --- Department of Botany, Mexico Miguel A Medina-Morales --- Department of Animal Nutrition, Mexico José R Arévalo --- Department of Parasitology, Ecology and Genetics, Spain José E García --- Department of Animal Nutrition, Mexico Cesar Meza-Herrera --- University Regional Unit of Arid Zones, MexicoBotanical and chemical compositions of Boer goat diets, determined with repeated collection of forage samples taken from the goat’s mouth, were studied in a gypsophilous grassland during four seasons of the year. Ten pluriparous goats were used to collect selected... -
Nesting biology and food habits of the endangered Sakalava Rail Amaurornis olivieri in the Mandrozo Protected Area, western Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Yverlin Z Pruvot --- The Peregrine Fund Madagascar Project, Madagascar Lily-Arison René de Roland --- The Peregrine Fund Madagascar Project, Madagascar Gilbert Razafimanjato --- The Peregrine Fund Madagascar Project, Madagascar Marius PH Rakotondratsima --- The Peregrine Fund Madagascar Project, Madagascar Aristide Andrianarimisa --- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity, Faculty of Science, Madagascar Russell Thorstrom --- The Peregrine Fund, USAWe studied the nesting biology and food habits of the endangered and endemic Sakalava Rail Amaurornis olivieri from July to November 2015 in the Mandrozo Protected Area, western Madagascar. Three nesting pairs were observed and their nests were constructed in... -
Seasonal variations in the diet and food selection of the Algerian hedgehog Atelerix algirus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Chafika Mouhoub-Sayah --- Laboratoire de Zoologie Appliquée et d’Ecophysiologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Algeria Hafsa Djoudad-Kadji --- Laboratoire de Zoologie Appliquée et d’Ecophysiologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Algeria Florian Kletty --- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, France André Malan --- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, France Jean-Patrice Robin --- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, France Michel Saboureau --- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, France Caroline Habold --- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, FranceThe Algerian hedgehog Atelerix algirus is an insectivorous species. However, the exact composition of its natural diet remains largely undetermined, especially in relation to seasonal variations in food availability. From March to November, we simultaneously analysed the composition of 180... -
Testing of developed Food Based Dietary Guidelines for the elderly in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: CE Napier --- Food and Nutrition, South Africa WH Oldewage-Theron --- Department of Nutritional Sciences, USA HH Grobbelaar --- Food and Nutrition, South AfricaThe purpose of this paper is to describe the process of the testing of the Elderly Food Based Dietary Guidelines (EFBDGs). Following a literature review, stakeholder discussions and revision, preliminary English EFBDGs were proposed and circulated to an expert panel... -
Behaviours and attitudes towards sustainable food provision on the part of Dutch restaurateurs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Lieke Sauer --- Academy of Hotel and Facility Management, The Netherlands Roy C. Wood --- Academy of Hotel and Facility Management, The NetherlandsThough there is some evidence that consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the effects of their own “unsustainable” behaviour, this is not widely reflected in changes to such behaviour. This article reports a small-scale study into the “supply side” of... -
Environmental responses of jellyfish polyps as drivers of medusa populations off the coast of Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Ziegler --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa MJ Gibbons --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South AfricaJellyfish populations in the southeastern Atlantic off the coast of Namibia have increased subsequent to the decline of small pelagic fisheries at the end of the 1960s, although the environment there has also become warmer and the waters off Walvis... -
Socioeconomic dynamics of the Ghanaian tuna industry: a value-chain approach to understanding aspects of global fisheries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: E Drury O’Neill --- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden NK Asare --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Ghana DW Aheto --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, GhanaThis study investigated how an industrial tuna fishery functions in terms of procedures, practices, governance and finance in the context of Ghana, West Africa. Tuna is Ghana’s biggest seafood export, contributing significantly to the domestic fisheries sector. A case-study approach... -
The determinants of farmers’ decision to produce African leafy vegetables in the Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Grany M. Senyolo --- Department of Crop Sciences, South Africa Edilegnaw Wale --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Gerald F. Ortmann --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South AfricaThere is a decline in the production, utilization and diversity of underutilized crops including African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs), which poses a threat to the status of food security and rural development. This study examines the factors influencing households’ participation decision... -
Consumers’ willingness to pay for safer vegetables in Tamale, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mensah Tawiah Cobbinah --- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences, Ghana Samuel Arkoh Donkoh --- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences, Ghana Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah --- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences, GhanaConsumers’ concerns over misuse of agrochemicals and untreated wastewater for irrigation in vegetable production are increasing demand for safer vegetables in urban cities. Providing safer vegetables requires production methods that minimize or eliminate the associated risks. Nevertheless, these practices involve... -
Minimum population size and potential impact of feral and semi-feral donkeys and horses in an arid rangeland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Halcyone Muller --- Conservation South Africa, South Africa Amanda Bourne --- Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaFarmers in the northern, communally managed parts of the Succulent Karoo, an arid rangeland system in South Africa, historically used donkeys and horses for transport and ploughing. With increasing mechanisation, draught animal power has largely been replaced by machines. Yet,... -
Nutritional status and food intake of women residing in rural and urban areas of Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Marinel Rothman --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Mamotsemai Ranneileng --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Riette Nel --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South Africa Corinna Walsh --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, South AfricaObjective: The socio-demography, anthropometry and food intake of women residing in rural and urban areas of Lesotho were determined. -
Genetic progress of spring wheat grain yield in various production regions of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Ernest Dube --- Agricultural Research Council–Small Grain Institute, South Africa Willem Kilian --- Agricultural Research Council–Small Grain Institute, South Africa Learnmore Mwadzingeni --- Discipline of Plant Breeding, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Nondumiso Z Sosibo --- Agricultural Research Council–Small Grain Institute, South Africa Annelie Barnard --- Agricultural Research Council–Small Grain Institute, South Africa Toi J Tsilo --- Agricultural Research Council–Small Grain Institute, South AfricaSuccessful wheat production depends on several informed production decisions, including availing stable and high yielding cultivars. Periodic evaluation of the genetic gains in grain yield is a means of determining the effectiveness of current breeding efforts in increasing wheat productivity... -
Effect of cultivar and cutting orientation at planting on sweet potato growth and yield in the Verulam area, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Zanele Pakkies --- Department of Agriculture, South Africa Corlina M van Jaarsveld --- Department of Agriculture, South Africa Sydney Mavengahama --- Department of Crop Science, School of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, South AfricaSweet potato production is affected by agronomical practices such as orientation of cuttings at planting and cultivar selection. Thus a study was conducted to test the effect of two cutting orientations at planting (horizontal and vertical) for four sweet potato... -
Validity and reliability of a questionnaire developed to explore nutrition determinants among construction workers in Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Chioma Okoro --- School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, Innocent Musonda --- School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, Justus Agumba --- School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying,Objectives: The nutrition of construction workers is related to their health and safety (H&S) at work. Research on the factors influencing construction workers’ food choices and overall nutrition is limited, in South Africa and indeed Africa as a whole. The... -
Spatial and temporal variation in the use of supplementary food in an obligate termite specialist, the bat-eared fox
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Keafon R Jumbam --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Stéphanie Périquet --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Fredrik Dalerum --- Research Unit of Biodiversity, Spain Aliza le Roux --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) is considered a termite specialist. However, studies of its diet have been limited to indirect methods, such as scat and stomach content analyses, resulting in intraspecific dietary variations due in part to methodological differences. Because... -
