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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Zambezi"”.
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Expanding the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA: Experiences from Botswana
… social, and economic agendas. The Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA is the largest of these initiatives extending across the borders of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This research traces the expansion of the TFCA from its formation in 2003 to 2018, with a particular focus on its …
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The politics of Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA in Botswana
… Southern Africa, this study explores how Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA has been motivated. The study questions the interests of Botswana government participation in the KAZA TFCA and examines the effects of the KAZA TFCA on local communities. This study employs a qualitative approach employing …
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A comparative study on the fish species composition, diversity and catch rates among the fisheries reserves on the Zambezi and Kwando rivers, Zambezi region
The Zambezi and Kwando Rivers in northeastern Namibia support vital floodplain fisheries that provide food, income, and seasonal employment for many local communities. However, increasing pressure from overfishing, habitat degradation, and climate change has highlighted the need to establish …
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Habitat Selection by weaver Birds in the Middle Zambezi Valley
… and the Chongwe River on the Zambian side of the Zambezi Valley. The seven species were studied in relation to their spatial distribution in the area, habitat factors and food habits. The aim was to find out what influences their selection of particular habitats. A sample of 76 nesting colonies of …
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Habitat Selection by weaver Birds in the Middle Zambezi Valley
… and the Chongwe River on the Zambian side of the Zambezi Valley. The seven species were studied in relation to their spatial distribution in the area, habitat factors and food habits. The aim was to find out what influences their selection of particular habitats. A sample of 76 nesting colonies of …
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Water management practice for maize production in Chinchimane, Zambezi region, Namibia
… needs of maize in the Chinchimane area of the Zambezi region. Subsequently, a maize irrigation schedule was simulated in CROPWAT based on soil and long-term meteorological data. The study found the minimum and maximum daily crop water requirements for irrigated maize in the study area to be …
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Firearm Adoption in the Societies of the Lower Zambezi, 1600-1888
… century. One key exception to this is in the Zambezi region of what is now Mozambique, where Portuguese efforts at inland conquest, settlement, and the unique dynamics of the prazos da coroa brought firearms several hundred kilometres into the interior, from as early as the mid-sixteenth …
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The Kavango-Zambezi Conservation Area (KAZA) and its dynamics in Zambia
… of Zambia’s participation in the Kavango–Zambezi TFCA (KAZA TFCA). KAZA TFCA is one of the largest TFCAs in the world and is said to be home to the largest number of the remaining African elephants (approximately 120,000). This five-country TFCA spans large rural landscapes that are a …
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Risk mapping and ECO-Anthropological assessment of anthrax in the upper Zambezi Basin
… pristine wildlife sanctuaries, namely the upper Zambezi basin, the Lower Zambezi and the Luangwa valley. Preliminary trend analysis revealed sporadic annual outbreaks in the upper Zambezi basin. Consequently, the thrust of this study was to establish the spatial distribution of anthrax and …
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Risk mapping and ECO-Anthropological assessment of anthrax in the upper Zambezi Basin
… pristine wildlife sanctuaries, namely the upper Zambezi basin, the Lower Zambezi and the Luangwa valley. Preliminary trend analysis revealed sporadic annual outbreaks in the upper Zambezi basin. Consequently, the thrust of this study was to establish the spatial distribution of anthrax and …
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Elephant impacts on woody vegetation around artificial waterholes in Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe
… on vegetation. This study was conducted in Zambezi National Park, a 560 km2 unfenced protected area in northwest Zimbabwe. It aimed to investigate the impacts of elephant on woody vegetation, particularly in relation to artificial waterholes. Sampling plots were located at different …
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Pre-schooling and academic performance of lower Primary School pupils in Zambezi District, Zambia
… of pre-schooled lower primary school pupils in Zambezi district, Zambia. The study also assessed whether socio-economic status (SES) of parents, pupils gender (sex), age and parent-child interactive behavior were related to academic performance of pre-schooled and non pre-schooled lower primary …
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Optimizing non-flooded landscape units to support maize production in the Zambezi region, Namibia
… and such impact is evident. In Namibia, the Zambezi Region has experienced high variability in rainfall patterns, extreme rainfall and flood in space (spatial) and time (temporal) more than any other region as a result of climate variability. The non-flooded landscape units consequently …
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The appropriateness of the girl-child initiation training in the Zambezi region of Namibia
… documented. This study was conducted in the Zambezi Region in Namibia as the practice of girl-child initiation training is common in that region. This study was guided by the three objectives namely to (1) identify activities performed during girl-child initiation training (2) investigate the …
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The welfare value of inland small-scale floodplain fisheries of the Zambezi River Basin
The study assessed the welfare value of fisheries in reducing income poverty and economic vulnerability in the Kafue and the Lower Shire floodplains under the hypothesis that inland small-scale floodplain fisheries significantly reduce poverty and vulnerability in fishing households. The welfare …
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An integrated framework for hydrology-hydrodynamic modelling of the Barotse floodplains, upper Zambezi river basin.
… Despite several studies in the Upper Zambezi Basin, there was an absence of an integrated online (internal) framework for coupling hydrology and hydrodynamic model to be used to improve modelling of the Barotse floodplains. The objectives of this study were: (i) To investigate the …
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Food security situation in the Chiawa area of the Zambezi river basin Kafue district Zambia
National food security is very important and most governments have put in place mechanisms through which to achieve it. In recent years, the household has become the primary focus when it comes to issues of food security. In Zambia, food insecurity has been affecting thousands of households in many …
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Freshwater snail diversity in relation to Schistosomiasis in the middle Zambezi basin in Lusaka Province
This study was carried out at the Middle Zambezi basin in Lusaka province to determine freshwater snail diversity, its relationship to the presence of schistosomiasis and the impact of prevailing environmental factors on snail diversity. The study was carried out during the cool-dry season (July), …
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An integrated framework for hydrology-hydrodynamic modelling of the Barotse floodplains, upper Zambezi river basin.
… Despite several studies in the Upper Zambezi Basin, there was an absence of an integrated online (internal) framework for coupling hydrology and hydrodynamic model to be used to improve modelling of the Barotse floodplains. The objectives of this study were: (i) To investigate the …
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Identifying barriers and effective community interventions to voluntary medical male circumcision in the Zambezi region
… interventions in scaling up VMMC in the Zambezi Region. This study utilized a qualitative approach. Since the study dealt with a sensitive cultural topic of male circumcision, the most appropriate research design was ethnography (Adams, 2012), in particular compressed ethnography’ …
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