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Modelling the Future Energy Scenarios of Bamako City, Mali
(PAUWES, 2018-09)
With the average energy use of 0.27 toe per capita, whereby 78 % came from traditional use of biomass in 2016, Mali is one of the poorest country energy use in the world and the situation is projected to be worse as the ...
Assessing the Potential for Water Stewardship Partnership Using Water Risk and Action Framework: The Case of Nzoia Basin, Kenya
(2018)
Water is the most important substance that forms the basis of life. It is essential in agriculture,
business sector and an important ingredient in most industrial processes. There is an increase
in water stress and water ...
Assessing the Potential of Microfinanced Solar Water Pumping to Enable Productive Use of Energy in Rural Areas of Burkina Faso
(2018)
The population in Burkina Faso (BF) is rapidly adopting irrigation to adapt to negative impacts of climate change (CC) like prolonged drought, rainfall variability and desertification. However, due to high initial cost of ...
Non-state actors and climate change adaptation processes: A case study from Tanzania
(2018)
Climate change is now considered as one of the most serious global threat to sustainable development. Currently, knowledge is plentiful on how to adapt to climate change and build resilience to its impacts, but putting ...
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 ...
Ensuring Sustainable Electricity for All in West Africa through Innovative Decentralised Renewable Energy Solutions: An Analysis of Ivorian Context
(PAUWES, 2018-09)
"The purpose of this study is twofold. On the one hand, remind African and international
policymakers that access to energy is a basic right needed for the realization of other rights.
On the other hand, it seeks to find ...
Technical Feasibility Study of Biogas Production from Biodegradable Municipal Solid Waste in Abidjan: Case Study of Households in Yopougon
(PAUWES, 2018-09)
Despite all the efforts made in the management of household waste in Abidjan,
uncontrolled deposits are increasing in the streets of the city. The most vulnerable areas
are those with a low-income population. It is in ...
Optimization of the Compression Ratio of a Diesel Engine Running on Croton Bio-diesel
(PAUWES, 2018-09)
Over the past few decades, there has been growing concerns over the sustainability of petroleum derived fuels. Approximately 86.4 percent of the world depends on fossil fuel as their primary energy source. Numerous researches ...
Rainwater Harvesting for Irrigation in the Wake of Climate Change: A Model-based Design
(PAUWES, 2018-10)
Water is a fundamental element in the attainment of food security and socio economic
development any country. Spatiotemporal variation in rainfall and lack of scientific research in water
resource utilization and management ...
Drought Analysis for Water Planning in Agriculture (A Case-study of Gourma Province, Eastern Burkina Faso)
(2018)
Drought is a naturally occurring event that human beings grapple with the question of how
to mitigate its impacts. Certainly, Agriculture is one of the biggest casualties of drought
events but the extent to which the ...