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Soils, science and the politics of knowledge: how African smallholder farmers are framed and situated in the global debates on integrated soil fertility management
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com/, 2013)
The paper addresses an important and often overlooked cultural aspect of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This relates to how different policy organisations conceptualise soil management problem, its ...
Variation in assemblages of small fishes and microcrustaceans after inundation of rarely flooded wetlands of the lower Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Springer, www.springer.com, 2013-09-30)
Water extraction from floodplain river systems may alter patterns of inundation of adjacent wetlands and lead to loss of aquatic biodiversity. Water reaching the Okavango Delta (Delta), Botswana, may decrease due to excessive ...
Community based natural resource management, tourism and poverty alleviation in southern Africa: what works and what doesn’t work
(David Publishers, http://www.davidpublishing.com, 2013)
Community based natural resource management (CBNRM) is perhaps the most important tool for driving community and rural development in southern Africa. The paper therefore analyses the CBNRM framework as a strategy for ...
Political economy of integrated soil fertility management in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, https://www.waset.org, 2013)
Although many factors play a significant role in agricultural production and productivity, the importance of soil fertility cannot be underestimated. The extent to which small farmers are able to manage the fertility of ...
Contending claims over access to fisheries: a case study of the Okavango Delta Panhandle, Botswana
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, http://www.ccsenet.org, 2013-02-26)
Fishing is one of the key livelihood activities in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Subsistence fishers,
commercial fishers and tourist lodge operators derive material and non-material benefits from fishery. However open ...
Pressurized hot water extraction coupled to molecularly imprinted polymers for simultaneous extraction and clean-up of pesticides residues in edible and medicinal plants of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(De Gruyter, http://www.degruyter.com/, 2013-10-08)
In this study, an in-cell extraction and clean-up approach, employing pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE) coupled to a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) is proposed. The selectivity of PHWE was improved through the ...
Predictors of knowledge-sharing behaviors among community based natural resources organisations in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Sage, www.sage.com, 2013-01-23)
The study investigated the relative contribution of selected predictors of knowledge-sharing behaviors among local community leaders involved in natural resources management programs within the Okavango Delta, Botswana. ...
Cultural resources as sustainabilty enablers: Community-Based Cultural Heritage Resources Management (COBACHREM) model
(MDPI, http://www.mdpi.com, 2013-12-20)
People inhabit and change environments using socio-cultural and psycho-social behaviors and processes. People use their socio-cultural understanding of phenomena to interact with the environment. People are carriers of ...
Tourism and biodiversity conservation: the case of community-based natural resource management in southern Africa
(CAB International Publishing, www.cabi.org, 2013-01-10)
This review analyses the potential of tourism to contribute to biodiversity conservation with particular reference to developing countries. In the last quarter of a century, there has been a global concern about the extent ...
Response of a seasonal floodplain vegetation communities and soil nutrient status to flood variation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2013-05)
Globally many seasonal floodplain ecosystems experience flooding regime variation leading to variation in vegetation community composition and distribution and soil nutrient status. The Okavango Delta natural flooding ...