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This article explored the impacts of climate change on household food security of the rural households in the Mogaladi village of the Sekhukhune district of South Africa. A qualitative methodology employing a case study research design including 40 small-scale farming households was adopted. The data were collected through interactive, participatory research methods such as recorded interviews, focus group discussions, semi-structured questionnaires, transect walks, village resource maps,...
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Mobile instant messaging technologies have become popular among the youth, they predominantly use it to socialise, communicate and share information anywhere and anytime and it provides the platform which learners can use for learning from specialists across the world.This study was conducted in semi-rural schools in the Vhembe District in Limpopo Province of South Africa.Diffusion of innovation theory was used to determine factors that could promote the adoption of mobile instant messaging...
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Some research studies in South Africa have shown that existing intellectual property laws have managed to protect Indigenous Knowledge held by indigenous people. However, more needs to be done, particularly regarding the recognition of indigenous laws when protecting Indigenous Knowledge in research publications. In this article, we explore how intellectual property rights are being handled in studies involving Indigenous Knowledge and the teaching and learning of school science in South...
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The study sought to establish current practices and policies in drug and alcohol abuse prevention education in selected secondary schools in Zambia. This need was necessitated by the fact that despite escalating incidences of drug and alcohol abuse among schoolgoing children, little was known concerning prevention practices and policies used in Zambia’s secondary schools. The study aimed at answering the following research questions: (1) What were the practices in drug and alcohol abuse...
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Cooperatives are perceived as innovative institutions that are able to secure the participation of communities in economic development. The study examined the extent of good governance and accountability in multi-purpose cooperatives and the implications for member education and training in Swaziland. The objectives of the study were to: determine the status of governance; establish the level of accountability; and establish the status of cooperative member education and training in...
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Throughout the world, soya beans and seeds are typically cultivated in large plantations. The way plantations have been established are often discussed as what represent the ‘global land grab’. Little has been discussed, however, about how large plantations evolve as they interact with various actors at national and local levels. In Mozambique’s plateaus, the soya sector was initially inspired by the large-scale South American production and it showed characteristics of the land grab. At the...
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Theme: 1st International Research Conference On Driving Socio-Economic Development Through Value Addition And Sustainable Use Of Resources,In Zimbabwe, food insecurity is linked to factors ranging from climate-change, low capitalisation of the agriculture sectorand weak landholding rights. In the country,irrigation is generally regarded as a sustainable climate change adaptability strategy especially for semi-arid regions. While there is consensus on the notion that irrigation is the...
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Implementation research in the 1970s claimed that implementation was the missing link between policy intent and policy outcomes. This led to the politics-administration dichotomy, which says that there is a boundary between those who make public policy and those who implement it. Although there have been efforts to show that this boundary does not exist, implementation research is considered to have hit a dead end. The ‘missing link’ discourse is still being used and referred to, both in...
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Implementation research in the 1970s claimed that implementation was the missing link between policy intent and policy outcomes. This led to the politics-administration dichotomy, which says that there is a boundary between those who make public policy and those who implement it. Although there have been efforts to show that this boundary does not exist, implementation research is considered to have hit a dead end. The ‘missing link’ discourse is still being used and referred to, both in...