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SAIAE 2010 Multiday CPD - Presentations

Session 1 - Technology and Energy for Food Production - Setting the Scene

Topic Presenter
Water resource challenges - management arrangements current and future M Muller
Technology in Food and Energy Production Systems - Achievements and Challenges J Smithers

  

Session 2 - Mechanisation for Food Production

Topic Presenter
Finite Element Modelling (FEM)of Tillage Implements and Soil Deformation B Chirende
Instrumentation C Pretorius
Mechanization Trends and Future Scenarios T Simalenga
Drawbar Power Tests J Van Biljon
Wireless Sensor Network and IOT in Precision Agriculture N Zhang

  

Session 3 - Energy for Food Production

Topic Presenter
Energy Efficiency with Low Voltage Motors M Greef
Energy optimisation strategy for ZZ2 farming operations J Grobler
Measurement and Verification - How to Quantify Energy Efficiency Savings L Grobler
Energy Efficient Transportation by Pumping - Jooste
Energy Efficiency Energy Services V Martins
Improving the Energy Efficiency of Pumping Systems H Rosen
Funding Energy Efficiency Projects DSM Option F Venter

  

Session 4 - Processing for Food Production

Topic Presenter
CFL’s in Greenhouses N Bezuidenhout
Energy requirement data for food processing L Lagrange
Humidity Control in Storage and Processing Spaces: A Brief Overview J Murray
Microwave Assisted Hot Air Ventilation Drying of Tomato Slices T Workneh

  

Session 5 - Water and Irrigation for Food Production

Topic Presenter
Institutional reform and modernisation G Backeberg
Irrigation system design and Eskom tariffs N Bezuidenhout
Opportunities in the Small Scale Hydropower B Graber
Comparing methods of irrigation scheduling for different crops at ZZ2 R Myberg

Contribution of water and irrigation (Part1)

Contribution of water and irrigation (Part2)

 F Reinders
Water Use in Agriculture and the Law F van der Merwe
A Water Use Efficiency Framework for South Africa I van der Stoep

  

Session 6 - Technology Applications for Food Production

Topic Presenter
Patented Livestock Management Identification R Cloete
Project Financing Norms P de Wet
Revitalisation of Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Limpopo Province P de Witt
Project Fundamentals H Herbst
Virtual Reality Design Approach for Agricultural Projects Development J Mutenje
Potential for bio-ethanol production in RSA G Mwithiga
An example of commercial enterprise collaborating in a government rural upliftment project I van Brouwershaven