December 2016

Hydrogeochemical and isotopic characterization of the groundwater in the Dababa area (Chad)

The Central-African country of Chad, located in the Sahel-Sahara zone, faces diverse shortages of portable water. The only reliable source of water available for drinking, domestic and agricultural use in the Dababa Division is groundwater. Conventional hydro-geochemical and isotopic methodology, coupled with piezometric data, allowed investigators to identify the numerous process affecting not only water quality, but...

Author(s): Abderamane H., Ketchemen-Tandia B., Nlend B. Y. and Arrakhais A. B.

December 2016

Role of indigenous knowledge systems in the conservation of the bio-physical environment among the Teso community in Busia County-Kenya

The indigenous knowledge systems are a significant resource which would contribute to the increased efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability in environmental conservation among rural communities of developing countries in particular. They form the basis for community-level decision making in areas pertaining to food security, human and animal health, education and more important in natural resource management....

Author(s): Dominics Dan Ayaa and Fuchaka Waswa

December 2016

The potential impacts of climate change on hydropower: An assessment of Lujeri micro hydropower scheme, Malawi

Climate change has the potential to affect hydropower generation by either increasing or reducing flows (discharge) and the head. This paper assessed the impacts of climate change on hydropower generation with a focus on Lujeri micro-hydropower scheme in Mulanje district, Malawi. The study analyzed trends in weather time series (air temperature and rainfall) data from 1980 to 2011 in connection to changes in river...

Author(s): Kachaje O., Kasulo V. and Chavula G.