Seasonal variation in diet and prey availability in the wall lizard Podarcis vaucheri (Boulenger, 1905) from the Djurdjura Mountains, northern Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Rabah Mamou --- , France Faïza Marniche --- , , Algeria Mansour Amroun --- , , Algeria Jean-Marie Exbrayat --- , France Anthony Herrel --- , FranceWe studied the composition and seasonal changes in diet and prey selection in the wall lizard Podarcis vaucheri of the Djurdjura Mountains throughout its activity period, from April to October 2014. The analysis of 238 faecal pellets revealed 1 206... -
Farmers’ trade skills: exploring the local food chain in Leeuwarden, the 2018 European Capital of Culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marcelo de Mansoldo --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Elena Cavagnaro --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Vanessa de Oliveira Menezes --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsLocal food chains have received increasing attention as an alternative to the mainstream, unsustainable global food model. Farmers who directly sell their products to consumers are an essential link in local food chains. Surprisingly, research on local food chains has... -
What fires up my cooking? The choice for a sustainable cuisine: passion and self-transcendence in the restaurant business
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Margo PM Enthoven --- Centre for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Campus Fryslân, The Netherlands Aleid E Brouwer --- Academy of International Business Administration, The NetherlandsThe restaurant business is highly unsustainable and the sector contributes to a large extent to environmental pollution. However, some restaurateurs have chosen a more sustainable cuisine. As food sustainability is a contested issue, we have considered several descriptions of food... -
Theoretical turns through tourism taste-scapes: the evolution of food tourism research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sally Everett --- King’s Business School, United KingdomThis article reflects on the evolution of food tourism research by tracing its conceptual, theoretical and empirical twists and turns over the past few decades. Prompted by some recent systematic reviews of food tourism studies, I draw on literature to... -
The taste of a healthy and sustainable diet: What is the recipe for the future?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Peter R Klosse --- Gastronomy, Hotel Management School Maastricht, The NetherlandsThe world faces serious challenges and many of those involve current food behaviour. People have been seduced into liking food and drinks that are neither healthy nor good for the environment. Clearly we need a robust food system that is... -
Local food and tourism in the Global South
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Gabriel CM Laeis --- Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management, GermanyMany countries in the Global South import a significant share of the food served to tourists. For decades, closer linkages of local food producer and the resort industry have been heralded as an antidote to this unsustainable circumstance, further encouraged... -
What is the future of foreign food experiences?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Erwin Losekoot --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands John Hornby --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsThis article considers the impact foreign food experiences can have on an individual. Food can be transported across the globe and be a catalyst for understanding and integration, but it can also be used to emphasise the “otherness” that sets... -
Local food and authenticity in Greek restaurants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Gerasimos-Panagiotis Angelopoulos --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, the Netherlands Jan Arend Schulp --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, the Netherlands Vanessa de Oliveira Menezes --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, the NetherlandsThis article aims to understand the role of local food and authenticity for restaurateurs in Athens and Patras, Greece. Nine restaurant owners were interviewed about their current dishes, menu and ingredients. The results of this qualitative research indicate that, for... -
Zooming out — Local food at the border: the case of the Emsland and Veenland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sarah Seidel --- School of Leisure and Tourism Management, The NetherlandsStraddling the Dutch-German border, the regions Veenland and Emsland are geographically and partially historically the same, but have undergone a different kind of tourism development. While tourism tends to be small scale on both sides, the German Emsland welcomes significantly... -
Parental care in a sexually monomorphic, ground-nesting passerine, the Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris (Alaudidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: G Derek Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, South Africa Sean M Marr --- Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, South AfricaWithin the family Alaudidae, most monomorphic species exhibit some degree of biparental care, but direct paternal care in most species is confined to food provisioning to offspring during the nestling period. Uniquely, the genus Spizocorys is the only sexually monomorphic... -
Animal rights/Plant rights
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Jan A. Schulp --- Masters & Research Unit at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis article sketches the rise of the concept of animal rights, especially in the late 20th century, mainly due to the work of Peter Singer. Considering the increase in evidence of plant intelligence, the question is discussed of whether plants... -
Characterisation of livestock biochars and their effect on selected soil properties and maize early growth stage in soils of Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Admire R Dzvene --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa Cornelius Chiduza --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa Pearson NS Mnkeni --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa Prince C Peter --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaFew studies have evaluated biochar application rates that would make economic sense using feedstocks readily available to subsistence farmers. Biochar from livestock manures were examined in Oakleaf and Tukulu soils. Pyrolysis had the most effect on poultry manure where it... -
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Kenneth Kipngeno Tonui --- , Kenya Eunice Njogu --- , Kenya Agatha Christine Onyango --- , KenyaBackground: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among HIV-seropositive individuals, which hastens progression of HIV to full-blown AIDS. -
Enhancing the food security status of yam (Dioscorea spp.) for smallholder farmers through an improved farm-gate storage structure in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Charles Tortoe --- , Ghana Solomon Dowuona --- , Ghana Paa Toah Akonor --- , Ghana Nanam Tay Dziedzoave --- , GhanaYams (Dioscorea spp.) are a good source of food in Ghana. This study investigated the storage of seven (7) key yam varieties in an improved farm-gate yam storage structure. Seven freshly harvested key yam varieties identified as Pona, Lariboko, Dente,... -
Food security status and its determinants in pastoral and agro-pastoral districts of Afar regional state, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shishay Teklay Kahsay --- , Ethiopia Gebrehaweria Kidane Reda --- , Ethiopia Alem Mezgebo Hailu --- , EthiopiaFood insecurity is a prime difficulty in Ethiopia. Food security policies and intervention mechanisms require empirical evidence on factors related to enhancement of food security. This study analyzed the determinants of households’ food security status in pastoral and agro-pastoral districts... -
On the challenges of making a sustainable kitchen: experimenting with sustainable food principles for restaurants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Matheus Alves Zanella --- , SwitzerlandConcerns with the sustainability of food have moved from the margins of the gastronomy world to a much more central stage, mirroring a growing concern by citizens around food origins, carbon footprint and social practices in value chains. Evolving literature... -
Growth and metabolism of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) fed with copepods (Eucyclops sp.) exposed to lead and titanium dioxide nanoparticles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MM Matouke --- , Nigeria MK Mustapha --- , NigeriaThe increasing uses of lead (Pb2+) and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nTiO2) in commercial products have led totheir increased discharge into aquatic environments. This study investigated the effects of the interaction betweennTiO2 and lead (Pb2+) in a simple freshwater food web... -
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) affects the composition and abundance of zooplankton in the littoral region of Koka Reservoir, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: H Getnet --- , Ethiopia D Kifle --- , Ethiopia T Fetahi --- , EthiopiaWater hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms 1883, is a rampant invasive aquatic plant that is recognised as one of the ten worst weeds in the world. Its appearance in Koka Reservoir was reported in 1965 and since then it has... -
Extruded food products and their potential impact on food and nutrition security
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Abdulkadir Egal --- , South Africa Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- , USAFood insecurity, leading from insufficient dietary intakes to nutritional insecurity and ultimately to malnutrition, is a persistent problem in developing countries and also South Africa. One of the strategies that can be employed to address food insecurity is the provision... -
Students’ vulnerability and perceptions of food insecurity at the university of KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Stella Chewe Sabi --- , South Africa Unathi Kolanisi --- , South Africa Muthulisi Siwela --- , South Africa Denver Naidoo --- , South AfricaIntroduction and objective: Food insecurity (FI) is an emerging and alarming problem among university students. The problem particularly affects students from poor households. The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa is likely to be no exception to experiencing student FI... -
