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Problems in implementing improved range management on common lands in Africa: An Australian perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: V.R. Squires --- Department of Environmental Science and Range Management, Australia T.L Mann --- Department of Agricultural Technology, Australia M.H. Andrew --- Department of Environmental Science and Range Management, AustraliaRangeland/livestock development in Africa is reviewed and lessons learnt from successes and failures are noted. Pastoral communities have developed risk aversion strategies to survive in the harsh environment and fragile ecology of rangeland areas. With advances in infrastructure (transport, water... -
Holistic Psychology: A Brief Primer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis article explicates the foundations, essential themes and healing principles of holistic psychology; an approach which provides a corrective for such trends in modern scientific psychology as disciplinary perspectives, the overemphasis on the economics and politics of professionalism. Holistic psychology... -
Wits University's response to HIV/AIDS: flagship programme or 'tramp steamer'?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Murray Cairns David Dickinson Wendy OrrHIV/AIDS is a threat to the creation of human capital and development prospects in southern Africa and South Africa. The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is a well-regarded institution of higher education in Johannesburg. This paper outlines the university's qualified... -
The prevalence of post-abortion syndrome in patients presenting at Kalafong hospital's family medicine clinic after having a termination of pregnancy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Van Rooyen --- Department of Family Medicine, S Smith --- Kalafong Hospital, University of Pretoria,Background: Post-abortion syndrome (PAS) is said to be the emotional, psychological, physical and spiritual trauma caused by an abortion, which is an event outside the normal range of human experience. Post-abortion syndrome is a type of post-traumatic disorder and is... -
The evaluation of development projects. A South African anthropological perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: RD Coertze --- Centre for Indigenous Law, South AfricaThe need to equate development with a process of self-directed westernisation in the present time is explained initially in this discussion. This is followed by a discussion on the involvement of the Ethnological Section of the former Department of Development... -
An exploration of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire for assessing female recidivism in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Prinsloo --- Department of Criminology,This study profiled incarcerated female offenders’ criminogenic-oriented self-appraisals. Respondents were 77 female offenders between the ages of 20 and 56 years, serving custodial sentences within the South African Department of Correctional Services ranging from under a year to 25 years,... -
Longer rest periods for intensive rotational grazing limit diet quality of sheep without enhancing environmental benefits
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Warwick B Badgery --- Orange Agricultural Institute, AustraliaIntensive rotational grazing systems (also called cell grazing, holistic grazing or time-controlled grazing) are often implemented to improve production and environmental outcomes. Over recent years there has been considerable interpretation and adaption of the holistic principles that guide the management... -
Optimal grazing management strategies: evaluating key concepts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Richard WS Fynn --- Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana, Botswana Kevin P Kirkman --- Grassland Science, South Africa Riaan Dames --- , NamibiaRangeland management strategies must be based on robust ecological and economic concepts if they are to be effective and profitable. Thus, the aim of this paper was to examine concepts related to grazing and resting of grassland and associated effects... -
A global assessment of Holistic Planned Grazing™ compared with season-long, continuous grazing: meta-analysis findings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Heidi-Jayne Hawkins --- Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaIt has been claimed that Holistic Planned Grazing™ (HPG), a type of rotational grazing, can increase productivity in rangelands and reverse climate change while doubling the stocking rate, mainly through the impact of densely bunched animals on primary production. Previous... -
Does defoliation frequency and severity influence plant productivity? The role of grazing management and soil nutrients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Zander S Venter --- , Norway Heidi-Jayne Hawkins --- , South Africa Michael D Cramer --- , South AfricaRangeland management approaches, including rotational grazing, rely on assumptions about plant growth responses to the intensity, or severity (sward height) plus frequency, of defoliation. We tested these assumptions at the farm, patch and plant scale using data from a grazing... -
A comprehensive programme addressing HIV/AIDS and gender based violence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Madri Jansen van Rensburg --- Southern African Development Community,A survey was administered to 304 respondents participating from three areas near Welkom, South Africa. Face-toface interviews were conducted with women from randomly selected households to evaluate the impact of a service provision programme targeting women living with HIV/AIDS and... -
Sustainable intensification in rangelands of the southernmost region of Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Raúl J Lira Fernandez --- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Centro Regional de Investigación Kampenaike, Chile Andres F Cibils --- Livestock, Forage and Pasture Management Research Unit, USDA ARS OCPARC, USARangeland-based sheep ranching has shaped the agricultural economy of Chile’s southernmost grasslands for over a century and a half. Ranching systems in the region, established in the late 1800s, transitioned from large European corporate enterprises, common until the mid-20th century,...
