Browsing Okavango Research Institute (ORI) by Author "Masamba, Wellington R.L."

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  • Analysis of gender and other social dimensions of household water 

    Kujinga, Krasposy; Vanderpost, Cornelis; Mmopelwa, Gagoitseope; Masamba, Wellington R.L. (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 ...

  • Concentrations of some trace elements in vegetables sold at Maun market, Botswana 

    Bati, Keagile; Mogobe, Oarabile; Masamba, Wellington R.L. (http://www.ccsenet.org/, 2017-12-20)
    Contamination of vegetables with toxic metals is one of the most important contributing factors to ill health throughout the world, more so because vegetables are considered essential for human health and their consumption ...

  • Essential mineral content of common fish species in Chanoga, Okavango Delta, Botswana 

    Mogobe, Oarabile; Mosepele, Ketlhatlogile; Masamba, Wellington R.L. (Academic Jornals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2015-11-30)
    Developing countries remain overwhelmed by nutritional problems caused mainly by poverty, natural disasters and political instabilities. The aim of this study was to determine essential mineral content of some common fish ...

  • Physicochemical controls of diffusive methane fluxes in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. 

    Masamba, Wellington R.L.; Gondwe, Mangaliso J.; Murray-Hudson, Mike (Springer Science, https://link.springer.com, 2015)
    Atmospheric methane (CH4) is one of the three key greenhouse gases (GHGs) driving global climate change. The atmospheric concentration of CH4 has increased by about 150 % above pre-industrial levels of 400–700 ppb due to ...

  • Short and long term strategies for household water insecurity in Ngamiland, Botswana 

    Kujinga, Krasposy; Mmopelwa, Gagoitseope; Vanderpost, Cornelis; Masamba, Wellington R.L. (Canadian Center for Science and Education, http://www.ccsenet.org, 2014-05-16)
    The paper analyses coping (short-term) and adaptation (long-term) strategies by households to address water insecurity in Ngamiland, Botswana, a middle income and semi-arid country. Quantitative (i.e. structured household ...

  • Water balance and variations of nutrients and major solutes along a river transect through the Okavango Delta, Botswana 

    Gondwe, Mangaliso J.; Masamba, Wellington R.L.; Murray-Hudson, Michael (Botswana Notes and Records; http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr/, 2017-07-05)
    Wetland goods and services provide a means of survival for many riparian rural communities in developing countries, particularly in the Sub-Saharan Africa. To sustain the provision of goods and services for human use, ...