South Africa

Concluded Projects

AS1/1998/010 - Managing the rumen ecosystem to improve utilisation of thornless acacias

AS2/1996/149 - Tropical forage and ley-legume technology for sustainable grazing and cropping systems in southern Africa

AS2/1996/203 - Studies on genetic constraints to protective immunity in cattle

AS2/2001/029 - Development of a knowledge system for the selection of forages for farming systems in the tropics

CS1/1996/180 - Genetic resources information package for wheat researchers (Triticum GRIP); Phase II: Genetic data, data integrity,enhanced data query, and reference information.

FST/1996/124 - High performance eucalypts and interspecific hybrids for marginal lands in south and eastern South Africa and south-eastern Australia

FST/1996/206 - Assessment of eucalyptus rust as a pathogen of Eucalyptus species and other Myrtaceae, and development of sensitive methods for its detection in germplasm

FST/2003/002 - Development and evaluation of sterile triploids and polyploid breeding methodologies for commercial species of Acacia in Vietnam, South Africa and Australia

LPS/1999/036 - Developing profitable beef business systems for previously disadvantaged farmers in South Africa

LPS/2002/081 - Development of emerging farmer crop-livestock systems in northern RSA

LPS/2008/013 - Can we segment the South African market for beef palatability?

LWR/2011/015 - Potential incentives for sustainable farming for food and water security, and poverty reduction in southern Africa

LWR2/1996/049 - System modelling at ICRISAT: Increasing the effectiveness of research on agricultural resource management in the semi-arid tropics by combining cropping systems simulation with farming systems research

LWR2/1998/129 - Training program on the principles and practice of sustainable cropping systems

SMCN/2000/173 - Improved fertiliser recommendations and policy for dry regions of southern Africa