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Analyzing Actors’ Engagement in Sustainable Energy Planning at the Local Level in Ghana: An Empirical Study
(MDPI, 2020-04-18)
Actors play a crucial role in sustainable energy development yet interaction in different contexts is an area that has not received much scholarly attention. Sustainable energy transitions theories such as the Multi-Level ...
COVID-19 Energy Sector Responses in Africa: A Review of Preliminary Government Interventions
(Elsevier, 2020-07-06)
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed unprecedented shocks across all facets of society, from strained
healthcare systems to the closure of schools and economies. The energy sector is of no exception, with several
concerns ...
Using Every Drop: Rainwater Harvesting for Food Security in Mbale, Uganda
(IWA Publishing, 2020-03-17)
The world population is expected to increase with corresponding increase in food production and water withdrawals.
To ensure continuous food production throughout the year, increasing irrigation is inevitable. However, ...
Assessment of a Decentralized Grid Connected Photovoltaic (PV) / Wind / Biogas Hybrid Power System in Northern Nigeria
(BMC (Springer Nature), 2020-08-28)
Electricity is considered a fundamental service which is highly correlated with sustainable development. Nigeria will serve as a case study that has been experiencing an energy deficit, and severely needs a strong adoption ...
Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Electricity Load Shedding Experiences: A Case Study of Communities in Accra, Ghana
(MDPI, 2020-08-19)
In many developing countries, electricity outages occur frequently with consequences for
sustainable development. Moreover, within a country, region or city, the distribution of outages and
their resultant impacts often ...
Modelling Maize Yield and Water Requirements under Different Climate Change Scenarios
(MDPI, 2020-11)
African countries such as Nigeria are anticipated to be more susceptible to the impacts of climate change due to large dependence on rainfed agriculture and to several uncertainties in the responses of crop production to ...
The Trade-off between Gender, Energy and Climate Change in Africa: The Case of Niger Republic
(Springer Nature, 2020-06-25)
This article examines the role of gender in climate change adaptation and energy access in Africa. Drawing on the energy situation in Niger Republic, it argues that redressing gender concerns is critical to mitigating the ...
Hydrologic Response to Climate Change in the Densu River Basin in Ghana
(Elsevier, 2020-08)
Climate change continues to pose a threat to the sustainability of water resources. Global warming can have several effects on the water resources and water demands in the Densu River Basin especially household water use ...
COVID‐19 and the water–energy–food nexus in Africa: Evidence from Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania
(World Water Policy, 2020-12-10)
Water, energy, and food are necessary resources for well‐being and economic development. The physical and economic access to these resources in most Sub‐Saharan countries remains very low while the outbreak of COVID‐19 is ...