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Conservation Developments in South African Forestry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: R. McC. Pott --- ,The historical development of environmental conservational activities within the South African Forestry Industry is followed, and the changing emphasis from the conservation of the remaining indigenous forests (pre-1900) to water conservation, to natural assets and unplanted areas is highlighted. The... -
Soil compaction by tractor tillage in horticultural fields at Molelwane research farm, Mafikeng, North West Province
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 K. Gaobope --- Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Republic of South AfricaThe study was prompted by concerns that soil compaction in horticultural fields at the University research farm was limiting the performance of fruit trees and vegetable crops after fifteen years of conventional tillage with tractors. Soil penetrometer resistance and bulk... -
Experiences of Managers and Healthcare Personnel Involved in a Functional Healthcare Public Private Partnership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Esmeralda Ricks --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Dalena van Rooyen --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Moloko Priscilla Gantsho --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Wilma ten Ham --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaThis study explored the experiences of managers and healthcare personnel involved in a functional healthcare public private partnership (PPP) in a semi-rural area situated in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Data on how managers and healthcare personnel experienced their... -
Religion, authority and their interplay in the shaping of antiretroviraltreatment in western Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: AlexanderMJ Leusenkamp --- , The NetherlandsThe article explores how religious actors have increasingly shaped the nature of antiretroviral treatment (ART) services in Kabarole district, western Uganda. As have the regular health services, Christian donors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and churches in the district have also stepped... -
The IFR process: beyond the specialist workshop
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: D Louw D Hughes A BirkheadThe process of determining Instream Flow Requirements (IFRs) has been well developed to the point at which an IFR table which quantifies the temporal distribution of discharge, upon which the modified flow regime is based, is produced. During the last... -
An Integrated System for Forest Management and Silvicultural Planning and Control in South African State Forestry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: H.W. Kassier --- Forest Management Division, Department of Water Affairs, Forestry and Environmental Conservation,A computerised plantation analysis system (COMPAS) for commercial plantation management, planning and control is described and illustrated. Present uses in South African State forestry and future development of the system are discussed. -
Operational deployment of genetic gain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: R Pallett --- , South Africa T Stanger --- , South Africa A Morris --- , South Africa C Clarke --- , South AfricaTree improvement is central to increasing plantation productivity per unit land area in many countries that rely on an exotic fast grown plantation resource as a source of wood and fibre. In order to achieve an acceptable return on the... -
Deployment strategies to maximise value recovery from tree improvement: The experience of two South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: ArleneD. Bayley --- , South Africa Flic Blakeway --- Technical Department, Mondi Forests, South AfricaCurrent strategies for deployment of improved material from the tree breeding programmes of two South Mrican forestry companies are reviewed for all commercial species, including both hardwoods and softwoods. How high site variability and propagation constraints restrict this are examined... -
A model to predict productivity of different chipping operations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: MohammadR Ghaffariyan --- , Australia Raffaele Spinelli --- , Italy Mark Brown --- , AustraliaThe chipping operation is an important component of harvesting systems producing biomass and pulp chips. This paper aimed to develop a valid model to predict the productivity of chipping as part of these operations. Over a number of years more... -
Achievements and lessons learned from the Benguela Environment, Fisheries, Interaction and Training (BENEFIT) research programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: I Hampton N SweijdThis paper considers the scientific achievements of the Benguela Environment, Fisheries, Interaction and Training (BENEFIT) Programme as reflected in 29 internally evaluated BENEFIT research projects carried out between 1998 and 2007 when the programme ended, and draws a number of... -
The influence of tree improvement and cultural practices on the productivity of Eucalyptus plantations in temperate South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: GR Boreham RN PallettThe South African forestry industry is dependent on a resource of fast-growing, low-cost wood to remain globally competitive. Land availability and the legislative requirements for afforestation in South Africa are limiting factors for future growth and therefore increasing the productivity... -
