Bøger af Isaiah Mahlolani Mahlangu

Started as an investigation of acceptability of radio-frequency animal identification, the study discovered that not only is RFID critical for identification of animals it plays an important role in the supply chain. The study found that, although this technology first became popular when it was used to monitor military air crafts during the World War II, it has since been incorporated into the supply chain of many modern industries. In livestock production, RFID enhances a ¿farm-to-fork¿ trace-ability system, thus increasing consumer confidence and as a result profitability. While poor resource farmers may have the appetite for this technology, there are critical questions of affordability and sustainable use and management of RFID information system to be dealt with. Countries that have adopted RFID animal identification have gained access to premium meat markets internationally. Inversely, stone-age-countries struggle to convince international customers of food safety especially after an animal disease outbreak.

The Public Participation Process (PPP) for Environmental Assessment (EA) is a mandatory procedure to facilitate participation of Interested and Affected Parties (IAAPs) in decision making for proposed development projects. Participation of the vulnerable IAAPs in the PPP is affected by complex challenges. This study investigated the nature and impact of the challenges in the decision making process. Five key challenges: lack of EA legislation awareness; imbalanced power relations; negative past experience; threat to environmental autonomy; and poor project planning affected the PPP cases were analysed in this study. These challenges emanate from internal and external environmental factors. The study maintains that a good understanding of potential challenges associated with development project sites will enable EAPs to design better and more responsive PPP approaches. To achieve this, the study recommends a Dual Approach Planning Model (DAPM). This approach recommends designing the PPP through pre-planning information appraisal and prediction of potential challenges to create awareness about potential challenges.