Victor D. Shongwe

Decolonization of Indigenous/Traditional Vegetables of the Kingdom of Eswatini and the Southern African Development Community

Michael T. Masarirambi, Victor D. Shongwe, Kwanele A. Nxumalo, Emanuel N. Kunene, Diana M. Earnshaw & Daniel V. Dlamini · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2024

Indigenous/traditional vegetables have been used since prehistoric times in the Kingdom of Eswatini. They are well appreciated for their nutritional cultural and medicinal value. However, despite their immense importance the advent of colonisation by the Europeans saw the traditi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2024/v43i24346

Effects of Propagation Media and Branch Orientation on Rooting of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Shoots Propagated by Air Layering in a Sub-tropical Environment

Nontsikelelo Mahlambi, Victor D. Shongwe, Michael T. Masarirambi & Kwanele A. Nxumalo · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2019

Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is a tropical fruit rich in vitamins and beneficial phytochemicals and thus often referred to as a super fruit. Despite the potential nutritional benefits of guava fruit, it has received little research to facilitate its wide-scale production in the Kin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jeai/2019/v41i430404