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Analysis of the market structures and systems for indigenous fruit trees: the case for Uapaca Kirkiana in Zambia

Moombe, Kaala Bweembelo (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)

This study is about marketing of Uapaca kirkiana fruit in Zambia, a fruit that has great economic value especially among the rural and urban poor. It contributes to general food security. In southern Africa, farmers and ...
Biomass prediction models for Colophospermum Mopane (Mopane) in Botswana

Mutakela, Patrick Silishebo (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)

The aim of this study was to develop biomass prediction models for the determination of total aboveground biomass for mopane at three (3) study sites in Botswana. Thereafter, based on the pooled data from the three (3) ...
Multi-stem mechanised harvesting operation analysis : application of discrete-event simulation

Hogg, Glynn A. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)

In this study, a multi-stem harvesting operation was observed and time studies carried out on its machines. A stump-to-mill simulation model (System 1) of this system was subsequently built using a commercial simulation ...