Pub Date : 2022-05-16DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2070768
Samuel Nana Safo Kantanka, Michael Addaney, J. A. Akudugu, D. Anaafo, Richmond Quaye Apeatse, Loretta Clarke
ABSTRACT Using supervised classified Landsat 7 images ETM – 2000 and 2010 and Landsat 8 images – 2020, this study examines the various Land Use Land Cover Changes (LULCC) in the Bosomkese forest reserve in Ghana. The study recorded significant changes in all the various forest covers driven predominately by illegal logging, bushfires, illegal farming, and agricultural expansion projects within the reserve. These results suggest that there is a need for stringent punishment for culprits involved in forest illegalities, capacity-building interventions and participatory forest management by the Forestry Commission, environmental management institutions, and forest fringe communities to protect the forest reserve.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-16DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2074481
J. Servin, William G. Moseley
ABSTRACT Mainstream development thinking suggests that increasing agricultural production will increase wealth and lead to improved diets. However, in Burkina Faso, even better off rural areas are still experiencing widespread nutrition insecurity. Wild plants play a key role in rural diets and serve as a nutritional safety net. This research investigates the use of wild plants for dietary diversity among women rice farmers and their households in southwestern Burkina Faso. We use data collected through semi-structured interviews with 131 women over the 2016–2020 period. We find that wild foods are important for dietary diversity, especially for poor households.
{"title":"The hidden safety net: wild and semi-wild plant consumption and dietary diversity among women farmers in Southwestern Burkina Faso","authors":"J. Servin, William G. Moseley","doi":"10.1080/19376812.2022.2074481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2074481","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Mainstream development thinking suggests that increasing agricultural production will increase wealth and lead to improved diets. However, in Burkina Faso, even better off rural areas are still experiencing widespread nutrition insecurity. Wild plants play a key role in rural diets and serve as a nutritional safety net. This research investigates the use of wild plants for dietary diversity among women rice farmers and their households in southwestern Burkina Faso. We use data collected through semi-structured interviews with 131 women over the 2016–2020 period. We find that wild foods are important for dietary diversity, especially for poor households.","PeriodicalId":44819,"journal":{"name":"African Geographical Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49583152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2073241
Kauê Lopes dos Santos
ABSTRACT Considering the uneven geography of foreign direct investment in Africa, this article examines political, demographic and infrastructural factors that have led six countries – Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, the Gambia, Guinea Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe – to be the least attractive territories to the external capital. This paper investigates the extent to which political stability, qualification of labor, potential consumer market, regional integration, and infrastructure play a central role in attracting investments. It also debates Geography’s role in investigating African countries’ particularities to avoid common generalizations, which are still disseminated by Afro-Optimism and Afro-Pessimist perspectives.
{"title":"Forgotten territories: the uneven geography of FDI in Africa and the case studies of Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe","authors":"Kauê Lopes dos Santos","doi":"10.1080/19376812.2022.2073241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2073241","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Considering the uneven geography of foreign direct investment in Africa, this article examines political, demographic and infrastructural factors that have led six countries – Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, the Gambia, Guinea Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe – to be the least attractive territories to the external capital. This paper investigates the extent to which political stability, qualification of labor, potential consumer market, regional integration, and infrastructure play a central role in attracting investments. It also debates Geography’s role in investigating African countries’ particularities to avoid common generalizations, which are still disseminated by Afro-Optimism and Afro-Pessimist perspectives.","PeriodicalId":44819,"journal":{"name":"African Geographical Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43315965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-25DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2063141
Yatta S. Lukou, D. O. Atari, K. Sube, J. Lako, E. Ochi, I. Elrayah
ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze, map, and identify the prevalence of, service provision for, and risk distribution and control for Human African Trypanosomosis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, in the endemic areas of Greater Equatoria Region (GER), including Eastern, Central, and Western Equatoria States of South Sudan. Passive and active screening data, detection data, and existing facilities and centers for sleeping sickness were used to assess the prevalence, screening coverage, and overall risk in the region for the 2016–2018 period. In addition, historical literature and surveillance information were used. The results show that 0.43% (N = 14,552) of the total at-risk population (N = 3,399,400) of GER were subjected to passive or active screening for Gambian HAT (gHAT), which showed an infection rate of 0.30%. Out of the total area of 196,211 km2, 58.77% of the region (115,311 km2) was found to be endemic to HAT. The population remains at high or very high risk for the disease in Western Equatoria State due to a number of active historic gHAT foci. With relative peace currently prevailing in the region, there is need to reinforce the leadership of South Sudan’s health ministry with sufficient internal and external resources to support its activities.
