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Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Forest Sector in Eastern Africa. Synthesis of Primary and Secondary Production Actors, and Trade
(Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2018)Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) and partners with support from African Forest Forum undertook a study 2016 to evaluate the potential roles of the private sector in development of primary and secondary ... -
Exploring the Linkage Between Commodity Chain Profile and Performance: A Case Study of Sawn Wood in Uganda
(The Open Forest Science Journal, 2013)Secure supply of wood remains a challenge partly due to resource conservation efforts that have failed to focus on the sawn wood supply chain as a whole. This study investigated the influence of sawn wood commodity chain ... -
Integration of local knowledge systems and decision on land use allocation among rural households in South Africa
(Present Environment & Sustainable Development, 2022)The systematic information based on concepts, interpretations, ideas, observations, and judgments is known as knowledge. The present study portrayed that the focus of scientific investigations is growing towards assessments ... -
Capacity constraints in the waste chain in South Africas secondary towns
(International Scholars Journals, 2018)The study was carried out in order to describe the capacity constraints in the waste chain of South Africa’s secondary mining towns. The municipalities selected were Matlosana in the North West Province, Merafong in the ... -
Appraisal of Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Challenges in South Africa: A Case Study of Limpopo Province
(International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference, 2017)The management of solid waste is a challenge in municipalities of South Africa. The objectives of the study were to analyze the current status of recycling and challenges hindering efficient solid waste minimization ... -
An Interface-Based Method for Performance Improvement of the Municipal Solid Waste
(MUST Journal of Research and Development, 2022)The municipal waste stream is evaluated within an operations context for the purpose of deploying interface management to improve performance. Using a set of nine municipalities in Limpopo Province, South Africa, stratified ... -
Fine Mapping of Lr49 Using 90K SNP Chip Array and Flow-Sorted Chromosome Sequencing in Wheat
(Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020)Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina, threatens global wheat production due to the constant evolution of virulent pathotypes that defeat commercially deployed all stageresistance (ASR) genes in modern cultivars. Hence, ... -
Adaptation to Climate Change in Uganda: Evidence from Micro Level Data
(Global environmental change, 2011)This study employed data from the 2005/06 Uganda national household survey to identify adaptation strategies and factors governing their choice in Uganda's agricultural production. Factors that mediate or hinder adaptation ... -
Characterization of Ambient Air Quality in Selected Urban Areas in Uganda A Low-Cost Approach
(Environmental Science & Technology, 2022)Many cities and urban centers around the world experience high air pollution episodes attributable to increased anthropogenic alterations of natural environmental systems. World Health Organization estimates indicate ... -
Air quality management strategies in Africa: A scoping review of the content, context, co-benefits and unintended consequences
(Environment International, 2022)One of the major consequences of Africa’s rapid urbanisation is the worsening air pollution, especially in urban centres. However, existing societal challenges such as recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty, ... -
Air pollution and mobility patterns in two Ugandan cities during COVID‑19 mobility restrictions suggest the validity of air quality data as a measure for human mobility
(Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)We explored the viability of using air quality as an alternative to aggregated location data from mobile phones in the two most populated cities in Uganda. We accessed air quality and Google mobility data collected from ... -
Relating the dynamics of climatological and hydrological droughts in semiarid Botswana
(Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2018)Dynamics of droughts have been an associated feature of climate variability particularly in semiarid regions which impact on the response of hydrological systems. This study attempts to determine drought timescale that is ... -
Analysis of Long Term Drought Severity Characteristics and Trends across Semiarid Botswana using Two Drought Indices
(Atmospheric research, 2018)Semiarid areas exhibit high climate variability whose frequency has increased in the recent past. This variability ultimately influences the spatial and temporal characteristics of droughts which in turn require a reliable ... -
Climate Variability and Trends in Meteorological Time Series in Semi-Arid Botswana
(Ethiopia, 2015)Studies on climatic variability are of great importance towards water resources planning and management. With detection of change and trends in long time series of meteorological data being a step towards understanding ... -
Long-Term Hydrologic Fluctuations and Dynamics of Primary Producers in a Tropical Crater Lake
(Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018)Aquatic ecosystems in tropical regions remain understudied and their long-term dynamics poorly understood. In East Africa, a better understanding of how natural communities of primary producers in small freshwater ... -
Elemental composition of small pelagic fishes in three East African lakes: Implications for nutritional security
(Fisheries Research, 2022)Micronutrient deficiencies and food insecurity constitute major threats to human health across Africa. With decreasing availability of large-bodied fishes (>20 cm), strategies have developed to target small pelagic ... -
Who and Why? Understanding Rural Out-Migration in Uganda
(Geographies, 2021)Rural–urban migration in developing countries is considered to be a key process for sustainable development in the coming decades. On the one hand, rural–urban migration can contribute to the socioeconomic development ... -
Understanding natural hazards in a changing landscape: A citizen science approach in Kigezi highlands, southwestern Uganda
(Copernicus Meetings, 2022)The Kigezi highlands, southwestern Uganda, is a mountainous tropical region with a high population density, intense rainfall, alternating wet and dry seasons and high weathering rates. As a result, the region is regularly ... -
Spatial patterns of urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Uganda
(Development Southern Africa, 2021)Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly urbanising. This urbanisation may contribute to socio-economic development as more people participate in the urban economy. Nevertheless, rapid urbanisation is not always sustainable. Primary ... -
Status of Geothermal Energy Exploration and Development in Uganda
(Department of Geological Survey and Mines, 2008)Exploration for geothermal energy in Uganda has been in progress since 1993. The studies have focused on three major geothermal areas namely Katwe, Buranga and Kibiro. The three areas are in an advanced stage of surface ...
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