Does Medicine Need Psycho-Social Science?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SWP Mhlongo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care Medunsa, PMH Maduna --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care Medunsa,Despite Alma Ata in 1978, the developing countries continue to divert scarce resources to multiple-story tertiary hospitals at the expense of primary health care services. No country in the world has unlimited resources with regard to budget allocation for health... -
Implementing an Operational Risk Management Framework: Psycho-Social Factors in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annelize van Niekerk --- University of South Africa, South Africa Dirk J Geldenhuys --- University of South Africa, South Africa Madia M Levin --- University of South Africa, South Africa Michelle May --- University of South Africa, South Africa K.P. Moalusi --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored the psychosocial factors that affect the implementation of an operational risk management framework in a financial institution in Tanzania. A purposive sample of 39 participants from three financial institutions was interviewed using semistructured interviews. The data... -
Innovation, the informal economy and development: The case of Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ephraim Daka --- Innovation and Knowledge Economy, Finland Hannes Toivanen --- Innovation and Industrial Renewal, FinlandNational systems of innovation have been serving as the conceptual framework and vehicle to address poverty and national competitiveness in developing countries. Zambia has been building its NSI since 1964, but the existing system suffers from serious shortcomings related to... -
The accounting function of John Company’s Cape of Good Hope factory 1812–1813, during the second British occupation of the Cape colony – observations and comments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: J G Samkin --- Department of Accountancy,This paper reviews and makes observations on the accounting functions of the Cape of Good Hope factory of the English East India Company during the period 1812–1813. In particular, the accounting records maintained by the Cape factory are examined. By... -
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... -
The use of glyphosate for the management of secondary coppice regrowth in a Eucalyptus grandis × E. urophylla coppice stand in Zululand, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Jonathan C Roberts --- School of Natural Resource Management, South Africa Keith M Little --- School of Natural Resource Management, South Africa Marnie E Light --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South AfricaIn South Africa, commercial eucalypt stands may be regenerated through the stepwise reduction of coppice shoots following felling. The development of secondary coppice regrowth following these reduction operations results in competition with the remaining stems, possibly resulting in a reduction... -
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... -
Vicarious traumatisation experiences among South African Police Service members in a rural setting: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Masefako Andronica Gumani --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to explore the vicarious traumatisation experiences of South African Police Service members serving in a rural community. The participants consisted of 17 purposively selected police members (females = 4; age range 27 to 55;... -
Monitoring Victoria’s public forests: implementation of the Victorian Forest Monitoring Program
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Andrew Haywood --- European Forest Institute, Spain Kristen Thrum --- Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Australia Andrew Mellor --- School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, Australia Christine Stone --- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, AustraliaA new strategic inventory across all publicly managed forests has been installed in Victoria. For the preceding two decades, Victoria’s forest inventory has been compiled from various data sources from across the state, an approach that doesn’t allow information about... -
Peaceful waters: Community action in sustainable scarce resource management in a rural Zimbabwean setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Evans Shoko --- School of Social Sciences, South AfricaI explored community collation approaches to sustainable water management by a rural Zimbabwean community for social justice and equity with inclusivity. Informants were a convenience sample of 27 community dwellers; including villagers (n = 20), community leaders (n = 2),... -
A mathematical formulation of the joint economic and emission dispatch problem of a renewable energy-assisted prosumer microgrid
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Uyikumhe Damisa --- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, South Africa Nnamdi I. Nwulu --- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, South Africa Yanxia Sun --- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, South AfricaOperational planning of prosumer microgrids with solar and wind energy sources is quite a complex task considering the intermittency of these sources and energy import/export from prosumers. Reserve capacities which can be reliably provided by dispatchable sources like conventional generators... -
Exploring procedural justice and police legitimacy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Prinsloo --- Department of Criminology, South AfricaPerceptions of legitimacy are at the foundation of public mandates underlying criminal justice institutions, their legal authority, and public cooperation. This study explored perceptions of South African policing by members of a historically disadvantaged community, in terms of the procedural... -
