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Can timely planting through the use of climate services mitigate climate risks? An APSIM Model assessment for Kyangwali refugee settlement maize farmers
(Ezira MBALIBULHA, 2025-04-13)Choosing the right planting date is crucial in adapting to climate variability. This study employs the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) model to quantify the impact of timely maize planting in mitigating ... -
The case for non-revenue water: Kenya
(MedCrave, 2018-05-08)It is clear that cities might eventually run dry if they do not plan their water resources and requirements effectively. A recent case being Cape Town, South Africa. Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company on the Eastern ... -
Causal Relations and Elasticities between Renewable Electricity Generation Excluding Hydro and Economic Growth in Kenya
(2017)This study examined the relationship between renewable energy generation excluding hydro and economic growth. It employed a multivariate approach hence other variables included in the study were financial development, ... -
CAUSALITY AND CO-INTEGRATION ANALYSIS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CO2 EMISSION IN MADAGASCAR
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)This Master thesis deals with the causality and cointegration relationship between energy consumption, economic growth, CO2 emissions, energy intensity and index of dirty in the industry, transport and residential sector ... -
Cement Kiln Dust Catalyzed Transesterification Of Palm And Waste Cooking Oils To Biodiesel And Glycerol: Process Optimization And Characterization Studies
(2017)Conventional fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil, and coal have been the main sources of energy utilized to satisfy the unceasing growth of energy needs of the world. However, the environmental issues of fossil fuels and ... -
Challenges and way forward for using the Multi-Tier Framework for bottom-up Tracking of progress towards SDG7, a case of selected clean energy companies in Uganda
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)Energy access remains a global challenge despite the interventions by national and international organizations. This challenge is more evident in Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than two-thirds of the population lack ... -
Climate and Land-cover Change in Dryland-Catchments, and their Effect on Spate-hydrology of Farming Community in Semi-arid Lowlands of Raya-Valley, Northern Ethiopia
(2018)Spate-irrigation, a system foreseen as a potential means of improving agricultural production in rainfall deficit lowlands, is profoundly threatened by climate and land-cover change upstream. Yet, the actual implications ... -
Climate Change and Flood Risk Mapping in Djibouti: A Web-GIS Approach
(Yahya Ali WABERI, 2025-04-16)Flooding is one the most detrimental, recurrent and prevalent natural disasters in the world which has affected economies, environment and human life greatly with severe interruption of income sources(Armah et al., ... -
Climate Change And Natural Disasters In Africa; Case Study Of Rwanda
(2016)Different theories emphasize the role climate change plays in the actual abnormal occurrence of climate related natural disasters. This is a stressful issue for researchers, Scientifics and politicians due to inevitable ... -
Climate Change Effect on Land Use, Cassava Production and Yield in Nigeria
(Promise Delight Udochukwu, 2024-05)Climate change is a global challenge affecting human beings, their socioeconomic activities, health, livelihood, and food security. Cassava is Africa‘s most important staple food after maize, in terms of calories ... -
Climate Change Effects and Anthropically Induced Wetland Degradation: A Case Study of the Urban Natural Reserve of the Great Niaye of Pikine (Technopole)
(ALIOUSSEYNI LY, 2024-04-20)Senegal, like other coastal African countries, is home to some very important wetlands. These wetlands regulate flooding and help to reduce water deficits during periods of drought, as is the case in the Technopole ... -
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON SNOW COVER DYNAMICS IN THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS, EAST AFRICA
(RICHARD POSITE VITHUNDWA, 2024-04)This study conducts a comprehensive assessment of climate change impacts on snow cover dynamics within the Rwenzori Mountains, employing an extensive dataset to delve into historical trends and future projections. ... -
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION THROUGH MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOSTING IN DSCHANG, CAMEROON.
(Emmanuela Chem BERINYUY, 2025-04)Climate change is a major global concern with developing countries being most vulnerable to its devastating impacts. One of the causes of this change in climate is poor waste management. The management of municipal ... -
Combating Climate Change and Land Degradation in the West African Sahel: A Multi-Country Study of Mali, Niger and Senegal
(2018)The West African Sahel is a vast ecological zone separating the Sahara desert to the north and Sudanian savannah to the south; traversing Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, northern Nigeria and Chad. With a population ... -
Community Acceptability of Renewable Energy in Africa: Implications for Climate Change Action in Sekoukou, Niger
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Niger possesses a vast amount of renewable energy potential but still battles with numerous challenges in its energy sector with the increasing effects of climate change, also escalating the socio-economic predicaments ... -
Comparative Analysis of Factors That Influence Consistent Use of Household Water Treatment and Storage in Northern Kenya
(2018)Economic, technical, behavioral and contextual factors in an emergency context influence the consistent use of household water filters. Use of household water treatment and storage (HWTS) options improves water quality ... -
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON GIS BASED METHODS AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM IN LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MODELING, A case study of Bududa, Uganda
(PAUWES, 2021-11-15)Landslide susceptibility modeling is of critical importance to landslide risk management, urban planning, understanding landscape evolution, and identifying landslide spatial and temporal signatures. In this study, the ... -
Comparative Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Hybrid-Solar System Using Net Metering: Case Study Of Kyagalanyi Coffee Factoryuganda
(2017)In the business arena especially industries, energy has a very big role and direct impact on the production cost of any given product. Reduction in the amount of energy consumed to produce a unit product has a direct ... -
The Comparison of Historical Time Series of Gridded Monthly Precipitation Data from Different Sources CRU, GPCC, and HSM_SIEREM Over Africa for the Period (1940- 1999)
(2019-09-04)Nowadays, many precipitation gridded datasets are used for climatic research in Africa, a way for scientists to complement their observed data for several studies as river-runoff relationship, impact of climate change or ... -
A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT CONSIDERING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND USE: CASE STUDY OF FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE.
(Abdulai Osman KOROMA, 2024-04-24)This study presents a comprehensive assessment of flood risk in Freetown, Sierra Leone, incorporating the impacts of climate change and land use changes over a 30-year period from 1991 to 2020. Utilizing the Mann-Kendall ...