Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 11
A flood pulse driven fish population model for the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elservier, www.elsevier.com/, 2012-03-10)
The Okavango Delta is a large, remote, and ecologically significant wetland located in Botswana that receives a strong annual flood pulse. Although the hydrology in flood pulsed systems is often theorized to drive fish ...
Potential impacts of biofuel development on food security in Botswana: A contribution to energy policy
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/enpol, 2012-04)
Biofuel development continues to be a critical development strategy in Africa because it promises to be an important part of the emerging bio-economy. However, there is a growing concern that the pattern of biofuel development ...
Intersecting western and local knowledge: critical issues for development research in Africa
(Knowledge Globalization Institute, http://www.kglobal.org, 2012)
Knowledge production, sharing and adaptation become beneficial when they enhance sustainable human development. Western and local knowledge are not mutually exclusive. In combination, local and western technologies may ...
Agrarian reforms and the African green revolution
(Emerald, www.emeraldinsight.com, 2012)
Agricultural intensification is central to the Green Revolution (GR) programme. This initiative, which dates back to early 1940s, revolves around the development of high yielding and disease resistant seed varieties that ...
Rural livelihood diversification: a household adaptive strategy against flood variability in the Okavango delta, Botswana
(Agrekon, www.aeasa.org.za, 2012)
This paper assesses the role of livelihood diversification in household adaptation to flood
variability in the Okavango Delta, and locates it within the global discourse on adaptation to climate variability and change in ...
Communicating environment in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: an exploratory assessment of the sources, channels, and approaches used among the Delta Communities
(Sage, http://scx.sagepub.com, 2012-04-29)
The study explored environmental communication strategies within the Okavango Delta, northwest Botswana. A survey instrument was administered to 120 respondents, randomly sampled across four villages. The findings show ...
Is literacy key to community development?: analyzing two groups of adults' involvement in development projects in northern Nigeria
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2012)
This paper investigates the influence of adult literacy on grassroots people’s involvement in community development (CD) projects in Nigeria. It examines the differences in the level of involvement in CD projects by ...
Probit analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion in southern Nigeria
(Emerald Insight, http://www.emeraldinsight.com, 2012)
Poverty, inequality and unemployment challenges need to be adequately addressed if sustainable human development is to be achieved. Although, these key issues are not mutually exclusive, the thrust of this paper is to ...
Livestock predation, household adaptation and compensation policy: a case study of Shorobe village in the northern Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ragr20, 2012-06-28)
Human-wildlife conflict is a worldwide phenomenon. Through a household survey supplemented by informal interviews, this study attempts to understand the dynamics of livestock predation by carnivores at village level in ...
Macrophyte species distribution, indices of biotic integrity, and sampling intensity in isolated Florida marshes
(Springer Link, https://link.springer.com, 2012)
This study examined the distribution of wetland plants used in macrophyte-based index of biotic integrity (IBI) metrics to determine the effectiveness of zone sampling in assessing wetland condition. Using sampling data ...