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Convinced that participatory resource management is the way forward in the conservation of natural resources, despite the increasing criticism of participatory approaches, the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) initiated a multi-country adaptive collaborative management (ACM) research programme. The programme aimed to test the approach and check whether it did indeed result in improvements in both resource conditions and human well-being. Multi-disciplinary teams were set up...
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All countries of the world are vulnerable to climatic variations and change, and developing countries especially, those in arid, semi-arid and high rainfall regions, are particularly so. Africa is considered the most vulnerable region in the world in terms of climate change and variation, due to its physical and socio-economic characteristics. Climate variation generally occurs at local scale, regional scale, national scale and global scale. Having established that the global climate has...
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Statistical Consulting is unarguably one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of statistics. It is both an art and a science because it involves both statistical and non-statistical skills. This article considers the usefulness of statistics, importance of statistical consulting and stresses the need to improve the practice of statistical consulting among young statisticians in Africa by including it in the curriculum of statistics programs in all African Universities and...
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The African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) was established to promote research, policy and quality in open and distance learning (ODL), so as to increase access to education and training in Africa.This paper discusses the role of the council in fostering establishment of a quality assurance and accreditation agency (QAAA) aimed at addressing concerns for quality in ODL on the continent, so that the society can have confidence in it.The paper discusses the context within which...
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This research investigates the impact of climate change on the mobility of people in four settlements in Senegal: Ngueye Ngueye, Gandiole, the Senegal River delta and Ourossogui. A qualitative approach involving semi-structured interviews and focus groups was used to determine how daily life in these communities is being affected by environmental change. Some migrants spend long periods as far afield as Mauritania, the Gambia or Spain, while others stay closer to home, going to places like...
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This study evaluated the availability and use of geography teaching/learning resources in selected high schools of Livingstone and Choma districts of Southern Zambia. The study was guided by three objectives: (i) to determine the availability of teaching/learning resources in Livingstone and Choma high schools; (ii) to assess the use of such resources in Livingstone and Choma high schools ; (iii) and to find out the most used geography teaching/learning resources in Livingstone and Choma...
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This study examines the acquisition of literacy in a second language (L2) in the absence of literacy in the first language (L1). Wolof children in Senegal—West Africa—develop their first literacy skills in their second language (L2), French or Arabic, not in their first language (L1), Wolof. The Wolof language is primarily oral, and even though a written system has been recently developed, children still do not read and write in their L1. This situation slows down the process of learning...
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This article adopts an international perspective to examine the perceptions and practice of leaders in a South African and an English primary school and the leadership implications. Both schools have experienced a relatively swift and large scale diversification of learners away from the previous white majority. In each case the educators have not diversified to the same extent. Interview data is explored to consider how diversity is conceived, and the implications for practice. Similarities...
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It has always been assumed that a person of higher qualification executes duties better than one with a lower qualification. The truth of this assumption remains a matter of debate. The training of geography teachers in teaching field project was first done at the University of Zambia under the Department of Language and Social Sciences education (LSSE).The course was introduced at UNZA in collaboration with the needs of the Ministry of Education and Curriculum Development Centre. According...
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SUMMARY On-farm yield experiments were carried out in the Tombouctou region of Mali in 2009/10 under heat- and drought-prone desert conditions with three local landraces of seed-type watermelons. The landraces, named Fombou, Kaneye and Musa Musa by the farmers, exhibited distinct characteristics for fruit morphology, but in particular for seed traits. On average, the three landraces produced a fruit yield of 11·6 t/ha and an estimated seed yield of 364 kg/ha, with no significant differences...
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Since the introduction of degree granting institutions, Alberta and Kenya have persistently made efforts to manage and improve the quality of university education.While contexts, stakeholders, and quality assurance regimes have changed over time, debate on academic quality in both jurisdictions has continued bringing to the fore disagreements about the exact meaning of the phrase.However, many observers appreciate the importance of quality assurance and enhancement of degree programming.In...