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Integrated land and water management: policy and institutional issues [PDF]

, 2007
Namibia is known to be the most arid country south of the Sahara. Average annual rainfall is not only relatively low in most parts of the country, it is also highly variable.
Werner, Wolfgang
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Promoting Entrepreneurship amid Youth in Windhoek’s Informal Settlements: A Namibian Case [PDF]

, 2017
Considering the high unemployment rate among Namibian youth and a lack of job opportunities, the promotion of entrepreneurship has gained wider attention in the country.
Daniel G. Cabrero, Friedman F., Hedvig Mendonca, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Henning M., Johansen V., Konicki E., Lisa Onwordi, Mushiba M., Mwinga M., Nghiulikwa R.V., NSA (Namibia Statistics Agency), Parker M., Sarkin-Hughes J., Shetuyene S. Angula, Shilumbe Chivuno-Kuria, The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia, van Aswegen M.   +17 more
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Breakthrough Tuberculosis in a Large Cohort of People Living With HIV on Preventive Treatment

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Tuberculosis is a leading infectious cause of death globally and the main cause among those with HIV. TB preventive treatment (TPT) is key for preventing TB in people with HIV (PWH). Healthcare workers often worry about adverse effects of TPT regimens, including breakthrough TB–active TB during treatment.
N. Ruswa, G. Günther, M. Claassens
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of dyslipidaemia among diabetic patients at the Namibia Institute of Pathology, Windhoek

Scientific African, 2023
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is considered as one of the deadly disorders of current times. Diabetes is associated with abnormalities in blood lipids and lipoprotein levels commonly referred to as dyslipidaemia.
Sylvia N. Alweendo, Dennis S. Arokoyo, Dibaba B. Gemechu, Nicole L. Brooks, Yapo G. Aboua   +4 more
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No. 02: The State of Urban Food Insecurity in Southern Africa [PDF]

, 2010
The number of people living in urban areas is rising rapidly in Southern Africa. By mid-century, the region is expected to be 60% urban. Rapid urbanization is leading to growing food insecurity in the region’s towns and cities.
Acquah, Ben, Battersby-Lennard, Jane, Bras, Eugenio, Chiweza, Asiyati, Crush, Jonathan, Dlamini, Tebogo, Fincham, Robert, Frayne, Bruce, Kroll, Florian, Leduka, Clement, Mosha, Aloysius, Mulenga, Chileshe, Mvula, Peter, Pendleton, Wade, Pomuti, Akiser, Raimundo, Ines, Rudolph, Michael, Ruysenaa, Shaun, Simelane, Nomcebo, Tawodzera, Godfrey, Tevara, Daniel, Tsoka, Maxton, Zanamwe, Lazarus   +22 more
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Effect of sowing date and genotype on pearl millet yield across semi‐arid regions of Sub‐Saharan Africa

Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 12, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract In climate change–vulnerable, food‐insecure semi‐arid regions of Sub‐Saharan Africa, limited studies compared the performance of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.)] landraces and improved genotypes under staggered sowing to establish their interactions, resulting in a generalization that landraces are lower yielding than their improved ...
Simon K. Awala, Johanna N. Niipele, Kudakwashe Hove, Cecil Togarepi, Benisiu Thomas, Timothy Dube, Osmund D. Mwandemele   +6 more
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Viability of Green Hydrogen Production at Benguela Wind Energy Community Project in Lüderitz, Namibia

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
The use of renewable energy-generated hydrogen can be an effective solution to reduce the impact of carbon emissions on global climate change. Water electrolysis is a crucial technology for producing green hydrogen due to its scalability, which can help ...
Sesilia Iileka, Daniel S. Likius, Pineas Tomas, Dickson Kanungwe Chembe, Hina MuAshekele   +4 more
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Retrieval of MetOp-A/IASI CO profiles and validation with MOZAIC data [PDF]

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2012
The IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) nadir-looking thermal infrared sounder onboard MetOp-A enables the monitoring of atmospheric constituents on a global scale. This paper presents a quality assessment of IASI CO profiles retrieved by
E. De Wachter, B. Barret, E. Le Flochmoën, E. Pavelin, M. Matricardi, C. Clerbaux, J. Hadji-Lazaro, M. George, D. Hurtmans, P.-F. Coheur, P. Nedelec, J. P. Cammas   +11 more
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Fertility Transition Across Subnational Areas of Sub‐Saharan Africa: Where do They Stand and What has Contributed Most?

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Stylized models of fertility transition predict that fertility declines first in urban areas and then in rural areas. Although capital cities are assumed to be at the forefront of a country's fertility transition, they have not been widely studied in sub‐Saharan Africa.
David A. Sánchez‐Páez, Bruno Schoumaker   +1 more
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Diurnal Variation in the Photosynthetic Traits of Sclerocarya birrea (Marula) Trees in North Namibia

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 64, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Sclerocarya birrea (marula) trees are important components of dry and semi‐dry African savanna environments due to their ecological and economical importance, including carbon storage. However, functional characteristics of these dioecious trees, such as their photosynthetic rates, remain largely unstudied.
Ndapandula Amuthenu, Sanna Huttunen, Pamwenafye Nanhapo, Albertina Ndeinoma, Johanna M. Toivonen   +4 more
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