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Global environmental change and food systems in Southern Africa: The dynamic challenges facing regional policy
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/JGRP, 2011-04)
There is a growing concern that Global environmental change (GEC) will exacerbate the stress on
Southern African food systems leading to increasing food insecurity, which is signified by rising levels
of chronic and ...
Sustainability management and tourism impacts on communities: Residents’ attitudes in Maun and Tshabong, Botswana
(AfricaJournals, https://www.ajhtl.com/, 2017)
Sustainability management and especially socio-cultural sustainability of tourism is premised on
community awareness, participation and deriving socio-economic benefits from tourism. The purpose
of the study was to ...
Analysis of rainfall and temperature time series to detect long-term climatic trends and variability over semi-arid Botswana
(Indian Academy of Sciences, https://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Journal_of_Earth_System_Science/, 2018-03)
Arid and semi-arid environments have been identified with locations prone to impacts of climate variability and change. Investigating long-term trends is one way of tracing climate change impacts. This study investigates ...
Impact of bias‐corrected reanalysis‐derived lateral boundary conditions on WRF simulations
(American Geophysical Union, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19422466, 2017-07-13)
Lateral and lower boundary conditions derived from a suitable global reanalysis data set form the basis for deriving a dynamically consistent finer resolution downscaled product for climate and hydrological assessment ...
A case for the promotion of indigenous knowledge for entrepreneurship development in developing countries: The case of Botswana
(Office of Research and Development, University of Botswana. http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/pula/index, 2017)
The past decade has experienced economic recession which has manifested itself in higher unemployment figures, especially among the youth including university graduates. For those countries endowed with indigenous knowledge ...
Land use, rangeland degradation and ecological changes in the southern Kalahari, Botswana
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd., https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/, 2016-02-09)
Dual‐scale analyses assessing farm‐scale patterns of ecological change and landscape‐scale patterns of change in vegetation cover and animal distribution are presented from ecological transect studies away from waterpoints, ...
Impact of desertification on livelihoods in Katsina State, Nigeria
(Center for Promoting Ideas (CPI), USA., http://www.jalsnet.com/, 2018-06)
Is one of the overwhelming environmental problems in Katsina State where 75% of its nearly 6 million people on a 24,192 km2 of land depend on agriculture. Few studies have been undertaken to enhance the state of knowledge ...
Inappropriate use of agrochemicals poses potential threats to Botswana vultures: a call for research and legal instruments
(The Botswana Society, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr/index, 2017)
Agrochemicals are widely used across the world to serve different purposes. However, inappropriate use of agrochemicals affects wildlife particularly non-target species such as vultures. In this paper, we discuss the ...
Impact and control of desertification in the drylands: a review article
(International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Japan. https://isdsnet.com/ijds.html, 2018)
The inherent variation in the impacts of desertification and the criteria and methods used for its control significantly influence the success of its combat. This paper provides a critical review of the empirical studies ...