Browsing Jàmbá: 2021 Volume 13 No 1 by Issue Date
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Tool development to measure the resilience of water supply systems in Tanzania : economic dimension
(OASIS, 2021)The world has experienced devastating disasters causing severe human life and economic losses, which is estimated to be 68.5% of the global economic losses between 2005 and 2017. Natural disasters are of great concern – ... -
The post-war era in Nigeria and the resilience of Igbo communal system
(OASIS, 2021)The Igbo people survived a civil war that raged between 1967 and 1970 and that devastated their land and reduced their population because of more than three million deaths. They were confronted with the challenges of ... -
Participation of communal cattle farmers in drought risk reduction in Southern Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)Communal cattle farming has remained the mainstay of many rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe and beyond. This was an enterprise that has stood the test of time, despite the increasing threats from drought shocks in the last ... -
Climate change adaptation strategies and their predictors amongst rural farmers in Ambassel district, Northern Ethiopia
(OASIS, 2021)The present study was conducted in Ambassel district of Northern Ethiopia to understand adaptation strategies employed by rural farmers to the adverse effects of climate change and variability and factors that determine ... -
The impact of disasters on economic growth in selected Southern Africa development community countries
(OASIS, 2021)This research study explores the impact of disasters on economic growth in selected Southern Africa Development Community countries. Annual data from 2005 to 2019 and panel data econometric estimation techniques are used ... -
Spatial knowledge and flood preparedness in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
(OASIS, 2021)There is inadequate flood preparedness in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria; because when the flood struck on 08 July 2017, several properties were destroyed without any extant means to salvage them. This article investigated ... -
Perception of agricultural drought resilience in South Africa : a case of smallholder livestock farmers
(OASIS, 2021)Worldwide drought has significance and continues to pose long-lasting effects on the agricultural sector, including South Africa. The recurring drought is a major challenge to smallholder livestock farmers in the Northern ... -
Quantifying the nutritional and income loss caused by crop raiding in a rural African subsistence farming community in South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)Globally, crop damage by wildlife contributes to food insecurity through the direct loss of food and income. We investigated the calories lost and the potential economic impact of crop raiding at subsistence homesteads ... -
Disaster resilient village-based approach to disaster risk reduction policy in Indonesia : a regulatory analysis
(OASIS, 2021)This article will address the disaster resilience village (DRV) approach as a disaster preparedness method in Indonesia. This scheme became operational in 2012, exactly 5 years after disaster management legislation was ... -
Exploring safety in disaster-induced displacement relocation site schools in Tokwe-Mukosi, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)The victims of the Tokwe-Mukosi disaster-induced displacements in Zimbabwe were relocated to Chingwizi, Chisase and Masangula. This qualitative article explores the safety of learners in Tokwe-Mukosi disaster-induced ... -
From the Cyclone Idai disaster to the COVID-19 pandemic : an account of inadvertent social capital enhancement in Eastern Chimanimani, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)Zimbabwe suffered a devastating meteorological disaster when Cyclone Idai affected the southeast part of the country in March 2019. Barely a year after the cyclonic event, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic ... -
Knowledge creation elements for enhancing community resilience towards disaster : a Delphi study
(OASIS, 2021)Knowledge capacity plays a vital role in building community resilience to disasters. However, the problem is that there is no resilience framework that integrates the knowledge creation process. This article introduces ... -
‘Too many mice make no lining for their nest’ – Reasons and effects of parallel governmental structures for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Southern Africa
(OASIS, 2021)Many African countries face escalating challenges of increasing disaster risk and anticipated impacts of climate change. Although disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) are tightly linked and ... -
Climate change adaptation strategies and production efficiency : the case of citrus farmers in the Limpopo province, South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)Climate change adaptation policies and strategies have inevitably become an integral component of agricultural production on a global scale. The evaluative extent to which these adaptation techniques have influenced ... -
Tackling climate change through craft development : the case of rural women in uPhongolo Local Municipality
(OASIS, 2021)Climate change is a global phenomenon that is affecting all humanity. Bearing the harshest brunt of environmental, social and economic shocks are the world’s poorest and those in vulnerable conditions such as women in ... -
Household survival and resilience to food insecurity through the drip irrigation scheme in dry rural areas
(OASIS, 2021)Increasing food production by developing small-scale irrigation schemes is a requirement for tackling household food insecurity. Strategies, such as the World Vision, Enhancing Nutrition, Stepping Up Resilience and ... -
Impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (J.E. Smith) on small-scale maize farmers and its control strategies in the Limpopo province, South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)South Africa experienced major outbreaks of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), causing direct damage by feeding on both vegetative and reproductive parts of host plant. The study ... -
Evoking the epistemology of climate governance through indigenous knowledge systems for sustainable development in rural Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)This article seeks to establish the role of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in climate governance in pursuit of sustainable development in rural Zimbabwe. Rural communities in the developing world suffer the most from ... -
A system dynamics approach for understanding community resilience to disaster risk
(OASIS, 2021)The Western Cape is a dynamic province that is disaster-prone, particularly the vulnerable urban communities in and around its environs. Such communities are more vulnerable to wildfire, flooding, pandemic, natural and ... -
The synergistic relationship between Amartya Sen entitlement theory and the systems theory in developing a food security implementation model in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)Food insecurity has increasingly become a topical issue that needs to be addressed before it goes out of hand. The article explores the synergistic relationship that exists between Amartya Sen entitlement and systems ...
