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Future Africa: Recent submissions

  • Exit and voice : diaspora population and national development in Nigeria 
    Nnabuihe, Onyekachi E.; Ashindorbe, Kelvin; Oni, Oluwasola; Kosoko, David (Taylor and Francis, 2024)
    This article interrogates the role of the Nigerian Diaspora in contributing financial and intellectual remittances for national development. It does so because conventional diaspora studies have focused on how various ...
  • Environmental consciousness and household energy poverty in Ghana 
    Adjei-Mantey, Kwame; Inglesi-Lotz, Roula; Amoah, Anthony (Elsevier, 2024-09)
    The energy poverty literature has identified numerous factors that influence the phenomenon. However, only a limited number of studies examine the role of environmental consciousness, especially in the case of cooking fuel. ...
  • Household air pollution could make children grow shorter in sub-Saharan Africa; but can households help stem the tide on their own? 
    Odame, Michael Larbi; Adjei-Mantey, Kwame (Elsevier, 2024-03)
    Recently, there has been growing research interest in the influence of household air pollution on child health. Despite the increasing advocacy for households to switch from the use of polluting cooking fuels due to climate ...
  • Pectin a multifaceted biopolymer in the management of cancer : a review 
    Picot-Allain, Marie Carene Nancy (Elsevier, 2023-11-11)
    This review article focuses on the multifaceted roles of pectin in cancer management, namely as an oncotherapeutic delivery vehicle and a pharmacological agent. Over the past decades, the potential of pectin as a novel ...
  • Gaps and opportunities in research on food systems; a micro-institutional analysis of the University of Nairobi 
    Munialo, Sussy; Onyango, Cecilia Moraa; Lukachi, Jane Ambuko; Wasonga, Oliver Vivian; Maina, Joyce Gichuku; Nzuma, Jonathan Makau; Dawood, Abeda; Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele (Frontiers Media, 2023-10-26)
    Research conducted on food systems by higher institutions can contribute to sustainable food security and nutrition at a local level and reduce the impact of societal challenges such as malnutrition. Unfortunately, ...
  • Proposing a farm assessment toolkit : evaluating a South African land reform case study 
    Verschoor, Aart-Jan; Gandidzanwa, Colleta; Newby, Terence; Collett, Anneliza; Venter, Sonja (Routledge, 2023)
    The paper presents a robust, scientific evaluation method to determine the potential viability of a farm, compared to its current performance. The comparison informs recommendations for sustainable farm development. The ...
  • Groundwater vulnerability to pollution assessment : an application of geospatial techniques and integrated IRN-DEMATEL-ANP decision model 
    Chukwuma, Emmanuel Chibundo; Okonkwo, Chris Chris; Afolabi, Oluwasola Olakunle Daniel; Pham, Quoc Bao; Anizoba, Daniel Chinazom; Okpala, Chikwunonso Divine (Springer, 2023-04)
    This study evaluated the susceptibility to groundwater pollution using a modified DRASTIC model. A novel hybrid multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) model integrating Interval Rough Numbers (IRN), Decision Making Trial ...
  • Reinforcement of polypropylene with natural fibers : mitigation of environmental pollution 
    Chukwuma, Emmanuel Chibundo; Arinze, R.U.; Oramah, E.; Chukwuma, Emmanuel Chibundo; Okoye, N.H.; Eboatu, A.N.; Udeozo, P.I.; Chris-Okafor, P.U.; Ekwunife, M.C. (Elsevier, 2023-04)
    Recently, natural fibers have gained research attention in reinforcing polymers due to their availability and unique properties in polymer applications. Preliminary studies indicate indiscriminate disposal of human hair ...
  • The Southern African program on ecosystem change and society : an emergent community of practice 
    Biggs, Reinette (Oonsie); Reyers, Belinda; Blanchard, Ryan; Clements, Hayley; Cockburn, Jessica; Cumming, Graeme S.; Cundill, Georgina; De Vos, Alta; Dziba, Luthando; Esler, Karen J.; Fabricius, Christo; Hamann, Maike; Henriksson, Rebecka; Kotschy, Karen; Lindborg, Regina; Luvuno, Linda; Masterson, Vanessa; Nel, Jeanne L.; O’Farrell, Patrick J.; Palmer, Carolyn G.; Pereira, Laura; Pollard, Sharon; Preiser, Rika; Roux, Dirk J.; Scholes, Robert J.; Selomane, Odirilwe; Shackleton, Charlie; Shackleton, Sheona; Sitas, Nadia; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Spierenburg, Marja; Tengo, Maria (Taylor and Francis, 2023-01-29)
    Sustainability-focused research networks and communities of practice have emerged as a key response and strategy to build capacity and knowledge to support transformation towards more sustainable, just and equitable ...
  • Reorienting research investments toward under-researched crops for sustainable food systems 
    Munialo, Sussy; Siddique, Kadambot H.M.; Barker, Nigel; Onyango, Cecilia Moraa; Amissah, Jacqueline Naalamle; Wamalwa, Lydia Nanjala; Qwabe, Qinisani; Dougill, Andrew J.; Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele (Wiley, 2024-03)
    The dominance of a few staple crops (maize, rice, and wheat) in most agricultural systems hampers the application of interventions to improve food security and nutrition. Research and development attention has focused on ...
