Poor households access their food from the market, subsistence production and transfers
from public programmes or other households. In the past rural households produced most of …

This paper documents the manner in which smallholder farmers in Gladstone, a rural village
near the town of Thaba Nchu in the Free State Province of central South Africa, perceive and …

Cover crops are a valuable tool for improving resources use, soil health, and productivity.
However, the effects of intercropping cover crops as live mulches with cash crops can vary …

Dry spells are a direct consequence of spatial and temporal variability of rainfall, and these
jeopardise the success of rainfed agriculture by causing crop yield reduction and crop failure …

Solar radiation must be efficiently utilised to enhance dry matter accumulation and carbon
sequestration capacity within dryland agroecosystems. The study evaluated the effects of …

Natural resource degradation and water scarcity, which threaten the sustainability of
smallholder farmers' livelihoods in semi-arid developing areas, are a global concern …

Detailed knowledge of rainfall regime is an important prerequisite for agricultural planning.
Despite the importance of rain-fed agriculture to food security in the semi-arid regions of …

Context Optimizing cover crop intercropping should aim to be sustainable, economically
feasible and environmentally benign. Significant consideration must be given to cover crop …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate alternative management practices such as in-field
rainwater harvesting (IRWH) and intercropping techniques through conducting on-farm …

Maize is a major food crop in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and its productivity is affected by
climate change-adaptive sustainable management practices. A 2-year field study (2019/20 …