Sibling competition in the broods of Little Egrets Egretta garzetta in a southern Tunisian breeding colony
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Amel Neb --- , Tunisia Slaheddine Selmi --- , TunisiaAsynchronous hatching is a common hatching pattern in the Little Egret Egretta garzetta, however, its role in maintaining dominance relationships and feeding hierarchy among siblings remains poorly studied. In this study, we investigated this issue using data on feeding and... -
Winter breeding season of Brown-throated Martins Riparia paludicola in Morocco
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Peter W Greig-Smith --- , United KingdomUniquely among birds of coastal North Africa, Brown-throated Martins breed during the northern winter. Over ten years, the amount of rainfall in the six months before the breeding season was positively correlated with numbers of nests in November, and negatively... -
A reflection on the story, current positioning, offerings and the darker side of the luxury gastronomy book, the Michelin Guide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Nguyen Vinh Hoa --- , France Isaure May --- , FranceThis article gives some personal reflections on the luxury status of the most famous gastronomic bible — The Michelin Guide. The question being addressed — Is the Guide still considered a luxurious commodity? By using secondary data, the findings show... -
The role of “food” in network formation and the social integration of undocumented Zimbabwean migrant farmworkers in the Blouberg-Molemole area of Limpopo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Denboy Kudejira --- , CanadaThis article examines the role of food in mediating social relations between undocumented Zimbabwean migrant farmworkers and other Zimbabweans living and working in the Blouberg and Molemole local municipalities in Limpopo province, South Africa. Based on ethnographic research, the article... -
Association between dietary diversity, health and nutritional status of older persons in rural Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Geofrey Maila --- , Keiron Audain --- , Pamela A Marinda --- , -
Diet of the mullets Planiliza macrolepis and Moolgarda cunnesius in the Mfolozi-Msunduzi Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: W Qwabe --- , South Africa DP Cyrus --- , South AfricaThe mullet species, Planiliza macrolepis and Moolgarda cunnesius, were collected seasonally from Mfolozi-Msunduzi Estuary on the east coast of South Africa in order to determine their diet. The gut contents of 178 fish with standard length (SL) ranging between 100... -
Local food consumption and practice theory: A case study on guests’ motivations and understanding
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Lucia Tomassini --- , The Netherlands Simona Staffieri --- , Italy Elena Cavagnaro --- , The NetherlandsThis study explores the relationship between guests’ perceptions of local food and the motivations leading to its consumption at restaurants. Applying practice theory to consumption studies, the research draws on the “practical turn” in social theories and the renewed interest... -
Can social norms motivate Thermomix® users to eat sustainably?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Clara Amend --- , The Netherlands Elena Cavagnaro --- , The NetherlandsModern food systems, but especially animal farming, are found to be the leading driver of global climate change, accounting for 30% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Simultaneously, diets high in animal proteins cause serious health issues worldwide, including premature... -
Traditional green leafy vegetables as underutilised sources of micronutrients in a rural farming community in south-west Nigeria II: consumption pattern and potential contribution to micronutrient requirements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Shirley Isibhakhomen Ejoh --- , France Faustina Dufie Wireko-Manu --- , France David Page --- , France Catherine MGC Renard --- , FranceObjective: To determine the consumption pattern of selected households consuming traditional green leafy vegetables (TGLVs) during three seasons and potential contribution to recommended nutrient intakes. -
The nutrient quality and labelling of ready-to-eat snack foods with health and/or nutrition claims
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Andrea Susan Bursey --- , South Africa Nicola Laurelle Wiles --- , South Africa Chara Biggs --- , South AfricaBackground: Nutrition claims on food labels are used to attract attention to products. Inaccurate claims on ready-to-eat (RTE) snack food products may mislead consumers into consuming a higher volume of a seemingly ‘healthy’ product. -
Food security status of farming households in Bangladesh: A comparison of recipients and non-receivers of institutional support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdullah Al-Zabir --- , Bangladesh Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa --- , Ghana Md. Ariful Islam --- , Bangladesh Md. Nur Mozahid --- , BangladeshThis study examined the difference in food security status of recipients and non-receivers of institutional support living under similar socioeconomic conditions. The study used data collected from 160 farming households in five upazilas in Sylhet district using stratified sampling. Descriptive... -
Analysis of farmers’ food price volatility and Nigeria’s growth enhancement support scheme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Joseph I. Uduji --- , Nigeria Elda Nduka Okolo-Obasi --- , Nigeria Simplice Anutechia Asongu --- , CameroonFood prices in Nigeria have become significantly higher and more volatile since 2012. The purpose of this research was to find out what affects farmers’ participation in the growth enhancement support scheme (GESS) in the country. We determined the effect... -
Idiosyncratic food preferences of children with autism spectrum disorder in England
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Leanie Huxham --- , South Africa Maritha Marais --- , South Africa Evette van Niekerk --- , South AfricaObjectives: To obtain a better understanding of feeding difficulties experienced by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). -
‘Drink clean, safe water and/or other fluids through-out the day even if you do not feel thirsty’: a food-based dietary guideline for the elderly in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Upasana Mukherjee --- , USA Carin Napier --- , South Africa Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- , USAThis review summarises information from available literature to support the dietary guideline ‘Drink Clean, Safe Water and/or Other Fluids Through-Out the Day Even if You Do Not Feel Thirsty’ set for the elderly of South Africa (SA). Water is essential... -
Food and beverages undermining elderly health: three food-based dietary guidelines to avoid or delay chronic diseases of lifestyle among the elderly in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini --- , United States Gugulethu Moyo --- , United States Carin Napier --- , South Africa Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- , United StatesDietary patterns among South African older adults indicate a moderate intake of total fat and salt, as well as a high sugar intake. Total fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt intakes are associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mortality. Processed... -
Eat clean and safe food: a food-based dietary guideline for the elderly in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Makenzie Miller --- , United States Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- , United States Carin Napier --- ,As the population of elderly individuals in South Africa (SA) grows, there is a need to promote the continued health of these persons as they progress through the life cycle. Food Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) for the SA elderly were... -
An introduction to the Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for the Elderly in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Carin Napier --- , South Africa Heleen Grobbelaar --- , South Africa Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- , USAFood-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) are not a new concept and are being used in many countries to promote healthy eating and the prevention of diet-related chronic diseases. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recommended FBDGs as an approach to prevent... -
If you drink alcohol, drink sensibly: a food-based dietary guideline for the elderly in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Rufus Theophilus --- , USA Carin Napier --- , South Africa Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- , USAThe use and misuse of alcohol has become a public health problem among the South African (SA) elderly population, among whom risky drinking is a common practice. Previous publications encouraging alcohol use have referred to two supposedly beneficial effects of... -
Food and beverages promoting elderly health: six food-based dietary guidelines to plan good mixed meals for elderly South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Sanjoy Saha --- , USA Upasana Mukherjee --- , USA Makenzie Miller --- , USA Li-Ling Peng --- , USA Carin Napier --- , South Africa Heleen Grobbelaar --- , South Africa Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- , USAStudies have shown that the elderly are at a higher risk of developing malnutrition due to physiological and pathological changes. Several studies have confirmed that older South Africans have insufficient dietary diversity, resulting in nutritional deficiencies. Furthermore, poor and uninformed... -
Resilience to shocks and food insecurity: Determinants, and the impact of smallholder jatropha curcas cultivation in Southern Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Owen Y. Chamdimba --- , South Africa Gerald F. Ortmann --- , South Africa Edilegnaw Wale --- , South AfricaThis paper studied household resilience to food insecurity, its determinants, and the impact of shocks on welfare in Southern Malawi. The resilience concept is evolving. A crucial issue in scholarly and policy space is how it is measured. This paper... -
