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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Botswana.
21. Four case studies on commercialisation of government R&D agencies : an organizational activity theoretical approach
Sammanfattning : In this study, it was established that internal environment factors that seemed to have constrained the attempts by most Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) in the developing countries to implement and internalise a best management practices (BMP) model (i.e. LÄS MER
22. Sustainability and development impacts of off-grid electrification in developing countries : An assessment of South Africa's rural electrification program
Sammanfattning : Previous studies have shown that provision of sustainable electricity supply to rural households is essential to bring development to off-grid populations. For this reason, most developing countries put large efforts into rural electrification programs to stimulate development and reduce poverty. LÄS MER
23. Diversity of landraces and wild forms of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) : distribution and implications for conservation in southern Africa, with emphasis on Zimbabwe
Sammanfattning : Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is commonly grown in traditional agrosystems throughout the drought-prone Southern Africa as a staple food (edible seeds), a dessert food (edible flesh), and for animal feed. Several morphotypes of watermelon are found in this area; sweet watermelon, cooking melon and seed melon landraces of the traditional agrosystems; and possibly introgressed types which are regarded as agronomic weeds. LÄS MER
24. Three Empirical Studies on Development : Democracy, the Resource Curse and Aid
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents three self-contained essays focusing on empirical questions in growth and development economics. Each article addresses specific questions on why countries perform differently. LÄS MER
25. Amino acid predictors of HIV-1 coreceptor use in different subtypes and their application to antiretroviral treatment
Sammanfattning : The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) group M is responsible for the HIV pandemic and has great genetic variability. The main subtypes and circulating recombinant forms belonging to this group differ in their worldwide distribution, their disease progression patterns, as well as in their coreceptor use phenotype distributions. LÄS MER