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Designing a tool for need-based and spatially explicit agricultural management advice
The European Commission have expressed that the approach of the future common agricultural policy will be need-based and targeted. This requires mapping of the heterogeneity of needs within Europe, and it requires that agricultura ...
Supervisor: Luuk Fleskens
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
GIS mapping and database management for rehabilitation planning in the Langkloof
Problem context
Efficient and effective rehabilitation is based on good spatial planning that can support farmers and rehabilitation implementors however, inadequate data and poor database management hamper the ability to do thi ...
Supervisor: Michel Riksen
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
Honeybush tea Cultivation in the Langkloof
Problem context
Honeybush grows wild in the mountains of the Langkloof and is harvested to make tea. With increasing market demand for honeybush tea, cultivation of honeybush can potentially take pressure off of wild tea and min ...
Supervisor: Michel Riksen
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
Ecological rehabilitation and veld (rangeland) management in the Baviaanskloof
Problem context
Poor veld management practices have resulted in degraded agricultural lands that require interventions to increase productivity, reduce soil erosion and increase water infiltration.
Research Objective/Questio ...
Supervisor: Michel Riksen
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
Regenerative agriculture in the Baviaanskloof, South Africa
Problem context
Agricultural practices in the Baviaanskloof have lowered soil fertility and resulted in concerns such as nematodes, which impact agricultural productivity.
Research Objective/Question
The internship will pr ...
Supervisor: Michel Riksen
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group