Soil management for carbon sequestration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Rattan Lal --- , United StatesAn increase in atmospheric CO2 by ∼146% and global temperature by ∼1 °C since the year ca. 1750 has created an urgency to identify potential sinks for storage of excess CO2. The historic depletion of soil organic carbon (SOC) from... -
Overview of field-testing of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines amongst mothers/caregivers of children aged 0–5 years in the Western Cape and Mpumalanga, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: LM du Plessis --- , South Africa LC Daniels --- , South Africa HE Koornhof --- , South Africa S Samuels --- , South Africa I Möller --- , South Africa S Röhrs --- , South AfricaBackground: This paper provides an overview of a series of studies undertaken to assess the appropriateness and understanding of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (SA-PFBDGs) amongst mothers/caregivers of children aged 0–5 years. Previous exposure to guidelines... -
Field-testing of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines amongst mothers/caregivers of children aged 0–12 months in the Breede Valley sub-district, Western Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: LM du Plessis --- , South Africa LC Daniels --- , South Africa HE Koornhof --- , South Africa ZL Solomon --- , South Africa M Loftus --- , South Africa LC Babajee --- , South Africa C Ronquest --- , South Africa B Kleingeld --- , South Africa CM Greener --- , South Africa KJ Burn --- , South AfricaObjectives: To assess the appropriateness and understanding of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (SA-PFBDGs) amongst mothers/caregivers of children aged 0–12 months. Exposure to guidelines with similar messages, barriers and enablers to following of the guidelines were... -
Field testing of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines among mothers/caregivers of children aged 12–36 months in the Stellenbosch Municipality in the Western Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: S Strydom --- , South Africa LM du Plessis --- , South Africa LC Daniels --- , South AfricaObjective: To assess the appropriateness and understanding of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (SA-PFBDGs) among mothers/caregivers of children aged 12–36 months. Exposure to guidelines with similar messages, barriers and enablers to following of the guidelines were... -
Field-testing of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines among Siswati-speaking mothers/caregivers of children aged 0–36 months in Kabokweni, Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: I Möller --- , South Africa LM du Plessis --- , South Africa LC Daniels --- , South AfricaObjectives: To determine the appropriateness and understanding of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (SA-PFBDG) among siSwati speaking mothers/caregivers of children aged 0–36 months. Previous exposure to guidelines with similar messages, barriers and enablers to following the... -
Field-testing of the revised, draft South African Paediatric Food-Based Dietary Guidelines among mothers/caregivers of children between the ages of 3 and 5 years in the Northern Metropole, City of Cape Town, Western Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: SH Röhrs --- , South Africa LM du Plessis --- , South Africa -
Increasing resilience to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and other health threats in food-insecure communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Karen Morris --- , South Africa Thandi Puoane --- , South AfricaThe health of the majority of South Africa’s population is seriously threatened by hunger and micronutrient deficiency, with impaired immune response a real threat, which the current SARSCoV-2 virus pandemic has highlighted. Traditional household food-processing techniques can, amongst other advantages,... -
Risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms among the youth living with HIV in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eveline Ndinelao Kalomo --- , USA Dasha Shamrova --- , USA Jung Sim Jun --- , USA Mgori Nuru Kaddu --- , Namibia Amy Kalb --- , USA -
Blockchain for agricultural sector: The case of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Roberto Mavilia --- , Italy Roberta Pisani --- , ItalyNew technologies are playing a fundamental role in the postmodern era of globalization where interpersonal interactions at the international level and the exchange of goods, services, information and capital are the basis of all activities. The agriculture sector is constantly... -
Support for local wines in The Netherlands: opportunities for the hospitality industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Joost Ijsselmuiden --- , The NetherlandsThis article reports on a research project to measure the current intrinsic competitive value of Dutch wine in comparison to wines from renowned wine countries based on a taste and olfactory evaluation, and to explore the sustainable benefits that local... -
Macro- and micronutrient composition of estuarine roundherring (Gilchristella aestuaria) (Pisces: Clupeidae) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a potential dietary source of essential nutrients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Zvavahera --- , South Africa S Hugo --- , South Africa NG Vine --- , South Africa OLF Weyl --- , South AfricaSouth Africa lacks research on the nutritional value of inland small fish species available to poor rural communities, despite the potential of such species to mitigate micronutrient deficiencies. Here we provide the first nutrient composition analysis for estuarine roundherring Gilchristella... -
Factors that influence household food security in Hamburg and Melani, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thulani Ningi --- , South Africa Amon Taruvinga --- , South Africa Leocadia Zhou --- , South Africa Saul Ngarava --- , South AfricaFood is one of the essential areas of service delivery required for a household’s wellbeing and development. Against this background, the literature suggests a high level of food insecurity among rural households in South Africa. Thus far, this study has... -
The use of linear programming to determine whether breastfed infants can achieve a nutritionally adequate complementary feeding diet: a case study of 6–11-month-old infants from KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nazeeia Sayed --- , South Africa Hettie C Schönfeldt --- , South Africa -
Objective understanding of five front-of-pack labels among consumers in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Tracey Ruth Hutton --- , South Africa Annelie Gresse --- , South Africa -
Assessment of the realisation of the right to adequate food in the Blue Crane Route (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: ML Marais --- , South Africa E Lessing --- , South Africa T Frank --- , South Africa -
Education’s effect on food and monetary security in Burkina Faso: A joint semi-parametric and spatial analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ibrahim Niankara --- , UAEThough adversely impacted by the recent COVID-19 crisis, households’ consumption of food and non-food items are essential components of well-being worldwide. Against this background, the present analysis tests human capital theory predictions by assessing the resilience effect of formal education... -
“When you mix the best of high society with the best of high society”: culinary cannabis and the US hospitality industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Alana N Seaman --- University of North Carolina Wilmington, USAThe culinary use of cannabis in the US has increased dramatically in the wake of relaxed federal and state laws governing the production, distribution, possession and use of it and its derivatives. While cannabis refers to both hemp and marijuana... -
Disrupted dining: decline of the premium food services segment in India due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Kishore Thomas John --- Indian Institute of Technology, India Rejikumar Gopalakrishnan --- , IndiaThis review article analyses the premium “fine dining” segment of the Indian food services sector, examining trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we discuss the challenges encountered and initiatives taken in response to the global coronavirus outbreak. Using secondary data... -
Validation of lipid extraction and correction methods for stable isotope analysis of freshwater food webs in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: A van der Merwe --- , South Africa A Myburgh --- , South Africa G Hall --- , South Africa A Kaiser --- , South Africa S Woodborne --- , South AfricaStable isotope analysis is ubiquitous as a method to investigate food-web dynamics at various scales in aquatic ecology. Most studies make use of dorsal muscle tissue, which involves lethal sampling of the fish. The sampling of muscle tissue is often... -
Patients in public hospitals received insufficient food to meet daily protein and energy requirements: Cape Town Metropole, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Marieke Theron --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Siobhan O’Halloran --- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway -
Dietary intake of first- and third-year female dietetics students at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nikki L Verwey --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Joyce Jordaan --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Friedeburg AM Wenhold --- University of Pretoria, South Africa -
Should fast-food nutritional labelling in South Africa be mandatory?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Siphiwe N Dlamini --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Gudani Mukoma --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Shane A Norris --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Impact of COVID-19 public health responses on income, food security and health services among key and vulnerable women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Hilton Humphries --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Lara Lewis --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Erik Lamontagne --- , Switzerland Shakira Choonara --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Keabetswe Dikgale --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Anna Yakusik --- , Switzerland Dianne Massawe --- , South Africa Ntombenhle Mkhize --- , South Africa Farai Mzungu --- , South Africa Quarraisha Abdool Karim --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaGlobally, COVID-19 has impacted lives and livelihoods. Women living with HIV and/or at high risk of acquiring HIV are socially and economically vulnerable. Less is known of the impact of COVID-19 public health responses on women from key and vulnerable... -
