Search Results - "Namibia"

Inversiones en recursos de uso y propiedad común para un desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible by Gnych, S., Lawry, S., McLain, R., Monterroso, I., Adhikary, A.

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Building the future One Health workforce in eastern and southern Africa: Gaps and opportunities in higher education by Richards, Shauna, Yussuf, Buke, Grace, Delia, Mutie, Ianetta, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Mutua, Florence K.

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The challenge of integrated water resource management for improved rural livelihoods in the Limpopo Basin: An introduction to WaterNet’s first network research program by Love, David, Jonker,L., Rockström, Johan, Zaag, P. van der, Twomlow, Stephen

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Beef sector: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013 by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Eastern Africa Grain Council

“…After the EU banning of Botswana’s beef export on SPS grounds, Namibia remained the only ACP consistent beef exporter to the EU, and most ACP countries are limiting international ambitions and focusing mainly on national and regional beef markets as the key to future growth. …”
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Policy and investment reform case studies by Nehring, Ryan, Ghosh, Ritwick, Sanyang, Sally

“…This record includes the following case studies: Forest Code in Brazil Colombia’s Fund for Life and Biodiversity Post-conflict Participatory Environmental Zoning in Colombia Ethiopia’s Sustainable Land Management Program Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) in Ghana India’s Forest Rights Act 2016 Kenya Water Act Integrated Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation in Mozambique’s Primeiras e Segundas Archipelago Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Program Peru’s Water Fund (Aquafondo)…”
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The nature of public agricultural spending in southern Africa by Matchaya, Greenwell C., Chilonda, Pius, Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso

“…In order to pursue the goals set out in this paper, analysis focused mainly on data on agricultural public expenditure for Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. …”
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Reflections on the Green Growth Index for developing countries: a focus of selected African countries by Kararach, G., Nhamo, G., Mubila, M., Nhamo, S., Nhemachena, Charles, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…The top five countries on the AGGI (as ranked from 1-5) were: Namibia, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and Togo. The authors recommend that for wider acceptance across the continent, the AGGI should work towards incorporating all 54 nations.…”
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The power mapping tool: A method for the empirical research of power relations by Schiffer, Eva

“…The Power Mapping Tool was first used to analyze the governance effects of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia. This example is presented as a case study to show how the method works: The actors involved are represented by board game figures that are characterized through “range-of-action-cards” and put on wooden “power towers” to show their power in the governance field. …”
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HIV/AIDS and the Agricultural Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa: Anticipating the Consequences by Jayne, Thomas S., Villarreal, Marcela, Pingali, Prabhu, Hemrich, Gunter

“…The six countries of the world with estimated HIV prevalence rates exceeding 20 percent1 are all in southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe (UN Census Bureau 2003). …”
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Commentaries on Political Considerations, Nationalism, and Development by Muleya, Benson Kabeta, Ndegwa, Philip

“…While this is true, it also would have been useful to recognize the role of violence and political instability in such countries as Namibia and South Africa and to recognize the underlying reasons why political violence occurs. …”
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Nature, wealth, and power: emerging best practice for revitalizing rural Africa by United States Agency for International Development

“…The three case studies presented: Namibia, Madagascar, and Mali illustrate the effectiveness of the integration of all three dimensions and the various principles and actions recommended under each dimension.…”
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Accelerating climate adaptation in the Zambezi River Basin through digital innovations by Matchaya, Greenwell C., Mukuyu, Patience, Rajapakse, Nilu

“…The Zambezi River Basin (ZRB) in southern Africa connects eight riparian countries—Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The population there mostly reside rurally, and over 80 percent of agriculture is attributed to smallholder farmers facing the brunt of the climate crisis. …”
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Bioeconomy pathways: Experience from Africa, Asia, and Latin America by Glatzel, Katrin, Virchow, Detlef, Nakitto, Aisha Musaazi S., Niyonsenga, Seraphin, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Srivastava, Nandita, Kashandula, Progress, Ecuru, Julius, Osano, Philip

“…It provides an update of the analyses by the Panel on the cases of Ghana, Namibia, and Uganda. In addition, this chapter shows how Brazil and Thailand have embraced a bioeconomy transition to support learning not just across borders, but across regions.…”
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A guide to investing in collectively held resources by Gnych, Sophia, Lawry, Steven, Monterroso, Iliana, Adhikary, Anukram, McLain, Rebecca

“…The case countries are Guatemala, Mexico and Nepal, which have devolved forest rights to communities, and Namibia, which has devolved wildlife rights.…”
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Policy and programmatic changes resulting from the biennial reviews and agriculture joint sector reviews under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). T... by Matchaya, Greenwell C., Yade, M., Guthiga, P., Tefera, W., Yamdjeu, A. W.

“…It is based on data and other information collected using an online questionnaire from the Directors of Agricultural Planning, or their representatives, from 14 countries—Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Zambia— and from representatives of two RECs, the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community. …”
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National Agricultural Research in a Regional Context: The Small Countries of Southern Africa by Okello, Andrew E., Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.

“…This paper reviews the regional context for agricultural research in the small countries of Southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and S waziland) from a national viewpoint. …”
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Descriptors for baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) by Kehlenbeck, K., Padulosi, S., Alercia, A.

“…Senegal, Mali, Niger, Benin), southern Africa (e.g. Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi) and eastern Africa (e.g. …”
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Training of Trainers (ToT) on Policy Practices and Analysis to Support Implementation of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Services (CIS) Course Module by Ekepu, David, Nakayiwa, Florence Mayega, Majaliwa, Jackson Gilbert Mwanjalolo, Murungweni, Chrispen, Bonou, Alice

“…The participants came from 27 countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. …”
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Pride and prejudice : extra-group paternity in lions and the effects of marker density on kinship and relatedness estimates by Jansson, Julia

“…A recent study of lions (Panthera leo) in Etosha National Park, Namibia, found evidence of extra-group paternity (EGP) which has never before been confirmed among lions. …”

Mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequence analysis reveals high variation and multiple maternal origins of indigenous Tanzanian goat populations by Nguluma, A., Kyallo, Martina M., Mekuriaw, Getinet, Loina, R., Nziku, Z., Chenyambuga, S., Pelle, Roger

“…Tanzanian goats shared four haplotypes with the Kenyan goats and two with goats from South Africa, Namibia, and Mozambique. There was no sharing of haplotypes observed between individuals from Tanzanian goat populations with individuals from North or West Africa. …”
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