Business as usual or transformative change? While the global agro-industrial food system is
credited with increasing food production, availability and accessibility, it is also credited with …

South Africa is the largest agrochemical user in sub-Saharan Africa, with over 3000
registered pesticide products. Although they reduce crop losses, these chemicals reach non …

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been used extensively in the eastern regions of
South Africa for agricultural and malaria control purposes, yet few data exist on the local …

Horticultural crops undergo various physiological and biochemical changes that lead to
undesirable physiological disorders, decay and subsequent economic losses during …

With the second highest gross domestic product in Africa, South Africa is known to have a
high pesticide usage, including the highly persistent and banned group of organochlorine …

The seasonal variation, spatial distribution, and ecological risks of thirteen organophosphate
pesticides (OPPs) were studied in the Sundays and Swartkops estuaries in South Africa. Ten …

Avocados are a popular subtropical fruit of high economic importance, and the European
Union is the biggest importer of the bulk of the fruit coming from countries such as South …

Invertebrate pests pose a significant threat to food security on the African continent. In
response, South Africa has become one of the largest importers of chemical pesticides in …

Ultrasonic extraction (UE) and Soxhlet extraction (SE) methods followed by clean up using
solid phase extraction (SPE) have been developed and applied for the simultaneous …

The present study was conducted during a time of drought to assess the concentration of
herbicides and their potential for accumulation in marine biota found in the near shore …