Organisational support: Associations with psychological contracts and turnover intention in the South African food manufacturing industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael Loudwick Mathebula --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe study examined the role of employee perceived organisational support (POS) in the relationship between employee psychological contract (PC) and turnover intention (TUI). The participants comprised employees in a South African (SA) food manufacturing company (n= 385 employees; female =... -
Human resources and innovation capability: Evidences from Nigeria food and beverage firms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Helen Olubunmi Aderemi --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Victor Oluwasina Sobanke --- National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), Nigeria Matthew Olugbemiga Ilori --- Obafemi Awolowo University, NigeriaHuman resources are recognized as the ultimate and most indispensable resource in economic development. In this study, an inquiry was made to ascertain the determinants of workers’ innovativeness. A survey of 229 respondents in food and beverage processing firms selected... -
Food insecurity, HIV/AIDS pandemic and sexual behaviour of female commercial sex workers in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: John Lekan Oyefara --- Obafemi Awolowo University, NigeriaThis study examined the role of hunger and food insecurity in the sexual behaviour of female commercial sex workers in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria within the context of HIV/AIDS. In addition, the study investigated the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)... -
Food security in HIV/AIDS response: Insights from Homa Bay, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dipankar Datta --- Concern Worldwide, India James Njuguna --- Concern Worldwide, KenyaThis paper examines the viability and effectiveness of a pilot farming initiative in reversing impacts of HIV/AIDS on the most affected households in Homa Bay, Kenya. The paper argues that once patients are stable, they can effectively be engaged in... -
Food insecurity among students living with HIV: Strengthening safety nets at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: L. Steenkamp --- , , South Africa A. Goosen --- , , South Africa D. Venter --- , South Africa M. Beeforth --- , , South AfricaThe HIV prevalence in South Africa among students at higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2008 was reported to be 3.4%, with the highest HIV prevalence found in the Eastern Cape Province. Students at these facilities are also increasingly affected by... -
Household food security and HIV status in rural and urban communities in the Free State province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Michélle Pienaar --- , , South Africa Francois C. van Rooyen --- , , South Africa Corinna M. Walsh --- , , South AfricaHigher socioeconomic status impacts profoundly on quality of life. Life-event stressors, such as loss of employment, marital separation/divorce, death of a spouse and food insecurity, have been found to accelerate disease progression among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The... -
Residue loads in amphibians used as biomarkers of pesticide levels entering food chains in sub‐Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: MichaelR.K. Lambert --- University of Greenwich, United KingdomResidues accumulate rapidly in amphibians to reach lethal levels. During previous years in Zimbabwe, total DDT residues from general agricultural contamination were at 3.90 ppm wet weight in Bufo gutturalis and 1.50 ppm in Ptychadena anchietae. Dieldrin residues in the... -
Diet of a guild of geckos in a fragmented, human‐altered African rainforest
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Lorenzo Rugiero --- F.I.Z.V. (Herpetology), Italy Luca Luiselli --- Centre of Environmental Studies, Italy EdemA. Eniang --- Biodiversity Preservation Center, Nigeria GodfreyC. Akani --- The Rivers State University of Science and Technology, NigeriaThe ecology of gekkonids occurring in African forests is poorly known. In this paper, we analyse the feeding habits of a guild of sympatric geckos at a forest‐plantation mosaic area in south‐eastern Nigeria. Faeces were collected on handling from Hemidactylus... -
Examining the impacts of “local” concessions at major league baseball stadiums
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Alana N Seaman --- University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA Alexia Franzidis --- University of North Carolina Wilmington, USASports stadiums represent important hospitality entities that generate billions and act as both powerful memorials of and contributors to place and destination image for visitors and locals alike. With increasing entertainment competition and waning fan attendance, many sport facilities are... -
La Cuisine Pied Noir: wandering in “nostalgia-scape”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Rainer Maria Wieshammer --- , Klaes Eringa --- ,The year 1962 marked the end of the colonial occupation of Algeria by France after more than 130 years. In the wake of a bloody war of independence, nearly 700 000 former European settlers left their old homeland under dramatic... -
Brother Herman Zaccarelli and the influence of Vatican II on Catholic institutional food service
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Amy Bentley --- New York University, USAIn post-World War II United States, a Holy Cross monk named Herman Zaccarelli viewed Vatican II as an opening for the modernising of food in Catholic religious institutions. Brother Herman founded the Food Research Center for Catholic Institutions on the... -
Folkloristic perspectives on food as tourism souvenir: a reflection on stereotypes, meanings and messages in Irish soda bread
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Lucy M Long --- , USAFood has always been a pragmatic part of tourism and hospitality, but it is now being recognised as a souvenir — a reminder of a travel experience. Along with the usual functions of souvenirs as status symbol, proof of travel,... -
Precision agriculture and the prospects of space strategy for food security in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lere Amusan --- North West University, South Africa Samuel Oyewole --- North West University, South AfricaPrecision agriculture generally refers to the methods of crop, livestock and fish farming that are meant to eliminate or minimize uncertainty and maximize products with relative accuracy that matches predetermined expectations. Amidst these, the relevance of space assets such as... -
Perception of proposed preliminary food-based dietary guidelines for Lake Victoria region of Kenya: findings from a qualitative study among adult community members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: EC Korir --- Egerton University, Kenya PJ Tuitoek --- Murang’a University of Technology, Kenya D Marais --- Warwick Medical School, United Kingdom -
Diet quality of adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus at a tertiary hospital outpatient clinic in Tshwane District, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Hanel Duvenage --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Gerda J Gericke --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Jane W Muchiri --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaObjective: To describe the dietary intake and its quality of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by assessing the dietary variety (DVS), dietary diversity (DDS), nutrient adequacy ratio (NAR) and mean nutrient adequacy ratio (MAR). -
Food and nutrition labelling as a nutrition education tool: understanding, perspectives and practices of South African dietitians.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: C Chin --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa M Wicks --- North-West University, South Africa M Feyasa --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa N Koen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
Energy and nutrient contribution of different food groups to the dietary intake of 6- to <9-month-old infants in a low socioeconomic community in North West Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Tshiphiri Mukwevho --- North-West University, South Africa Cornelius M Smuts --- North-West University, South Africa Hannah Asare --- North-West University, South Africa Mieke Faber --- North-West University, South Africa -
Impact of adopting the climate-smart crop varieties on food security in southwestern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Dubale Abate --- Injibara University, Ethiopia Henoke Tesfaye --- Wolkite University, Ethiopia Metadel Kassaw --- Wolkite University, Ethiopia Yonnas Addis --- Wolkite University, Ethiopia Habtamu Mossie --- Injibara University, EthiopiaClimate-smart crop varieties (CSV) are vital in improving food security by enhancing productivity while reducing problems of climate change. However, there is a low adoption of these varieties by the farmers in the study area due to lack of awareness... -
Examining the continued intention of using the Ugunduzi app in farmer-led research of agro-ecological practices among smallholder farmers in selected areas, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Luambano Lawlence Kihoma --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania Ayubu J. Churi --- Directorate of Information and Communication Technologies, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Camilius A. Sanga --- Directorate of Information and Communication Technologies, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Eugenio Tisselli --- Institute of Integrative Biology, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, SwitzerlandFarmer-led research of agro-ecological practices could support smallholder farmers in identifying the best-fit practices to improve crop production. A smartphone based app named Ugunduzi was developed purposefully to support farmers in their research activities. The purpose of this study was... -
