Browsing by Author "Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D."
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Adults who learn: sharing literacy project experience from south-western Nigeria
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (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 ... -
Community based natural resource management, tourism and poverty alleviation in southern Africa: what works and what doesn’t work
Ngwira, Percy M.; Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D.; Mbaiwa, Joseph E. (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 ... -
Driving local community transformation through participatory rural entrepreneurship development
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D.; Ajila, Kehinde (Emerald, http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/, 2015-04)Purpose – Rural entrepreneurship development and employment generation are fundamental to enhancing local-level progress and transformation. Achieving gainful employment in rural communities contributes immensely to the ... -
Ethno-meteorology and scientific weather forecasting: small farmers and scientists’ perspectives on climate variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D.; Wolski, Piotr; Ngwenya, Barbara; Mmopelwa, Gagoitseope (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 ... -
Habitus: how cultural values shape local communities’ perceptions about flood in the Okavango Delta of Botswana
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (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 ... -
Influence of household demographic and socio-economic factors on water demand in Ngamiland District, Botswana
Motho, Manga; Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D.; Motsholapheko, Moseki R.; Mogomotsi, Patricia K. (Taylor & Francis Online; https://www.tandfonline.com, 2022-03-11)Water is one of the most important natural resources without which humans cannot survive. Although efforts have been geared toward ensuring an adequate water supply, potable water shortages continue to persist. This paper, ... -
Intersecting western and local knowledge: critical issues for development research in Africa
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (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 ... -
Is Literacy Key to Community Development? Analyzing Two Groups of Adults’ Involvement in Development Projects in Northern Nigeria
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2012-12-08)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 ... -
Is literacy key to community development?: analyzing two groups of adults' involvement in development projects in northern Nigeria
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (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 ... -
Poor performance in the advanced level geography: a case of four high schools in Hurungwe District, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe
Gondo, Reniko; Mutopa, Sevious; Mangwanda, Taurai; Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (Lonaka Journal of Learning and Teaching; http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/jolt, 2017-12-06)The study investigates the causes of high failure rate in Advanced level Geography in four high schools in Hurungwe district, Zimbabwe. A multi-stage procedure was used to sample a total of 4 high schools, 100 high school ... -
Probit analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion in southern Nigeria
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (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 ... -
"They don’t read meters, they only bring bills’: Issues surrounding the installation of prepaid water meters in Karoi town, Zimbabwe
Gondo, Reniko; Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (Taylor & Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com, 2019-11-20)City and town administrators in Zimbabwe continue to push for the installation of prepaid water meters (PWMs). This is despite the residents' objections to the proposal. The merits and demerits of PWMs continue to be ... -
Tourism and biodiversity conservation: the case of community-based natural resource management in southern Africa
Mbaiwa, Joseph E.; Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (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 ... -
What difference does literacy make among adult learners? Impact of adult basic education programme in a rural community in Botswana
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D.; Pusoetsile, Tshegofatso (Sage; https://journals.sagepub.com/, 2021-04-19)Functional education and human development are not mutually exclusive. To achieve an all-round development, the fourth Sustainable Development Goal partly emphasizes the need to ‘. . . promote lifelong learning opportunities ... -
Whither sustainable rural development?: A critical exploration of remote communities in and around the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (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. ...