Advanced Agriculture And Food

CSIR remote sensing specialists studied satellite imagery of South Africa’s savanna system over the period 2001 to 2018 which showed that as the climate became drier, farms were abandoned, which in turn led to an increase in tree cover. “The grass-tree co-existence of the Savanna is crucial to th...

With exports raking in billions of rand annually, South Africa’s apple growers form an important part of the country’s economic development. However, their heavy dependence on water in a country facing growing water challenges, demands an enhanced understanding of the water requirements of top-pr...