Impact of income diversification on rural household food security in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Girma Gezimu Gebre --- Hawassa University, Ethiopia Aneteneh Ashebir --- Hawassa University, Ethiopia Tibebu Legesse --- Hawassa University, EthiopiaUsing primary data collected from 462 farm households, this paper aims to examine the impact of income diversification on rural household food security in Ethiopia. A propensity score matching model was employed to analyze the impact of participation in both... -
If COVID-19 doesn’t kill you, uber eats will: hospitality entrepreneurs’ views on online food aggregators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Andy Erickson --- Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandEven before COVID-19 changed the world, hospitality operators were struggling to understand how to cope with the short-term benefits but potentially long-term damage to their business model of collaborating with food aggregators. The ease of accessing a well-managed customer interface... -
An Engel–Kollat–Blackwell model application on restaurant clientele purchase decision-making processes in commercial eateries in Kakamega County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Simon O. Were --- Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, KenyaRestaurant clientele have a task of making critical decisions concerning their choices of food and drinks. The decision-making process involves, firstly, the selection of the restaurant in which to have a meal and, secondly, the selection of food items from... -
Building sustainable agri-food market systems: Interconnectedness of social, economic and environmental factors in biofortified cassava food systems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ogbonnaya Ukeh Oteh --- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria Jude Mbanasor --- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria Nnanna Mba Agwu --- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria Ambrose Ogbonna Oloveze --- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, NigeriaSustainability and the future of food systems have become major food policy discourses in recent years. While prior research has focused on analyzing social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainability separately, the present study takes a broader approach to understand... -
Level of food safety knowledge among hospitality professionals: an empirical investigation from India
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Patita Paban Mohanty --- Siksha’ O’ Anusandhan University, India Sunil Tiwari --- School of Business Studies, Central University of Kerala, India Hiran Roy --- International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Canada Rupesh Bhavsar --- Institute of Hotel Management, MGM University, IndiaHospitality professionals with insufficient food safety knowledge (FSK) poses a major risk to food safety in their respective organisations. This study aims to investigate the level of food safety knowledge of hospitality professionals, as well as the attributes influencing food... -
Predation on the St Joseph Callorhinchus capensis by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RH Leeney --- Namibia Nature Foundation, Namibia N Dreyer --- Ocean Conservation Namibia, NamibiaChondrichthyans form an important part of marine food webs as top predators and mesopredators. However, little is known about chondrichthyans in Namibian waters and the roles they play in ecosystem function. During efforts to disentangle Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus... -
Estimation accuracy of bean bags as portion size estimation aids for amorphous foods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Friedeburg Anna Maria Wenhold --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Una Elizabeth MacIntyre --- University of Pretoria, South Africa -
Perceptions of dietitians and key role players regarding their role in reporting food labelling transgressions in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M Profe-Fuchsloch --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa N Koen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa M Wicks --- North-West University, South Africa -
Signals of change: eating trends shaping the future of food service
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Ian Yeoman --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Una McMahon-Beattie --- Ulster University Business School, Ulster University, United KingdomFood security is a problem across the world, as prices rise under pressure from climate change, geopolitics, demographics and de-globalisation. These factors, when combined, will impact on the food service sector. In this trends article, the authors identify ten trends... -
Weaving the tastes of tradition: Uncovering the threads of India’s culinary identity amid globalisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Ha van Trung --- Graduate Institute of Tourism Management, National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, Taiwan Du Quoc Dao --- Van Hien University, VietnamIn the face of globalisation’s homogenising wave, this study serves as a beacon, illuminating the intricate web of factors that safeguard culinary heritage in India. The study hypothesised that a myriad of elements interweaves to form the fabric of food... -
Going green, going strong: maximising restaurant performance with sustainable practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Salman Khan --- Research Institute of Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management, Shenzhen University, China Safeer Ullah Khan --- Research Institute of Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management, Shenzhen University, China Shafaqat Mehmood --- Research Institute of Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management, Shenzhen University, ChinaThe food and services sector contributes to global carbon emissions, impacting climate change. This study, organised in a developing country, aims to explore how restaurants in the hospitality industry can enhance their environmental and financial performance through corporate social responsibility... -
Sociodemographic, mental, and physical health determinants of incident depressive symptoms among ageing men and women in rural South Africa: A longitudinal study from 2015 to 2022
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- University of the Free State, South AfricaWe aimed to assess the associations between sociodemographic, mental, and physical health factors and incident depressive symptoms (IDS) among ageing men and women in rural South Africa over time. Data from the 7-year South African longitudinal Health and Ageing in... -
Comparative analysis of habitat structure and macroinvertebrate assemblages in headwater streams of Odzi sub-catchment, Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe, post Cyclone Idai-induced flooding
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Brian Mamvura --- , Zimbabwe Tongayi Mwedzi --- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe Beaven Utete --- Chinhoyi University of Technology, ZimbabweFlooding results in short and long-term modifications of aquatic ecosystem structure and biodiversity. Cyclone Idai, which ravaged through Zimbabwe in 2019, had devastating consequences on aquatic ecosystems. However, the extent of habitat modification and consequent biodiversity shifts are unknown. This... -
Seasonal dynamics of forage nutrition in smallholder goat production systems in Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Andrew S Cooke --- University of Lincoln, UK Winchester Mvula --- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi Patson Nalivata --- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi Javier Ventura-Cordero --- Queen’s University Belfast, UK Lovemore C Gwiriri --- Coventry University, Taro Takahashi --- Rothamsted Research, UK Eric R Morgan --- Queen’s University Belfast, UK Michael RF Lee --- Harper Adams University, UK Andrews Safalaoh --- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, MalawiForage and browse are a valuable natural resource in Malawi that can be used to support livestock production which, in turn, can contribute towards delivering income and nutrition to households and communities. However, the quality and quantity of forages can... -
Why traditional diets are more relevant than ever today
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Karen Cheryl Morris --- Naturopath, South Africa Thandi Puoane --- University of the Western Cape, SAThe current epidemic of obesity and its co-morbidities reflect an urgent need to reform our modern eating patterns. This commentary proposes the reclamation of our traditional diets of the precolonial, preindustrial era, which are argued to be more sustainable, in... -
Perceived barriers and enablers for consuming a diverse diet in women residing in resource-poor communities in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Samukelisiwe S Madlala --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Jillian Hill --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Ernesta Kunneke --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Mieke Faber --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa -
Adoption and intensity of pearl millet technology packages in drought-prone areas of the Waghimra Zone, Ethiopia: A transition pathway for assuring food security
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Asmiro Abeje Fikadu --- Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia Girma Gezimu Gebre --- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany Hisako Nomura --- , Japan Bishaw Adamtie Takele --- Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia Gedefaw Kindu Wubet --- Debre Tabor University, EthiopiaPearl millet, a climate-resilient crop, is advocated for combating food insecurity in drought-prone areas. To that end, the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute and agricultural extensions have been instrumental in promoting pearl millet technology packages. However, a more detailed understanding of... -
