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Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Subject "FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING"

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    Chemical and thermal analysis of Eucalyptus/ coal blends for co-gasification
    (University of Fort Hare, 2013-12) Gaqa, Sibongiseni
    While the industry is expected to reduce CO2 emissions due to global warming, global electricity demand is increasing at an enormous rate. As a result, there is a need to improve the efficiency of energy use through changes in technology and to produce energy vectors that have almost zero emissions of greenhouse gases. Co-gasification of biomass and coal can be considered as a possible fuel-base for syngas production.
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    Experiences of the land redistribution for Agricultural Department (LRAD) program in the Ngqushwa Location Municipal are of the Province of the Eastern Cape, 2006 - 2010.
    (University of Fort Hare, 2011-01) Kambi, Nqaba Albert
    It has been emphasized in the literature on South African land reform that the Larid Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) system does not benefit poor farmers. This study also argues that the LRAD system is a conceptual framework for the establishment of commercial agriculture on redistributed land that excludes agriculture at a subsistence level. Thus, the LRAD system requires subsistence farmers to upgrade themselves to commercial status immediately upon entering the system. Although the system provides. for the establishment of group projects by subsistence farmers under a communal property association (CPA) or trust, the farmers still do not amass enough agricultural resources, financial and otherwise, for competitive enterprise at commercial level.
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    Land Tenure System and Agricultural Land Use: The Case of Citrus Farmers in Alice/Kat River Valley, Eastern Cape
    (University of Fort Hare, 2003-01) Mpukane, Mphangeli Witness
    This study investigates the decline in agricultural production in the Alice/Kat river valley of the Eastern Cape due to the fundamental problem of lack of land ownership by the black citrus farmers. The results indicate that the problems associated with the acquisition of land by blacks farmers emanate from laws that were passed by the former government to deliberately deny black people's rights to land except to work on white farms as labourers. Farmers in the Alice/Kat river valley lack land security and experience an unfavorable land tenure system. Thus farmers are unable to access the financial resources from banks to develop the land in order to alleviate poverty and improve their financial status. In addition, the lack of practical skills in land use planning among farmers has led to the under-utilization and low productivity of agricultural land in the Alice/Kat river valley. This study recommends the provision of land as security to financial access and land use skills training as essential inputs to reap the benefits of a profitable citrus industry.
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    Performance monitoring of a 150KV a biomass gasifier system at Melani village, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    (University of Fort Hare, 2013-12) Nwabunwanne, Nwokolo Lilian
    The economic development of any community or society at large is directly linked to energy availability and usage. Concern for climate change due to intense use of fossil fuel for energy production has increased interest in alternative energy technologies such as biomass gasification. The system Johansson biomass gasifier at Melani village in Eastern Cape South Africa was piloted to establish the techno-economic viability of biomass gasification for electricity generation in South Africa. Besides this it was also implemented to improve the socio-economic conditions of the community by providing them with low cost electricity that can drive small businesses such as a Bakery.