Botswana is endowed with a variety of traditional food plants which grow annually despite erratic rainfall. The most common traditional food plants are leafy vegetables (for example, Amaranthus, Cleome, Conchorus and Vigna ...

A pot experiment was conducted at the Botswana College of Agriculture nursery to investigate effects of growing media on the growth of Cassia abbreviata. A completely randomized design (CRD) with four treatments: top garden ...

Effect of Seed Pre-sowing Treatment on Germination of Three Acacia Species Indigenous to Botswana Effectiveness of selected immersion-based seed pre-sowing treatments (cold water, hot water and concentrated sulphuric acid) ...

We investigated vegetation dynamics in relation to livestock grazing as perceived by pastoral farmers in different regions of Botswana. A structured questionnaire was used to collect farmers’ understanding of vegetation ...

The savanna ecosystems support livestock production and livelihood of pastoral communities. The degradation of savanna ecosystems due to overgrazing had lead government commercializing communal grazing land to privately ...

Seed pre-treatments (mechanical, concentrated sulphuric acid for 3, 6, 9 and 12 minutes, hot water treatments for 3, 6, 9 and 12 minutes) were carried out to overcome seed dormancy of Afzelia quanzensis and Baikiaea plurijuga ...

A field experiment was established at the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources to evaluate the effects of organic fertilizer on yield and yield attributes of tomato from October 2014 to March 2015. The ...

Methane (CH4 ) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are the two most important non-carbon dioxide (CO2 ) greenhouse gases (GHGs) that play a critical role in shaping the global climate. Their concentrations in the atmosphere have been ...

Field experiment was conducted at Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (formerly Botswana College of Agriculture) from March-July 2016 to evaluate effects of intercropping on the performance of sorghum ...