本研究旨在分析、绘制和确定大赤道地区(GER)流行地区(包括南苏丹东部、中部和西部赤道州)非洲人类锥虫病(HAT)或昏睡病的流行、服务提供、风险分布和控制。使用被动和主动筛查数据、检测数据以及现有的昏睡病设施和中心来评估该地区2016-2018年期间的患病率、筛查覆盖率和总体风险。此外，还利用了历史文献和监测资料。结果显示，有0.43% (N = 14,552)的GER高危人群(N = 3,399,400)接受了Gambian HAT (gHAT)被动或主动筛查，感染率为0.30%。在总面积196211平方公里中，有58.77%(115311平方公里)为HAT特有区。由于一些历史上活跃的gHAT疫点，西赤道州的人口仍然处于该病的高风险或极高风险。由于该地区目前相对和平，有必要加强南苏丹卫生部的领导，提供足够的内部和外部资源来支持其活动。
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Pub Date : 2022-04-17DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2063140
Kamaldeen Mohammed, E. Batung, M. Kansanga, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, I. Luginaah
ABSTRACT Household agricultural decision-making is crucial in navigating household food insecurity amid increasing climate change and variability. In smallholder farming contexts in Ghana and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), decision-making is often the culturally ascribed role of the male family head. Yet joint household decision-making has the potential to leverage the diverse knowledge and capacities of household members to meet the nutritional and dietary needs of households. Using a cross-sectional survey involving 1100 smallholder farmer households, we examined the association between intra-household decision-making arrangements and food security in northern Ghana. Results from the logistic regression analysis indicated that households that practiced joint decision-making (OR = 1.71; p ≤ 0.001) had significantly higher odds of being food secure compared to households that practiced sole decision-making. Other noteworthy socio-economic and agricultural practices that were significantly associated with household food security included household size, marriage type, wealth, and post-harvest loss. The findings have demonstrated that household decision-making arrangements influence how household members negotiate and reconcile preferences in the allocation of resources and consequentially household food security outcomes. Therefore, policies that seek to address food insecurity and other socio-economic challenges in such contexts must critically consider household decision-making arrangements. Gender transformative policy approaches that are inclusive of both women and men in a comprehensive dialog on collective cooperation in household decision-making and control of productive resources should be employed.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-29DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2054436
Richard Serbeh, P. Adjei, D. Forkuor
ABSTRACT This paper examines the motivations for participating in community development in rural and urban districts in Ghana. Participation resulted from three motivations: shared responsibility, good of the community and requirement of a good citizen. The paper found no statistically significant difference between motivations and gender, age and education. However, there was a statistically significant difference between motivations and location. The paper argues that participation in rural and urban areas may not result from similar motives. This suggests a rethink of the influence of locational factors on motives for participating in community development..
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Pub Date : 2022-03-29DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2054440
Beka Keno, Mikias Biazen Molla, F. Yimer
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine the trends of LULC transformation and driving forces over the last 35 years (1986 – 2020) in Bako Tibe District, Ethiopia. Results showed that cultivation and shrubland were dominant covering more than two-thirds of the total area. Trend analysis showed that cultivated land (33.26%) and built-up area (2.71%) increased over the years. In contrast, wetland, shrub and grassland had declined by 13.04%, 13.7% and 7.35%, respectively. The majority (96%) of respondents perceived expansion of cultivated land (81.1%) and wood extraction (73.6%) as principal proximate drivers while population growth (92.6) as the underlying factor.
