Research articles (ORI): Recent submissions
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Determination of potentially toxic heavy metals in traditionally used medicinal plants for HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Ngamiland District in Northern Botswana
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/aca, 2011-12-08)The determination of four potentially toxic heavy metals, arsenic, chromium, lead and nickel in twelve plant species used for the treatment of perceived HIV and AIDS-associated opportunistic infections by traditional ... -
Fish, floods, and ecosystem engineers: aquatic conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(American Institute of Biological Sciences, www.aibs.org, 2009-01)The Okavango Delta, Botswana, is a major wetland surrounded by the Kalahari Desert. The delta supports a diverse fish fauna that depends on highly seasonal flooding from inflowing rivers, and on the actions of ecosystem ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Success factors in community based natural resources management in northern Botswana: Lessons from practice
(Blackwell Publishing, www.blackwellpublishing.com, 2005-08-08)The article explores and examines challenges and lessons learned from the implementation of community based natural resources management (CBNRM) programmes in Ngamiland, northern Botswana. The article, based largely on ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Analysis of gender and other social dimensions of household water
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, http://www.ccsenet.org, 2014-11-26)This paper analyzes impacts of water insecurity on men, women and children in Botswana, a middle income and semi-arid country. The paper contributes to the burgeoning literature on water security. Households in different ... -
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 ... -
Habitus: how cultural values shape local communities’ perceptions about flood in the Okavango Delta of Botswana
(Nova Science Publishers, https://www.novapublishers.com, 2014)Floods and flooding events are of central interest in the studies bordering on the Okavango Delta ecosystems, the sustainability of which depends on regular water flow. Nonetheless, as beneficial as flood pulses might be ... -
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 ... -
Adults who learn: sharing literacy project experience from south-western Nigeria
(Routledge, www.routledge.com, 2011-11-23)The paper reports the outcome of a funded non-formal, functional adult literacy project embarked upon in the university-based I soya rural development programme area in southwestern Nigeria from 2005–2007. It specifically ... -
Whither sustainable rural development?: A critical exploration of remote communities in and around the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Galician Association of Researchers for Rural Development, http://www.sjruraldevelopment.org (Asociación Gallega de Investigadores para el Desarrollo Rural (AGAIDERU).), 2014)Rural areas constitute the critical mass, which drives economic growth and development in many developing countries. They contribute mainly to manpower and the production of industrial raw materials needed in urban centers. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...