Research articles (ORI): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Responding to climate change through joint partnership: insights from the Okavango Delta in Botswana
(Emerald, www.emeraldinsight.com, 2014)Purpose: Climate change continues to pose a serious challenge to mankind. Given their socio-economic and vulnerable situations, resource-poor farmers will be hard hit and likely to be the most affected group in Africa – ... -
Ethno-meteorology and scientific weather forecasting: small farmers and scientists’ perspectives on climate variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com/, 2014-09-03)Recent trends in abrupt weather changes continue to pose a challenge to agricultural production most especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper specifically addresses the questions on how local farmers read and predict ... -
Biomass production and economic value of Phragmites australis reedbeds in the Southern Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Global Science Books, www.globalsciencebooks.info, 2010-11-10)Most work globally on Phragmites spp. has been done in temperate northern hemisphere localities, where winter low temperatures and short day lengths cause a seasonal decrease in growth. In this study, we report above-ground ... -
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 ... -
Assessing the impacts of fire on the vegetation resources that are available to the local communities of the seasonal wetlands of the Okavango, Botswana, in the context of different land uses and key government policies
(Wiley online library, onlinelibrary.wiley.com, 2009)The Okavango wetlands in north western Botswana are the most fire-prone environment in Botswana. Most of these fires are anthropogenic. The fires in this environment are thought to impact the environment negatively and ... -
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 ... -
Remotely sensed habitat indicators for predicting distribution of impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Cambridge University Press, www.cambridge.org, 2006)We studied the spatial and temporal habitat use of impala in Botswana’s Okavango Delta at landscape level with the aid of satellite imagery, with minimal fieldwork. We related remotely sensed vegetation to impala habitat ... -
A laboratory assessment of the potential molluscicidal potency of Jatropha curcas aqueous extracts
(Taylor & Francis http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/, 2008)Preliminary laboratory studies were conducted to determine the molluscicidal potency of Jatropha curcas, the physic nut. Biomphalaria glabrata and Bulinus globosus snails were exposed to varying concentrations of aqueous ... -
Mechanisms for biosorption of chromium(III), copper(II) and mercury(II) using water extracts of Moringa oliefera seed powder
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB, 2008)In continuation of our work on heavy metal remediation using Moringa seed powder, this study examines the mechanisms of metal sorption on water extracts of Moringa oleifera (MO) seed powder using extended X-ray absorption ... -
Species diversity of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Springer link, http://link.springer.com, 2006)In the Okavango Delta (about 28,000 km2) the number of identified species is 1,300 for plants, 71 for fish, 33 for amphibians, 64 for reptiles, 444 for birds, and 122 for mammals. The local occurrence of different species ...