What is Food Security?

...There have been several cases of yellow maize being handed out as a form of food aid but to communities who traditionally eat white maize, and see yellow maize as only good for animal feed...
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Elephant Interactions in Hazyview

...Lindwe, a young female, is not a morning animal, she much prefers a lie in, and if it’s raining she’ll try to stay indoors. Ironically, like most elephants, she loves a mud bath...
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Meat Grading Systems - Mutton and Lamb

...The age class of an animal is indicated on the carcass with a row of three letters e.g...
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Dual Purpose Sheep Breeds in South Africa

...Dual Purpose Sheep Breeds in South AfricaDual Purpose Sheep Breeds in South AfricaSheep Farming in South AfricaDual-purpose sheep breeds in South Africa refers to an animal that can be farmed for both the production of wool and meat...
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I-Carob: Umthi Wokutya Osetyenziswa Kancinci

...The pods are used as a chocolate substitute and animal feed while the seeds are ground and used as a thickening agent.Umthi we carob (Ceratonia siliqua) nokwaziwa ngenge Sonka sika St John’s ngumthi omncinci ukuya kuphakathana ngokomlinganiselo...
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Organic Matter in Soil

...These living microorganisms feed on plant matter and produce substances that bind soil particles together. These clumps of particles make up good soil structure and help to stabilise the soil aggregates...
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Predation Management and the Law

...The killing and hunting of listed threatened or protected species are prohibited unless the animal is specifically regarded as a damage causing animal by the authorities...
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Animal Instincts and Low Stress Livestock Handling

...use of an animal’s point of balance and flight zone, low stress livestock handling takes prey animal’s natural instincts and fears into account...
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Identifying Poultry Problems - Senses

...Chicks are generally more sensitive to ammonia than older birds.Use your MouthSmell and taste the feed and water. The drinkers and water should be clean enough for you to drink from it. The same applies to the feed...
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Lesser Honeyguide

...Like all honeyguides, the lesser honeyguide will feed at an active bee’s nest in the early morning when the bees are lethargic...
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Yini i-Pearl Millet?

...Yaziwa ngbizo i-bulrush millet, manna (ngebizo le-Afrikaans), leotsa (ngesi-Sepedi), nyalothi (ngesiSotho), inyouti (isiNdebele), mhuga, mhungu (ngesi-Shangaan) nanyana unyaluthi, unyawoti and unyawothi (ngesiZulu)...
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Animal Identification

...Animal IdentificationAnimal IdentificationPredation Management in Livestock FarmingAll cattle, sheep, goats, ostriches, pigs and horses have to be branded with an identification mark, according to the Animal Identification Act (Act 6 of 2002)...
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Diseases in Goats

...In cases where feeding is expensive, feed well for a shorter period, do not less feed for a longer time. Pregnancy: Give extra feed from day 90 of pregnancy. This is important even in reasonably good grazing conditions...
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Cactus Pear

...Its use for feed production has increased over the past decade as farmers search for ways to buffer themselves against the impact of climate change and droughts...
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Greater Flamingo

...The best area to see this bird is Kamfers Dam near Kimberley, Schuinsdraai Nature Reserve near Tzaneen and the West Coast National Park near Cape Town...
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Cardinalfish

...They can be spotted in crevices or caves on the reef in pairs or small schools, and mostly feed nocturnally. This is one of the few species which broods orally, the male keeping the fertilised eggs in his mouth until they hatch...
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Identification of Brown Hyena

...Farmers should remember that seeing a brown hyena feeding on a carcass does not necessarily mean that they have killed the animal...
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Poultry Transportation

...Association has the following tips for a smooth journey:©Andile BahlaBirds should be kept as comfortable as possible during transportation or at the market.DriversThe driver should not only like animals, but also be familiar and know how to address animal..
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Ku Xava Tihlampfi Letintsongo

...Ntiko hinkwawo na nhlayo ya tihlampfi swina nkoka kuva u tiva leswi tingata kurisa xiswona xikan’we naku hlayelela swakudya kumbe feed conversion rate (FCR). FCR i nhlayo ya swakudya ku humelerisa nhlayo ya nyama ya hlampfi...
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Interesting Coastal Facts of the Overberg

...Most of the animal life of a sandy beach ecosystem is less than one millimetre long, living between the sand grains...
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How Do Tree Squirrels Feed?

...How Do Tree Squirrels Feed?How Do Tree Squirrels Feed?Up and Down©Roger de la HarpeAlthough squirrels nest and overnight in trees, they are as much terrestrial (ground-dwelling) as they are arboreal (tree-dwelling) when it comes to foraging...
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Red-billed Hornbill

...They feed mainly on the ground.Red-Billed Hornbill Breeding The red-billed hornbill nests in natural tree cavities. The female will seal herself inside the cavity, using a mixture of mud and her own dung...
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Grape Pests - Snails and Grasshoppers

...Different than snout beetles which feed on grapevine leaves around the edges of the leaves, long-horned grasshoppers feed anywhere on the leaves...
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Intricate Animal Ceramic

...Intricate Animal CeramicIntricate Animal CeramicPoint of ViewThe way you display your ceramic elephant candle holders is up to you, but the impact they make was decided by the artists - the painter and the sculptor layered detail in a sequence that makes..
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