The Critical Role of Education and ICT in Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Panel VAR Approach

2022 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 121480
Author(s):  
Olatunji A. Shobande ◽  
Simplice A. Asongu
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Panel Var ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa

The Region-Sensitive Effect of Globalization on HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa: The Dual Role of Education

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Stroeken ◽  
Cathy Abbo ◽  
Petra De Koker ◽  
Kristien Michielsen ◽  
Pieter Remes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa

Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional Framework of Water and Sanitation Services in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Magawa
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Regulatory Cooperation ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa

Deteriorating quality of service provision and disease outbreaks (such as cholera) led to the institution of water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector reforms in Eastern and Southern Africa region in the 1990s. The realization of the urgent need to improve the performance of the sector, especially as related to health impacts, resulted in the formulation of new policy and legal and institutional frameworks to reorganize the sector and establish regulators who could address networked and nonnetworked WSS systems. Regulators as policy implementers have the delicate role of balancing the interests of government, service providers, and consumers. Decision- makers continue to design, implement, and evaluate the outcomes associated with new frameworks. Regional regulatory cooperation can accelerate improvements in service provision to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through development of common frameworks and approaches for WSS that can be adapted to unique country situations.

scholarly journals The Role of Development Aid in Agriculture in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa: A Panel Vector Autoregression Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Grace Gondwe ◽  
Josue Mbonigaba
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Aid Effectiveness ◽  
Common Market ◽  
The Common ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Panel Vector Autoregression

This paper assessed the impact of foreign aid on agricultural productivity and growth in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), using panel vector autoregressive methods. The results show a significant unidirectional causality from agricultural growth to foreign aid and thus confirming the theoretical dispositions of the developmental role of foreign aid. However, instead of complementing domestic resources in this regard, the results showed that foreign aid in the sector substitutes government financing, which effectively reduces its effectiveness. A mismatch in government resources and aid allocations to a sub-sector erodes the synergy that should typically exist between donor aid and government expenditure in a sector. A policy shift towards Result-Based (Aid on Delivery) approaches in aid disbursements will be critical to eliminating fungible resources. Misalignment of aid allocations that are inconsistent with the relative importance of subsectors in the sectoral development goals further undermines the potency of aid. A better understanding of the contribution of the various sub-sectors to the overall growth of the agriculture sector will be crucial for equitable resource allocation and enhanced aid effectiveness. Moreover, the higher impact of domestic resources compared to foreign aid calls for policies to increase domestic resource mobilization and a broader focus on reducing aid dependency.

The Role of Mucuna pruriens in Smallholder Farming Systems of Eastern and Southern Africa: A Review

2019 ◽  
pp. 485-498
Author(s):  
Tarirai Muoni ◽  
Ingrid Öborn ◽  
Blessing Mhlanga ◽  
Irene Okeyo ◽  
Mary Mutemi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Mucuna Pruriens ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Smallholder Farming Systems ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa

scholarly journals Sustainable Intensification with Cereal-Legume Intercropping in Eastern and Southern Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abednego Kiwia ◽  
David Kimani ◽  
Rebbie Harawa ◽  
Bashir Jama ◽  
Gudeta W. Sileshi
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Credit Rating ◽  
Pigeon Pea ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Sustainable Intensification ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Inorganic Fertilizers ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa ◽  
Cereal Yields

Much research has been conducted on cereal-legume intercropping as a sustainable intensification (SI) practice in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA). However, the role of inorganic fertilizers in sustainably intensifying intercropping systems has not been systematically analyzed. Therefore, the objective of the present analysis was to assess the role of inorganic fertilizer use in cereal-pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) intercropping in terms of SI indicators, namely, yield, production risks, input use efficiency, and economic returns. The data used for this analysis were gathered from over 900 on-farm trials across Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique. All SI indicators assessed showed that intercropping combined with application of small amounts of inorganic fertilizers is superior to unfertilized intercrops. Fertilizer application in the intercropping system improved cereal yields by 71–282% and pigeon pea yields by 32–449%, increased benefit–cost ratios by 10–40%, and reduced variability in cereal yields by 40–56% and pigeonpea yields by 5–52% compared with unfertilized intercrops. Improved yields and reduced variability imply lowering farmers’ risk exposure and improved credit rating, which could enhance access to farm inputs. We conclude that the strategic application of small amounts of inorganic fertilizers is essential for the productivity and economic sustainability of cereal-pigeonpea intercropping under smallholder farming in ESA.

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