  • Frontiers of belonging and politics of identity : the materiality of funeral rituals and festivals in Nigeria's urban space 
    Nnabuihe, Onyekachi E. (Cambridge University Press, 2023-08)
    This article draws from funeral rituals and performative festivals to reflect on how and why burials, reburials and performances of Eyo and Nzem Berom festivals provide excellent examples of cultural politics and represent ...
  • Disentangling the complexity of human–nature interactions 
    Bennett, Elena M.; Reyers, Belinda (Wiley, 2023-04)
    Human–nature interactions have been identified as an important leverage point for achieving sustainability. Processes to recognize, protect, improve and reimagine human–nature interactions will be central to shift the world ...
  • Exploring the integration of the land, water, and energy nexus in sustainable food systems research through a socio-economic lens : a systematic literature review 
    Cho, Matilda Azong; Ramoelo, Abel; Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele (MDPI, 2023-12-04)
    The efficient use of land, water, and energy resources in Africa is crucial for achieving sustainable food systems (SFSs). A SFS refers to all the related activities and processes from farm to fork and the range of actors ...
  • Politics of security sector reform : violence and the emergence of regional security outfits in Nigeria 
    Nnabuihe, Onyekachi E.; Ashindorbe, Kelvin; Odobo, Samuel Osagie (Center for African Studies, University of Florida, 2023-07)
    A growing deterioration of the security situation in Nigeria is provoking debate about the subsisting federalized but ineffective policing structure. The general deterioration of security is also manifesting in the growth ...
  • Sustainability of drinking water and sanitation delivery systems in rural communities of the Lepelle Nkumpi Local Municipality, South Africa 
    Bazaanah, Prosper; Mothapo, Raesibe A. (Springer, 2024-06)
    Water and sanitation are core for the growth and development of communities. Yet, South African local municipalities are often unable to sustainably deliver safe water and basic sanitation for all. Drawing on perspectives ...
  • Proposed solutions to anthropogenic climate change : a systematic literature review and a new way forward 
    Feigin, Svetlana V.; Wiebers, David O.; Lueddeke, George; Morand, Serge; Lee, Kelley; Knight, Andrew; Brainin, Michael; Feigin, Valery L.; Whitfort, Amanda; Marcum, James; Shackelford, Todd K.; Skerratt, Lee F.; Winkler, Andrea S. (Elsevier, 2023-10)
    Humanity is now facing what may be the biggest challenge to its existence: irreversible climate change brought about by human activity. Our planet is in a state of emergency, and we only have a short window of time (7–8 ...
  • Ten new insights in climate science 2022 
    Mbow, Cheikh; Martin, Maria A.; Boakye, Emmanuel A.; Boyd, Emily; Broadgate, Wendy; Bustamante, Mercedes; Canadell, Josep G.; Carr, Edward R.; Chu, Eric K.; Cleugh, Helen; Csevár, Szilvia; Daoudy, Marwa; De Bremond, Ariane; Dhimal, Meghnath; Ebi, Kristie L.; Edwards, Clea; Fuss, Sabine; Girardin, Martin P.; Glavovic, Bruce; Hebden, Sophie; Hirota, Marina; Hsu, Huang-Hsiung; Huq, Saleemul; Ingold, Karin; Johannessen, Ola M.; Kameyama, Yasuko; Kumarasinghe, Nilushi; Langendijk, Gaby S.; Lissner, Tabea; Lwasa, Shuaib; Machalaba, Catherine; Maltais, Aaron; Mathai, Manu V.; Mbow, Cheikh; McNamara, Karen E.; Mukherji, Aditi; Murray, Virginia; Mysiak, Jaroslav; Okereke, Chukwumerije; Ospina, Daniel; Otto, Friederike; Prakash, Anjal; Pulhin, Juan M.; Raju, Emmanuel; Redman, Aaron; Rigaud, Kanta K.; Rockstrom, Johan; Roy, Joyashree; Schipper, E. Lisa F.; Schlosser, Peter; Schulz, Karsten A.; Schumacher, Kim; Schwarz, Luana; Scown, Murray; Sedova, Barbora; Siddiqui, Tasneem A.; Singh, Chandni; Sioen, Giles B.; Stammer, Detlef; Steinert, Norman J.; Suk, Sunhee; Sutton, Rowan; Thalheimer, Lisa; Van Aalst, Maarten; Van der Geest, Kees; Zhao, Zhirong Jerry (Cambridge University Press, 2022-11)
    NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY. We summarize what we assess as the past year’s most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health ...
  • Why care about theories? Innovative ways of theorizing in sustainability science 
    Schluter, Maja; Caniglia, Guido; Orach, Kirill; Bodin, Orjan; Magliocca, Nicolas; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Reyers, Belinda (Elsevier, 2022-02)
    The complex nature of sustainability problems and the aim of sustainability science to support emergent processes of transformation require rethinking how we build and make use of theories. We highlight the diversity of ...
  • Geospatial-based analysis for soil erosion susceptibility evaluation : application of a hybrid decision model 
    Okonkwo, Chris C.; Chukwuma, Emmanuel Chibundo; Orakwe, Louis C.; Okafor, Gloria C. (Springer, 2023-03)
    Erosion hazard is a major environmental change in developing countries and therefore necessitates investigations for effective erosion control measures. This study is hinged on the numerous advantages of a hybrid Multi-Criteria ...
  • The International Law Commission, the Institut, and States 
    Tladi, Dire (Cambridge University Press, 2023-09-11)