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A research report submitted to the faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management specialising in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Johannesburg, 2019
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Deforestation in tropical rainforests adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than the sum total of cars and trucks on the world’s roads. In Madagascar slash and burn agriculture is the most method practiced in the country. EDF says “Unless we change the present system that rewards forest destruction, forest clearing will put another 200 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere in coming decades…,” So, this traditional farming method “Tavy” in Madagascar highlights the impacts of...
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Prolonged droughts and excess rainfall are expected to increase in frequency and intensity in southwest Uganda as a result of climate change. The aim of this study was to identify vulnerability and adaptation strategies of dairy farming systems in southwest Uganda to extreme climate events. Results showed dairy farming systems have been affected by extreme weather mainly through reduced quantity and quality of feed and water resources, and increased disease incidence. This impacted...
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Conditionality has always been an integral aspect of multinational aid schemes for so many decades.While some studies have been conducted on aid conditionality across different aspects of development, human social existence, educational sectors and context s; less attention has been paid to what goes on within the framework of higher education (HE) especially in Africa at large and Cameroon in particular.Using interviews, focus group discussions and text documents, this article examines...
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Development plans in the Okavango River Basin in Angola and Namibia will abstract 18.13% of mean annual flow for urban water supply and irrigate 108,992 hectares of infertile Kalahari sandy soils requiring high fertilization rates. This alludes to high leaching and hence nutrient pollution of the river system. The loads of nitrates leached from Namibia’s existing 4,000-hectare irrigated area into the river’s reaches are unknown. Hence, a unique simulation model was developed by combining a...
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A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for Award of the Degree of Doctor of Education in Curriculum Studies
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This book focuses on understandings of higher education in relation to notions of decoloniality and decolonization in southern Africa.The volume examines some of the challenges to be overcome in order to achieve education for decolonization and decoloniality.
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espanolObjetivo Determinar los valores normativos para la estereoagudeza, y las mediciones de acomodacion y vergencia para poblaciones de estudiantes de secundaria. Metodos Utilizando un muestreo de grupo aleatorio de etapas multiples, se seleccionaron 1.211 chicos (481 varones y 730 mujeres) de edades comprendidas entre 13 y 18 anos, con una edad media de 16 anos. Se evaluaron la agudeza visual, estereoagudeza y supresion, errores refractivos, punto proximo de convergencia, heteroforia y...
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The literature review and the investigations that have been conducted show that there is a need for a framework that would integrate ICT security awareness into the South African education system. The state of the current usage of ICT in South Africa was investigated as well as the level of ICT security awareness among South African school learners. A gap analysis between the two spheres of ICT security awareness and ICT in education showed that there was indeed a problem. A vigorous...
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In situations characterized by armed conflict and climate change, can informal institutions resolve conflict around shrinking resources? It is widely acknowledged that low state capacity increases the likelihood of violence in the context of climate change (Mach et al. 2019). In such context, informal institutions should play a crucial role in preventing and mitigating violence in the absence of formal institutions. However, little is known of the characteristics of these informal...
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One of the consequences of the Ebola crisis was school closures across the subregion. In Sierra Leone, where the authors were based working for the Irish government, a significant increase in teenage pregnancy was reported during the crisis. This was attributed, in part, to the school closures and, in part, to other issues, such as increases in the vulnerability of girls due to Ebola. Much as this picture was bleak, sometimes in a crisis comes unexpected opportunity. Pregnant girls were, de...
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Inquiry into Disciplinary Practices in Educational Institutions, is a collection of chapters based on original research dealing with issues of discipline and disciplinary practices in educational institutions.The aim of the book is to provide a scholarly and scientific perspective on the current state of discipline and disciplinary practices in schools and tertiary education settings.The issue of discipline is investigated from diverse paradigmatic and methodological perspectives presenting...