SANCID Congress 2018
Session 1
- Invited Paper Research based innovation for effective water management and food production - Dr Gerhard Backeberg
- Keynote Address - Felix Reinders
- Oppening Address - Dr Joe Stevens
Session 2
- A system dynamics model to explore the role of commuity social dynamics on the adoption of agricultural innovations - Ashiel Jumman
- Climate change and irrigated sugarcane production in South Africa, threats, opportunities and uncertainties - Abraham Singels
- Policies and legal frameworks to advanve smallholder irrigation in South Africa - Barbara van Koppen
Session 3
- Effect of soil texture on soil water movement under moistube irrigation - Edwin Kanda
- Extent and characteristics of solar powered irrigation systems (SPIS) in South Africa - Piwe Piliso
- Precision scheduling for water and salt management - Nicolette Matthews
- Understanding the contribution of irrigated agriculture to river nitrogen and phosphorus loads in the Middle Olifants - L Mudaly
Session 4
- Impact of climate change on the tranformation of the irrigation sector in South Africa - Thomani Manungufala
- Prospects for improving irrigated agriculture in southern Africa in a changing climate - Linking water energy and food - Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi
- The role of a virtual irrigaton academy (VIA) to improve water productivity in Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa - Joe Stevens
Session 5
- Applying APSIM for evaluating intercropping under rainfed conditions - Vimbayi Chimonyo
- Colloaboration between grower and research organisations as a machanism to improve water measuring and metering in commercial irrigated agriculture - Sarah Slabbert and Nadja Green
- Facebook and the farmer connecting the small-scale farmers via socail media for improved irrigation management - Richard Hay
- Response farming using AgriCloud app for farmers in South Africa - Sue Walker
Session 6
- Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation technology impact on the yield of rice grown with peri-urban anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) effluents - Isiaka Busari
- An electronic decision support system to determine the sit-specific fintness for use of irrigation water - Meiring du Plessis
- Using risk based, site-specific decision support system to determine the suitability of mine water for irrigation - John Annandale
Session 7
- Conservation agriculture, towards achieving food security among rural smallholder communities - Mmakgabo Matlou
- Implications for water use policies at a farm level - Nngadiseng Motaung
- Reviewing the impact of governance on the effedtiveness of revitalization of small-holder irrigatoin schemes in South Africa - Freddy Rabothata
Extra presentations
- Alternate wetting and drying irrigation technology impact on the yield of rice grown with peru-urban anaerobic baffled reactor effluents - T Busari
- SANCID Symposium 2018 - Programme
