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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. ...
Assessment of risk factors associated with malaria transmission in Tubu Village, Northern Botswana
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/mrt/, 2014-03-16)
This study investigated potential risk factors associated with malaria transmission in Tubu village, Okavango subdistrict, a malaria endemic area in northern Botswana. Data was derived from a census questionnaire survey, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Evaluation of maize yield in flood recession farming in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Academic Jornals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2015-04-09)
Flood recession farming locally known as molapo farming in the Okavango Delta is practiced along the edges of the river channels or seasonally flooded depressions on its fringes. It relies on residual moisture and natural ...
Clinical malaria transmission trends and Its association with climatic variables in Tubu village, Botswana: A retrospective analysis
(Plos One, http://journals.plos.org/plosone/, 2016-03-16)
Good knowledge on the interactions between climatic variables and malaria can be very useful for predicting outbreaks and preparedness interventions. We investigated clinical malaria transmission patterns and its temporal ...
Gillnet selectivity for the north African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Clariidae), from the Upper Okavango Delta, Botswana.
(Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, http://www.aiep.pl/, 2015-06-30)
Successful fisheries management requires estimation of gillnet selectivity for optimum exploitation of the resource. In the Okavango Delta, no study has assessed the selectivity of gillnets for Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, ...
Driving local community transformation through participatory rural entrepreneurship development
(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 ...
Spatial and temporal land cover changes in the Simen Mountains National park, a world heritage site in Northwestern Ethiopia
(MDPI Publishing; www.mdpi.com, 2011-01-05)
The trend of land cover (LC) and land cover change (LCC), both in time and space, was investigated at the Simen Mountains National Park (SMNP), a World Heritage Site located in northern Ethiopia, between 1984 and 2003 using ...