An effective learning culture: Using high performance work systems to strengthen the relationship between communities of practice and knowledge creation in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Florence Nansubuga --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, Uganda John C Munene --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, Uganda Julius Kikooma --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, Uganda Joyce Nansamba --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, Uganda Khamis Musanje --- School of Psychology, Makerere University, UgandaThis paper sought to demonstrate how communities of practice can coalesce with high performance work systems to develop an Africanized learning culture that promotes interaction among employees and empowers them to create innovative knowledge for competitive performance. A total of... -
Profiling the community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi at endemic pine (Pinus greggii) stands of northeastern Mexico
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Rebeca Casique Valdés --- , México Fernando Galindo García --- , México Leho Tedersoo --- , Estonia Sten Anslan --- , Estonia Eladio H Cornejo Oviedo --- , México Sergio R Sánchez-Peña --- , MéxicoThe biological communities of endemic, relictual ecosystems are poorly known and the rate of destruction of these ecosystems is high worldwide. Pinus greggii is a near-threatened Mexican pine endemic species with a highly restricted distribution. In healthy tree stands, the... -
Moderating effect of supply chain complexity in governance mechanisms and operational performance relationship: Evidence from a sub-Saharan African market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Emmanuel Kwabena Anin --- , Ghana Nathaniel Boso --- , Ghana David Asamoah --- , GhanaThis study draws on the tenets of transaction cost economics to examine the moderating effect of supply chain complexity on the relationship between formal control and social control mechanisms, and operational performance. The study argues that under conditions of increased... -
Introduction to the Supplement: Advancing the practice of operations management and innovation to drive Africa forward in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Aaron Luntala Nsakanda --- , CanadaThe Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is paving the way for new and disruptive approaches to managing operations, innovation, and supply chains. Africa cannot ignore this revolution and afford to stand by while the rest of the world moves forward. In... -
Productivity curve models in eucalypt timber forwarding
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Irineu Barros Nunes --- , Brazil Eduardo da Silva Lopes --- , Brazil Millana Bürger Pagnussat --- , Brazil Julio Eduardo Arce --- , BrazilExtraction is the most costly and complicated stage of timber harvest operations. The forwarder’s productive capacity in timber harvesting, from planted forests, is influenced by several operational variables, especially by extraction distance and tree volume. Prior knowledge about the effect... -
Machine learning techniques to estimate mechanised forest cutting productivity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Saulo Boldrini Gonçalves --- , Brazil Nilton Cesar Fiedler --- , Brazil Jeferson Pereira Martins Silva --- , Brazil Gilson Fernandes da Silva --- , Brazil Mayra Luiza Marques da Silva --- , Brazil Luciano José Minette --- , Brazil Daniel Pena Pereira --- , Brazil Domingos Manuel Mendes Lopes --- , Portugal Evandro Ferreira da Silva --- , Brazil Antônio Henrique Cordeiro Ramalho --- , Brazil Jeangelis Silva Santos --- , Brazil Marcelo Otone Aguiar --- , Brazil Jose de Oliveira Melo Neto --- , Brazil Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho --- , BrazilThe productivity of wood harvesting operations is one of the main viability indicators of the forestry enterprise, which is directly influenced by land, population, and operational planning characteristics. The variables that affect the productivity of harvesting machines are particularly difficult... -
How do institutionalized supplier development initiatives affect knowledge transfer and operational performance? Evidence from SME construction companies in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shem Sikombe --- , South Africa Maxwell Phiri --- , South AfricaThe purpose of the study is, first, to examine how, and which institutionalized supplier development initiatives are associated with knowledge transfer, and, second, to investigate the mediating role of knowledge transfer between institutionalized supplier development and operational performance. Data were... -
Gradual increase in the intensity of machine traffic in timber harvesting: effects on soil composition and functionality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Miriam Fernanda Rodrigues --- , Brazil Diego Rodrigues --- , Brazil André Pellegrini --- , Brazil Elisandra Pocojeski --- , BrazilThis study describes the effects of gradually increasing the intensity of machine traffic in timber harvesting of Pinus taeda L. in a cut-to-length system on the severity of compaction and changes in functionality of a subtropical Oxisol in southern Brazil... -
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... -
Farm operation injuries among cocoa famers in Ghana: Investigating the causes, choice of treatment and compliance to safety standards
