Inman, Emilia N.; Inman, Paul J.(Canadian center of science and education, 2023)
In the era where human communities have been plunged into unprecedented environmental problems, scientists and policymakers have been forced to revisit and reflect on the relationship between humanity and the natural ...
We aimed to investigate the genetic defects related to pollen development and
infertility in NY2, a novel tetraploid rice germplasm known as Neo-tetraploid rice.
This rice variety was created through the crossbreeding ...
Background Namibia’s focus on the elimination of malaria requires an evidence-based strategy directed at understanding and targeting the entomological drivers of malaria transmission. In 2018 and 2019, the Namibia National ...
Wastewater treatment requires a lot of granular activated carbon to absorb the dissolved organic components. This article describes a low-cost process for making highly active adsorption activated carbons from biomass, ...
The vast pool of structurally and functionally distinct secondary metabolites (i.e., natural products (NPs)) is constantly being expanded, a process also driven by the rapid progress in the development of analytical ...
Over the past three decades, wildlife management programmes on communal lands in Southern Africa experienced a major institutional transformation from direct state control to the community-based management approach. While ...
Translocal livelihoods and circular migration characterise the interdependence of rural and urban areas in southern Africa. This study analyses demographic, socio-economic and environmental dimensions of ...
Shivute, Fimanekeni(Journal of Advances in Biotechnology, 2022)
Cultivation of the oyster mushroom on horse manure and wheat straw compost without nutrient supplementation was investigated. The growing, yield and fruiting body size effects on open trays and substrate ...
An interest in a history of colonial eviction of families from Nkarapamwe Black Township houses of Rundu in north-east Namibia, along the Kavango River boundary with Angola in 1970, was inspired by the need to contribute ...
Trophy hunting (TH) tourism plays an important and often controversial role in wildlife conservation and community livelihood in many African countries. Despite its potential social and economic benefits, TH can have a ...
As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, governments and civil society organizations are making large investments in early warning systems (EWS) with the aim to avoid death and ...
The paper analyzes the current state of plastic value chains in Africa and the potential of digital innovations adopted by African entrepreneurs to contributing to a circular plastic economy. We provide an overview of ...
After peanuts and cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata), the Bambara groundnut (Vigna
subterranea (L.) Verdc) is the third most significant food legume in Africa. It is
characteristically grown in marginal soils, is drought tolerant, ...
Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) have become the cornerstone for the management of
malaria in many endemic settings, but their use is constrained for several reasons: (i) persistent malaria antigen (histidine-rich protein ...
Abstract
Background: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) that rely on the detection of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) have become key tools for diagnosing P. falciparum infection. The utility of RDTs ...
Hauser, Anne Heeren; Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad; Chimwamurombe, Percy M.(Springer, 2020)
Worldwide, bioeconomy is promoted as an ‘engine for sustainable development’. However, increasingly, the notion that
‘the bioeconomy’ will facilitate sustainable development per se is challenged. Based on the assumption ...
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & Perry) is an essential herb with well-documented health benefits. Carbohydrates were detected in the ethanolic bud extract of S. aromaticum. Two antithrombotic polysaccharides were ...
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum L.) is a dried flower bud belonging to the Myrtaceae family indigenous to Indonesia. Recently, it has been farmed in different places worldwide with potential food and nutraceutical applications. ...
Robert Gordon explores the central role of Ethnologists on the development of
Apartheid ideology and separate development policies to an unknown peripheral or
marginal part of the world formerly called South West Africa, ...
Hainghumbi, Tukuna A(Agricuture Economy and Rular development, 2022)
Mushrooms can be edible and are used as food and nutraceuticals. they are mostly collected from the wild and sold as is. Buyers wash and cook them before consumption. This piece assessed the prices of Kalahari truffles ...
Indigenous and underutilized food resources can play a role in nutrition. Pearl millet, an underutilized cereal, has slowly digestible starch. However, it hardly features in many diets possibly due to its limited diversified ...
Horn, Lydia N(Namibia Journal for Research Science and Technology, 2022)
Potato plays a great role in the human diet all over the world for the achievement of food security programs due to its popularity and ability to adapt to different environmental conditions as well as its yielding capacity. ...
A ruthenium bipyridyl-dye sensitizer (N) based on the naphthyl-thiazole anchoring-ancillary ligand was synthesized and characterized using spectroscopic methods of UV–Vis, 1H NMR, FTIR and fluorescence. The functional ...
Objectives To estimate the cost and cost effectiveness of reactive case detection (RACD), reactive focal mass drug administration (rfMDA) and reactive focal vector control (RAVC) to reduce malaria in a low endemic setting. ...
Hainghumbi, T.A.(Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2022)
Kalahari truffle (Kalaharituber pfeilii) is found in the Kalahari desert and nearby regions (Africa). This study assessed the microbiological quality and safety, mycotoxins, and heavy metals contents of raw Kalahari truffle ...
Diospyros chamaethamnus, a low woody perennial, which is endemic to Namibia, Botswana, Angola, and Zambia, is used in the management of malaria. The current study aimed to assess the effectiveness of this plant against ...
Poole, Leah B.(A Feinstein International Center Publication, 2022)
As extreme weather events grow in frequency and severity around the world, there is an ongoing need to examine how existing national and international assistance mechanisms can be leveraged and learned from to respond to ...
Horn, Lydia; Nghituwamata, Selma N; Ueitele, Isabella(Scientific Research Publishing, 2022)
Abstract
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is an important grain legume mainly grown in tropical and subtropical regions for vegetables, grains, and fodder. The crop is grown predominantly in the dry savannahs to the ...
Translocation of wildlife species from one area to another is a conservation tool that
contributes to the restoration of depleted populations, augments declining populations, or establishes of new populations. This paper ...