{"title":"Spatial driving forces of dominant land use/land cover transformations in Bako Tibe District, West Shewa, Ethiopia","authors":"Beka Keno, Mikias Biazen Molla, F. Yimer","doi":"10.1080/19376812.2022.2054440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2054440","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine the trends of LULC transformation and driving forces over the last 35 years (1986 – 2020) in Bako Tibe District, Ethiopia. Results showed that cultivation and shrubland were dominant covering more than two-thirds of the total area. Trend analysis showed that cultivated land (33.26%) and built-up area (2.71%) increased over the years. In contrast, wetland, shrub and grassland had declined by 13.04%, 13.7% and 7.35%, respectively. The majority (96%) of respondents perceived expansion of cultivated land (81.1%) and wood extraction (73.6%) as principal proximate drivers while population growth (92.6) as the underlying factor.","PeriodicalId":44819,"journal":{"name":"African Geographical Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48797143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-27DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2054437
A. O. Adeyefa
ABSTRACT The study assessed rainfall characteristics of early growing season (EGS) and late growing season (LGS) during significant years of extreme little dry season (LDS) in southwestern Nigeria using 39 years’ daily rainfall totals. LDS’s rainfall of 16 years including 1982, 1997, 2000, and 2017 (Abeokuta); 1994 (Benin); 1987 and 2008 (Ikeja); 1989, 1995, 2006, and 2018 (Ilorin); 1988, 1997, and 2007 (Ibadan); and 1995 and 2017 (Ondo) were significant (α = 0.05 (upper and lower tailed) with the critical value Z = 1.645). While 13 years were positively significant, only 3 were negative. Increased LDS’s rainfall has reduced the EGS and LGS’s lengths, consequently distorting the timing of agriculturally important rainfall characteristics.
{"title":"Assessment of rainfall characteristics of the early and late growing seasons during significant years of extreme little dry season in southwestern Nigeria","authors":"A. O. Adeyefa","doi":"10.1080/19376812.2022.2054437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2022.2054437","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The study assessed rainfall characteristics of early growing season (EGS) and late growing season (LGS) during significant years of extreme little dry season (LDS) in southwestern Nigeria using 39 years’ daily rainfall totals. LDS’s rainfall of 16 years including 1982, 1997, 2000, and 2017 (Abeokuta); 1994 (Benin); 1987 and 2008 (Ikeja); 1989, 1995, 2006, and 2018 (Ilorin); 1988, 1997, and 2007 (Ibadan); and 1995 and 2017 (Ondo) were significant (α = 0.05 (upper and lower tailed) with the critical value Z = 1.645). While 13 years were positively significant, only 3 were negative. Increased LDS’s rainfall has reduced the EGS and LGS’s lengths, consequently distorting the timing of agriculturally important rainfall characteristics.","PeriodicalId":44819,"journal":{"name":"African Geographical Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42357417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-27DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2054438
Sampson Edodi
ABSTRACT Several priority actions are required to ensure a healthy environment for all. One of the priority actions is to collect and manage wastes effectively and efficiently. In this theoretical study, we give a global waste management outlook, examined Africa’s waste management outlook and the impact of improper waste management, and focus on the issues and priority actions for sustainable waste management in Uganda. Further, the paper put forward that first, we should design the public sector waste reduction framework, which currently exists in most societies including the United Nations Environment. Second, design the private sector waste reduction framework, which is currently lacking in most societies. And third, develop an overlapping mechanism that would generate a stronger and more productive collaboration between the public sector and the private sector. Finally, the study advances a sustainable inclusive waste management framework to operationalize the priority actions in managing wastes in informal settlements.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-17DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2054439
Sören Scholvin
ABSTRACT Cities engage in branding to present themselves as attractive locations. Some seek to gain recognition as world cities this way. The article identifies liveable environments with inclusive societies, events/mega-events, and iconic architecture as key components of such strategies. These thoughts are applied to Cape Town and Johannesburg. The former brands itself as an ‘opportunity city.’ It fits well into world city making through attraction as a place to live and work, and a related focus on the knowledge elite. Johannesburg, meanwhile, presents itself as the ‘gateway’ to Africa against the backdrop of infrastructures for communication, finance, and transport.
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