Browsing Jàmbá: 2021 Volume 13 No 1 by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Private companies and community collaboration : towards building disaster resilience in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)The responsibility for building community resilience cannot and should not rest with the public sector alone. It requires all sectors to collaborate for the benefit of the entire community. Specifically, it is important ... -
Psychological capital and climate change adaptation : empirical evidence from smallholder farmers in South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)There are calls for better empirical models to inform climate change adaptation in smallholder agriculture. Hitherto adaptation studies have failed to comprehensively integrate non-cognitive behavioural factors (e.g. ... -
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 ... -
The role of community protection institution in disaster management at West Java, Indonesia
(OASIS, 2021)This research aimed to establish a mechanism of evolution of community protection, identify the support of facilities and infrastructure needed in facilitating the implementation of the tasks and functions of Linmas, ... -
Role of frequency modulation radio in disaster communication : a case study of Pakistan earthquake
(OASIS, 2021)Pakistan suffered from a massive earthquake in October 2005 that caused the deaths of more than 87 000 people. As a result of this calamity, around 3.5 million affected people had no access to information. In these ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
‘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 ... -
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 – ... -
Vulnerability of rural households to climate-induced shocks in Lokka Abaya district, Sidama zone, southern Ethiopia
(OASIS, 2021)This study was conducted in rural communities of Lokka Abaya district, Sidama zone, southern Ethiopia to assess vulnerability status of men and women households to climate-induced shocks and stress. This article is based ...
