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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...