Integration of livestock into conservation agriculture systems in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Pieter A Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Hendrik PJ Smit --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWithin the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa, the livestock sector constitutes a substantial contributor to the regional economy. Livestock integration is prevalent in conservation agriculture systems in this region. Crop rotation involving small grains and canola is combined with... -
Value-chain analysis of Kenya’s artisanal tuna fishery focusing on skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and kawakawa Euthynnus affinis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: FA Mzingirwa --- Rhodes University, South Africa GM Okemwa --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya O Marcone --- , United Kingdom CS Bova --- Rhodes University, South Africa S Viana --- Rhodes University, South Africa WHH Sauer --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThis study investigates the value chain of Kenya’s artisanal tuna fishery targeting skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and kawakawa Euthynnus affinis. The study used an integrated approach combining a questionnaire survey and catch assessment data at four landing sites along the... -
Predation of free-range chickens by invasive House Crows Corvus splendens in Dodoma, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kelvin Ngongolo --- University of Dodoma, Tanzania Naza Mmbaga --- University of Dodoma, Tanzania Doreen Mrimi --- University of Dodoma, TanzaniaThis study reports on the perspectives of local farmers on predation on chickens by the invasive House Crow Corvus splendens, together with their coping strategies, in Dodoma, Tanzania. A survey was conducted among 391 farmers of free-range chickens in urban... -
Examining breastfeeding self-efficacy as a mediator between maternal food insecurity and breastfeeding practices in Soweto, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Claire Hart --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Rachana Desai --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Lauren Stuart --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Shane A Norris --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Alessandra Prioreschi --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Dialoguing hunger and survival during the Zimbabwe COVID-19 lockdowns through WhatsApp jokes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Hugh Mangeya --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Ashton Mudzingiri --- Midlands State University, ZimbabweThis article analyses the dialogue on hunger and survival issues emanating from viral COVID-19-induced jokes circulated via WhatsApp during Zimbabwe’s consecutive lockdowns. The lockdowns were part of public health measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. They, however, disrupted the... -
Rapid assessment of the Seychelles octopus (Octopus cyanea) fishery value chain: insights for sustainable management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J McCafferty --- Rhodes University, South Africa A Ebrahim --- , Seychelles WHH Sauer --- Rhodes University, South Africa R Wright --- , South Africa A Vidot --- , Seychelles V Schmidt --- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ItalyThe octopus fishery for Octopus cyanea in Seychelles plays an important role in local cuisine, culture and tourism, yet it is unmanaged unlike other octopus fisheries in the western Indian Ocean region. We conducted a rapid assessment of the octopus... -
1. An introduction to the revised food-based dietary guidelines for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Vorster HH --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Badham JB --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Venter CS --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University,Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) are short, positive, science-based messages that aim to change the eating behaviour of the general population towards more optimal diets that meet energy and nutrient requirements, while simultaneously helping to protect against the development of noncommunicable... -
2. “Enjoy a variety of foods”: as a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Steyn NP --- Centre for the Study of Social and Environmental Determinants of Nutrition Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, Ochse R --- Tshwane University of Technology, Faculty Management Sciences, Department Hospitality Management,Eating a diverse diet is an internationally accepted recommendation for a healthy diet. The food-based dietary guideline (FBDG) “Enjoy a variety of foods” aims to encourage people to consume mixed meals, to increase variety by eating different foods from various... -
3. “Be active!” Revisiting the South African food-based dietary guideline for activity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Botha CR --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Wright HH --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Moss SJ --- Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation, North-West University, Kolbe-Alexander TL --- UCT/MRC Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town,The objective of this paper was to review current evidence on physical activity for health in order to support the food-based dietary guideline (FBDG) “Be active!”. Physical activity, defined as at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per day... -
4. “Make starchy foods part of most meals”: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Vorster HH --- North-West University,A national working group, convened by the Directorate Nutrition in the Department of Health, recently revised the set of South African food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs). The objective of this technical review paper is to motivate and support the FBDG “Make... -
5. “Eat dry beans, split peas, lentils and soya regularly”: a food-based dietary guideline
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Venter CS [cor1] Vorster HH --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Ochse R --- Tshwane University of Technology, Swart R --- University of the Western Cape,The objective of this paper is to review recent scientific evidence to support the food-based dietary guideline (FBDG): “Eat dry beans, split peas, lentils and soya regularly”. In this review, legumes are synonymous with the term “pulses”, while soy beans... -
6. “Eat plenty of vegetables and fruit every day”: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Naude CE [cor1]An extensive body of research demonstrates an association between vegetable and fruit intake and reduced disease risk. Available evidence indicates that greater vegetable and fruit intake has been associated with the reduced risk of many of the nutrition-related diseases and... -
7. “Have milk, maas or yoghurt every day”: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Vorster HH [cor1] Wenhold FAM --- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Pretoria, Wright HH --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Wentzel-Viljoen E --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Venter CS --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Vermaak M --- Consumer Education Programme of Milk SA,A national working group recently reached consensus that a guideline message for milk consumption should form part of the set of revised food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) for South Africa. The message was formulated as: “Have milk, maas or yoghurt every... -
8. “Fish, chicken, lean meat and eggs can be eaten daily”: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Schonfeldt HC [cor1] Pretorius B --- Research Consultant Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria, Hall N --- Research Consultant Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria,Food products from animals provide a variety of macro- and micronutrients. Animal sources of food, such as fish, chicken, meat and eggs, constitute high-quantity and high-quality protein, as they contain essential amino acids in the right proportions. In South Africa,... -
9. “Drink lots of clean, safe water”: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Van Graan AE [cor1] Bopape M --- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), Phooko D --- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), Bourne L --- Environment and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Wright HH --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University,The purpose of this review is to summarise the literature that supports the importance of the food-based dietary guideline on water consumption. General recommendations for total daily water intake are between 2 and 3.7 l for women and men, 0.7... -
10. The importance of the quality or type of fat in the diet: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Smuts CM --- Centre of Excellence in Nutrition, North-West University, Wolmarans P --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Medical Research Council,The aim of this paper is to review the latest total fat intake data for South Africa, as well as scientific evidence on the effect of the total amount and quality or type of fat in the diet. The total... -
11. Sugar and health: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Temple NJ --- Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Canada Steyn NP --- Knowledge Systems, Human Sciences Research Council,The intake of added sugar appears to be increasing steadily across the South African population. Children typically consume approximately 40-60 g/day, possibly rising to as much as 100 g/day in adolescents. This represents roughly 5-10% of dietary energy, but could... -
12. “Use salt and foods high in salt sparingly”: a food-based dietary guideline for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Wentzel-Viljoen E [cor1] Steyn K --- Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Ketterer E --- Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, Charlton KE --- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, AustraliaIncreased salt intake leads to an increase in blood pressure and decreased sodium intake relative to the usual or increased intake results in lowered blood pressure in adults, with or without hypertension. Blood pressure is a strong proxy indicator for... -
