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Responding to climate change through joint partnership: insights from the Okavango Delta in Botswana
(Emerald, www.emeraldinsight.com, 2014)
Purpose: Climate change continues to pose a serious challenge to mankind. Given their
socio-economic and vulnerable situations, resource-poor farmers will be hard hit and likely to be the
most affected group in Africa – ...
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 ...
Analysis of gender and other social dimensions of household water
(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 ...
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. ...
Short and long term strategies for household water insecurity in Ngamiland, Botswana
(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 ...
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, ...
Disaggregating hydroperiod: components of the seasonal flood pulse as drivers of plant species disribution in floodplains of a tropical wetland
(Springer Link, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13157-014-0554-x#, 2014-06-22)
Wetland hydroperiod consists of different components, including frequency, duration and depth. A significant proportion of the seasonally flood-pulsed Okavango Delta is inundated for part of each year. Variation in ...
The role of vegetation in the Okavango Delta silica sink
(Springer Link; https://link.springer.com, 2014-12-16)
We assessed the role of vegetation and hydrology in the Si cycle in the Okavango Delta. Our results show a large storage of biogenic Si (BSi) in vegetation and the sediments. The biological storage is among the highest ...
Water quality dynamics in the Boro-Thamalakane-Boteti river system, northern Botswana
(Tailor and Francis Online; https://www.tandfonline.com, 2014-11-11)
The quality of water in aquatic systems is subject to temporal and spatial variations due to varying effects of natural and anthropogenic factors. This study assessed the dynamics of water ...