INDIGENOUS WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECASTING KNOWLEDGE AMONG AFAR PASTORALISTS OF NORTH EASTERN ETHIOPIA: ROLE IN ADAPTATION TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY

Indigenous weather and climate forecasting knowledge among Afar pastoralists of north eastern Ethiopia: Role in adaptation to weather and climate variability

Abstract Traditional weather and climate forecasting is used by many indigenous communities worldwide as a guide in making important decisions that enable them cope and adapt to climate change-induced extreme weather variation.In many pastoral communities in Africa, traditional weather and climate forecasting remains the most accessible and afforda

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Short duration overnight cattle kraaling in natural rangelands: Does time after kraal use affect their utilization by wildlife and above ground grass parameters?

In east and southern Africa some private ranch owners are Soccer - Shoes Outdoor - Senior corralling (hereafter kraaling) cattle overnight for short periods (for example, seven days) in natural rangelands to create nutrient enriched hotspots which are attractive to large herbivores.However, the effect of season and time after kraal use (alt.age of

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Integrating Resistivity Techniques for Optimum Groundwater Exploration and Development within a Hotel Facility in Osogbo, Southwestern Nigeria

This work is an attempt to combine dipole-dipole profiling and vertical electrical sounding techniques of electrical resistivity methods to investigate the groundwater potential within the premises of a 3-star hotel facility in Osogbo, Nigeria by delineating the geoelectric layers, delineating the low resistivity layers, determining the lithologies

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