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Browsing by UP Author "Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo"
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Tshidzumba, Ratsodo Phillip; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2018-06)
Land reform in South Africa, like in other developing countries with a history of land grab and people's displacement, is an issue of serious contestation. The study therefore assessed the accrual of benefits to claimant ...
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Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Francis, J.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Elsevier, 2016-04)
In this study, various coping strategies used by forest-based rural communities in Vhembe District of South Africa in response to climate variability and change challenges were investigated. The effect of community ...
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Adeyemi, Opeyemi; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Elsevier, 2022-09)
Little attention has been given to local people's perception of and preferences for ES, especially in developing countries. Such disregard of local community's priorities for ecosystem services (ES) can lead to non-coherent ...
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Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Francis, J.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)
Community-based forest management is a key climate change adaptation initiative in South Africa. It is aimed at enhancing the sustainability of rural household livelihoods and livelihood resilience against climate variability ...
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Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Francis, Joseph; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Emerald, 2017)
PURPOSE : The paper aims to enhance the understanding of the impacts of climate change on rural communities in Africa, including people's livelihoods, their adaptive capacity, coping practice and ability to engage in ...
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Chirwa, Paxie W.; Mamba, Samkelo; Manda, S.O.M. (Samuel); Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Elsevier, 2015)
An estimated 40% of privately owned plantations are subject to land claims, and 70% of State-ownedplantations are under claim in South Africa. The study therefore identified the settlement models forfuture engagement of ...
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Munyanduki, Precious; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Springer, 2016-08)
Assessing the socio-economic sustainability of small scale forest plantations provides the basis
for monitoring compliance with sustainable forest management principles and prescription of
appropriate interventions. ...
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Tshidzumba, Ratsodo Phillip; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2018)
One of the dominant challenges facing the South African forestry sector is the issue of land restitution. The aim of this study was, therefore, to assess the perception of beneficiaries of benefit-sharing modalities for ...
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Mokwunye, Idongesit U.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo; Asogwa, Uche E.; Idris, Ndagi; Aderolu, Ismail A.; Mokwunye, Francis C.; Idrisu, Mohammed
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)
This study investigated the compliance of marketers of
agrochemicals with the approved and banned cocoa pesticides in selected cocoa
producing states of southwest Nigeria. Primary data was collected through the use
of ...
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Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Francis, J.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2016-09)
The perceptions of forest-based communities in Vhembe District of South Africa were
examined. Special attention in this study was paid to the following aspects of climate change:
socio-cultural issues, views and awareness, ...
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Adeyemi, Opeyemi; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo; Chaikaew, Pasicha
(Springer, 2021-05)
The complexity of the relationships among multiple ecosystem services (ES) is not fully understood. This could be because of the difficulty in assessing ES relationships, in general, and particularly, an uneven study of ...
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Chisale, Harold L.W.; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Kamoto, Judith Francesca Mangani; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Elsevier, 2024)
Climate change related extreme events present significant threats against the sustainability of forest-based livelihoods. Adaptive capacities and coping strategies of forest residents in Malawi towards climate change and ...
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Senganimalunje, T.C.; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo; Graham, Marien Alet
(Springer, 2016-08)
This study evaluates the efficacy of Improved Forest Management for Sustainable Livelihoods Program in communities adjacent to Mua-Livulezi Forest Reserve, Malawi. The program is specifically aimed at alleviating poverty ...
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Senganimalunje, T.C.; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Taylor and Francis, 2022)
Forests are important natural capital for forest-adjacent communities and play an important role in dealing with risks and shocks. The study therefore examined the roles of forests in rural livelihoods in Dedza district ...
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Chisale, Harold L.W.; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo; Manda, S.O.M. (Samuel)
(MDPI, 2021-10-25)
The emerging risks and impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on forest ecosystems present significant threats to forest-based livelihoods. Understanding climate change and its consequences on forests and the ...
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Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Francis, Joseph; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-07-29)
Forests are vulnerable to climate change and are also major sources of livelihood for many
rural households in Africa. This study examines rural people’s perceptions of climate change
impacts on forest-based livelihoods ...
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Senganimalunje, T.C.; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2015-09)
Adoption of participatory forest management has initiated the trend of transfer of access,
management and control of forest resources from government to committee based institutions.
Hence, understanding the institutional ...
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Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo; Ayinde, O.E.; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Thiam, Djiby Racine
(Springer, 2017-04)
In recent time, yields from cocoa producing
states have been decreasingwhile farmers are facedwith
a number of challenges that predispose them to risks and
uncertainties. The study therefore assessed the major
production ...
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Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Ogbonnaya, Ugorji Iheanachor; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Univerzitet Crne Gore, Biotehnicki Institut Podgorica, 2014)
Wood wastage during conversion has been identified as one of the factors contributing to forest loss. This study analysed efficiency of timber conversion at the sawmill section of Calabar Wood Export Processing Factory ...
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Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo; Borokini, T.I.; Onefeli, A.O.; Muchie, M.
(Adonis and Abbey, 2013)
Indigenous trees have been discovered to be disappearing from urban areas at alarming rates, and the contributions of the
existing trees are not adequately documented. Milicia excelsa is an indigenous trees species in ...