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Gifty-Maria Sangber-Dery --- KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum --- KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana Fred Ankuyi --- KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana John-Eudes Andivi Bakang --- KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana Nathaniel Nii Lartey Lartey --- University of Michigan, USA Ernest Laryea Okorley --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Ebenezer Osei Jones --- Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Development, Ghana David Boansi --- KNUST-Kumasi, GhanaThis study investigated the socioeconomic factors that predispose cocoa farmers to farm operation injuries, their choice of treatment and compliance with recommended safety standards. It used the multi-stage sampling technique to collect data from 400 cocoa farmers. Descriptive statistics, the... -
Estimation of lumber recovery for small-scale mobile sawmills in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Ernest William Mauya --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Lynder Gesase --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Gabriel Mangi --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Gilberth Temba --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Diana Tesha --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Sami Madundo --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Nandera Juma Lolila --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Justo Ndyanabo Jonas --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, TanzaniaLumber recovery is an important parameter in determining the production efficiency and viability of mobile sawmilling operations. In this study, lumber recoveries for mobile sawmilling machines operating in four different locations in Tanzania were estimated. A total of 11 mobile... -
Evaluating the efficacy of a school-based Finnish Gutsy Go programme in enhancing adolescents’ positive mental health, experience of social inclusion, and social competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Hanna Ahrnberg --- , Finland Kaija Appelqvist-Schmidlechner --- , Finland Pekka Mustonen --- , Finland Sari Fröjd --- Tampere University, Finland Katja Aktan-Collan --- , FinlandBackground: The Finnish Gutsy Go programme is a positive youth development intervention designed to enhance adolescents’ psychosocial well-being by enabling eighth-grade students to develop and execute good deeds within the community. -
Artificial intelligence-powered decision support system for operational decision-making in the ICT department of a selected African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Vusumzi Funda --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Errol Francke --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThis paper aims to explore the effect of an artificial intelligence-enabled decision support system (AIDSS) on decision-making processes within a university setting, focusing on the ICT department of a selected South African university. The research objectives revolve around the effectiveness... -
‘Vampire birds’: diet metabarcoding reveals that migrating Woodchat Shrikes Lanius senator consume engorged camel ticks in a desert stopover site
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Crinan Jarrett --- Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland Marc Illa --- Institut Català d’Ornitologia, Nat-Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Spain Marta Burri --- Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland Gabriel Marcacci --- Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland Vanessa A Mata --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Maria Luisa Boglino --- Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria Oumnia Himmi --- Mohammed V University of Rabat, Institut Scientifique, Morocco Ivan Maggini --- Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria Barbara Helm --- Swiss Ornithological Institute, SwitzerlandData on the diets of Afro-Palearctic migratory birds outside their breeding grounds are scarce, despite the importance of feeding during the migratory journey. Here, we report on anecdotal findings from a study in which we used diet metabarcoding to analyse... -
Shaping the future of hospitality management: a dynamic AI-driven dialogue between a Hotel Management School Leeuwarden lecturer and a hotel general manager
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Frederik Jan van der Meulen --- Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThrough the prism of technology innovation and its effects on education, this article offers a dialogue, via ChatGPT, between two AI-generated characters, a hotel general manager and a lecturer from the Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, in an attempt to illuminate... -
Reimagining corporate planning practices for operational flexibility and sustainability in emerging economy: A reflection on the Nigerian private sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Daniel E. Ufua --- Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR ), Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan --- The Saudi Economic Association, Saudi Arabia Basit Ali --- ILMA University, PakistanThis study examined corporate planning and operational flexibility in an emerging economy, the Nigerian private sector. The research aimed to develop learning on the practice of corporate planning, with a view from the perspectives of the affected stakeholders who are... -
Role of subregional cooperation towards environmental conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Robita Lee Robinson --- Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Angathevar Baskaran --- Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Sonia Kumari Selvarajan --- Universiti Malaya, MalaysiaThis study examines the role of subregional cooperation in advancing environmental conservation within the ASEAN framework, focusing specifically on the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) and its institutional body, the Centre for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT). Through qualitative analysis based on...