13. “If you drink alcohol, drink sensibly.” Is this guideline still appropriate?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Jacobs L [cor1] Steyn NP --- Centre for the Study of Social and Environmental Determinants of Nutrition Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation; Human Sciences Research Council,Background: Alcohol abuse remains one of the most serious substance abuse disorders in South African society, resulting in inordinately large social, economic and health problems at all levels of society. Alcohol consumers in South Africa are estimated to drink 16.6... -
I. Commitment and capacity for the support of breastfeeding in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Du Plessis LM [cor1] Pereira C --- Provincial Government of the Western Cape,This paper aims to summarise current evidence and highlight best practices, in order to propose a paediatric food-based dietary guideline (FBDG) on exclusive breastfeeding for South Africa. A literature search was conducted to profile the current nutritional status of children... -
II. Complementary feeding: a critical window of opportunity from six months onwards
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Du Plessis LM [cor1] Kruger HS --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Sweet L --- Consultant Dietitian,This paper aims to propose evidence-based, paediatric food-based dietary guidelines on the complementary feeding period, from six to 24 months, of South Africa. A growing body of evidence supports the World Health Organization recommendation that, following six months of exclusive... -
IV. Oral health and nutrition for children under five years of age: a paediatric food-based dietary guideline
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Naidoo S --- Department of Community Oral Health, University of the Western Cape,Good nutrition is essential for good health and the development and integrity of the oral cavity. Oral health is integral to general health and essential to well-being. Dental caries is the most common oral disease in children under five years... -
V. Food hygiene and sanitation in infants and young children: a paediatric food-based dietary guideline
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Bourne LT [cor1] Pilime N --- United States Agency for International Development, Sambo M --- Environment and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Behr A --- National Department of Health,This paper has three related aims. Firstly, it aims to profile the current food hygiene and safety needs of children under the age of five in South Africa. Secondly, to reflect the importance of domestic hygiene, access to water and... -
Treatment outcomes for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and anorexia nervosa among children and adolescents in higher levels of care
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Renee D. Rienecke --- Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Centers, United States of America Jamie Manwaring --- Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Centers, United States of America Alan Duffy --- Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Centers, United States of America Philip S. Mehler --- Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Centers, United States of America Dan V. Blalock --- Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, United States of AmericaBackground: There is large variability in the way that outcomes are measured for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), with many studies focusing solely on weight gain or using measures that are not designed or validated to assess ARFID symptoms, such... -
Factors influencing participation in the planting for food and jobs programme: Empirical evidence from maize farmers in Ejura Sekyedumase, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Addison Kwasi Akowuah --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana John-Eudes Andivi Bakang --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Fred Ankuyi --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Akua Yeboah Oduro-Owusu --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Collins Osei --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Solomon Asirifi --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Pascal Benson Atiglah --- St Francis’ College of Education, GhanaPlanting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) as a development intervention has come with many successes. However, the recent concerns about its gradually dwindling prospects call for academics to study farmers’ participation and motivation, focusing on the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality in... -
Emergence of dark kitchens and factors shaping consumer patronage: a review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Samuel Kwabena Chaa Kyire --- University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana Surjeet Singh Dhaka --- Central University of Punjab, India Jeffery Kofi Asare --- University of Energy and Natural Resources, GhanaDue to the dearth of thorough literature reviews, this review compiles information on the evolving concept of dark kitchens. Forty-nine research articles indexed in the Scopus database were gathered for the review. Performance analysis and science mapping were used to... -
The women eat last: traditions, table manners and gender narratives at the Romanian dining table
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Alexandra Constantinescu --- Buckinghamshire New University, United KingdomThis study explores gendered food practices and mealtime dynamics in Romanian households, both in Romania and in the United Kingdom. It examines how traditions of food sourcing, preparation, and serving are reproduced, adapted, or contested in native and diasporic settings... -
Minority cuisines of Istanbul and their contribution to the formation of Istanbul cuisine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Banu Özden --- Istanbul Medipol University, TürkiyeIstanbul’s rich historical background has given rise to a cosmopolitan culinary culture. The Ottoman Empire played a significant role in shaping the local culinary culture, which was further enriched by the societies that coexisted under its auspices. Alongside the food... -
Investigation on the foraging ecology of black crowned cranes at Lake Tana, Ethiopia, in the context of climate change impacts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: SA Zelelew --- Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia C Relton --- , South AfricaThere are significant gaps in understanding the food resources of the black crowned crane in the Lake Tana wetlands. This study examined macroinvertebrates in crane habitats, investigated the impact of rainfall on macroinvertebrates in relation to pollution tolerance, and identified... -
Exploring SDG 2 disclosure of South African food and beverage companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Elizma Booysen --- Management Cybernetics research niche area, North-West University, South Africa Susanna L Middelberg --- Management Cybernetics research niche area, North-West University, South Africa Nadia Gulko --- University of Lincoln, UK -
The perceptions of South African dietetic and nutrition professionals on sponsorship and funding of scientific education opportunities by Big Food
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Tegan Kerry Scorgie --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Jane Badham --- JB Consultancy, South Africa Lisanne Monica du Plessis --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
Smartphone-based dietary assessment of food away from home and the risk of non-communicable diseases among young working adults in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Swapnil Godbharle --- School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Hema Kesa --- School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Angeline Jeyakumar --- School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa -
Drivers of food choice in three urban communities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nazeeia Sayed --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Elizabeth Catherina Swart --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa -
The self-reported influence of social media on food choices of young adults at a tertiary institution in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M Kreft --- Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, C Lombard --- Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, N Koen --- Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, -
Comparative benchmarking of fertiliser uses for oilseed crop production in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: HT Ottermann --- , South Africa SJ Haarhoff --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa KJ Truter --- , South Africa F Meyer --- , South Africa D van der Westhuizen --- , South Africa PA Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThis study comparatively benchmarks fertiliser use over two periods (2013–2015; 2021–2023) in South Africa's oilseed crop production [soybean (Glycine max), canola (Brassica napus) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus)] against global trends, with a focus on major oilseed exporters. It explores fertiliser... -
Marine gastropods as potential sources of medicinal and nutraceutical compounds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TT Kereeditse --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa YAT Ngandjui --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa I Kamika --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa K de Bruyn --- Agriculture and Environmental Science Laboratories, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa LM Madikizela --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa TAM Msagati --- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South AfricaGastropods make up the most diverse class of molluscs. Marine species of gastropods include a vast array of sea slugs and sea snails, which are among the most diverse and ecologically significant groups of marine invertebrates. Exploring these fascinating marine...
