Latest bursaries awarded

OPDT   OIL & PROTEIN SEEDS DEVELOPMENT TRUST
OAC   OILSEEDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

OPDT
OIL & PROTEIN SEEDS DEVELOPMENT TRUST

OAC
OILSEEDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE


Bursaries awarded 2026/2027

Project titles are shown in the language in which they were registered.
Continuations
NoStudent & QualificationsInstitutionIntended Research AreaDegree
Ms S Shuku
Stellenbosch UniversityImpact of elevated CO2 on canola: Phytotron trials and future production modeling.M.Sc-Dissertation
Mr RH Botha
Stellenbosch UniversityEffect of soybean oilcake meal origin on digestibility in broiler birds.M.Sc-Dissertation
Ms KJ Truter
Stellenbosch UniversityUtilisation of precision agriculture to improve agronomic management and increase profitability in South African field crop production systems.PhD
Mr M Cloete
University of PretoriaInformation-driven decisions in soybean stem rot management.M.Sc-Dissertation
New bursaries awarded
NoStudent & QualificationsInstitutionIntended Research AreaDegree
Mr KS Sabela
University of the Free StateFrom puff to infection: modelling Sclerotinia ascospore dispersal and sunflower capitulum infection.
Ms C Farinha
Stellenbosch UniversityInvestigating the epidemiology of upper canopy infection of canola caused by Leptosphaeria spp. on canola in the Western Cape.
Mr R De Villiers
Stellenbosch UniversityIntegrated agronomic strategies for slug and snail control in canola production systems in the Southern Cape.
Ms LP Choolo
Stellenbosch UniversityMonitoring weed population dynamics in Conservation Agriculture compared to Regenerative Agriculture.
Ms SB Van Der Veen
Stellenbosch UniversityThe cost of herbicide resistance: A farm-level economics analysis in the Western Cape grain producing regions.
Mr S Hlongwe
University of Fort HareResponse of different soybean genotypes to soil acidity in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.