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Environmental and climatic changes have become issues of global concern partly because of their ability to disrupt activities connected to people’s livelihood. Yet, the emotional distress caused by these changes and the factors responsible for place-based attachment, especially in the Global South, have received scant attention to date. Drawing on the theories of ‘solastalgia’—sadness caused by environmental change and the ensuing emotions it evokes—and place-based attachment, this article analysed the embodied experiences of climatic and environmental changes on rural households in KwaMaye, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Primary data was obtained qualitatively. Findings indicate that environmental and climatic changes, which have manifested in the form of increased soil infertility, soil erosion, mole and termite infestations and increased drought conditions, have undermined farmers’ ability to produce food and engage in livestock production effectively. These circumstances evoked frustrations, increased anxiety, sadness, reduced self-value and self-worth as well as helplessness. Nonetheless, place-based attachment is underpinned by kinship bonds and ancestral heritage. These issues have been discussed within the wider theoretical debates revolving around solastalgia and place-based attachment.
Osadolor O. Ebhuoma; Michael Gebreslasie; Eromose E. Ebhuoma; Llewellyn Leonard. ‘The future looks empty’: embodied experiences of distress triggered by environmental and climatic changes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. GeoJournal 2021, 1 -17.
AMA StyleOsadolor O. Ebhuoma, Michael Gebreslasie, Eromose E. Ebhuoma, Llewellyn Leonard. ‘The future looks empty’: embodied experiences of distress triggered by environmental and climatic changes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. GeoJournal. 2021; ():1-17.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOsadolor O. Ebhuoma; Michael Gebreslasie; Eromose E. Ebhuoma; Llewellyn Leonard. 2021. "‘The future looks empty’: embodied experiences of distress triggered by environmental and climatic changes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." GeoJournal , no. : 1-17.
In the wake of a rapidly changing climate, climate services have enabled farmers in developing countries to make informed decisions, necessary for efficient food production. Climate services denote the timely production, translation, delivery and use of climate information to enhance decision-making. However, studies have failed to analyse the extent to which Indigenous farmers residing and producing their food in an environment degraded by multinational corporations (MNCs) utilise climate services. This study addresses this gap by analysing Indigenous farmers’ utilisation of climate services in Igbide, Olomoro and Uzere communities, in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews were used to obtain primary data. Findings suggest that although the activities of Shell British petroleum, a MNC, have compromised food production, other factors have fuelled farmers’ unwillingness to utilise climate services. These include their inability to access assets that can significantly scale up food production and lack of weather stations close to their communities needed to generate downscaled forecasts, amongst others. This paper argues that failure to address these issues may stifle the chances of actualising the first and second sustainable development goals (no poverty and zero hunger) by 2030 in the aforementioned communities.
Eromose Ebhuoma; Mulala Simatele; Llewellyn Leonard; Osadolor Ebhuoma; Felix Donkor; Henry Tantoh. Theorising Indigenous Farmers’ Utilisation of Climate Services: Lessons from the Oil-Rich Niger Delta. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7349 .
AMA StyleEromose Ebhuoma, Mulala Simatele, Llewellyn Leonard, Osadolor Ebhuoma, Felix Donkor, Henry Tantoh. Theorising Indigenous Farmers’ Utilisation of Climate Services: Lessons from the Oil-Rich Niger Delta. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7349.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEromose Ebhuoma; Mulala Simatele; Llewellyn Leonard; Osadolor Ebhuoma; Felix Donkor; Henry Tantoh. 2020. "Theorising Indigenous Farmers’ Utilisation of Climate Services: Lessons from the Oil-Rich Niger Delta." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7349.
Kwanele PHINZI, Njoya Silas NGETAR, Osadolor EBHUOMA & Szilárd SZABÓ - COMPARISON OF RUSLE AND SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR IDENTIFYING EROSION-PRONE AREAS IN A MOUNTAINOUS RURAL LANDSCAPE, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, August 2020, Vol. 15, No. 2, p. 405 – 413; Doi:10.26471/cjees/2020/015/140
Kwanele Phinzi; Osadolor Ebhuoma; Szilárd Szabó. COMPARISON OF RUSLE AND SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR IDENTIFYING EROSION-PRONE AREAS IN A MOUNTAINOUS RURAL LANDSCAPE. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 2020, 15, 405 -413.
AMA StyleKwanele Phinzi, Osadolor Ebhuoma, Szilárd Szabó. COMPARISON OF RUSLE AND SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR IDENTIFYING EROSION-PRONE AREAS IN A MOUNTAINOUS RURAL LANDSCAPE. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences. 2020; 15 (2):405-413.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKwanele Phinzi; Osadolor Ebhuoma; Szilárd Szabó. 2020. "COMPARISON OF RUSLE AND SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR IDENTIFYING EROSION-PRONE AREAS IN A MOUNTAINOUS RURAL LANDSCAPE." Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 15, no. 2: 405-413.
Background. South Africa (SA) in general, and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province in particular, have stepped up efforts to eliminate malaria. To strengthen malaria control in KZN, a relevant malaria forecasting model is important.Objectives. To develop a forecasting model to predict malaria cases in KZN using the Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) time series approach.Methods. The study was carried out retrospectively using a clinically confirmed monthly malaria case dataset that was split into two. The first dataset (January 2005 - December 2013) was used to construct a SARIMA model by adopting the Box-Jenkins approach, while the second dataset (January - December 2014) was used to validate the forecast generated from the best-fit model.Results. Three plausible models were identified, and the SARIMA (0,1,1)(0,1,1)12 model was selected as the best-fit model. This model was used to forecast malaria cases during 2014, and it was observed to fit closely with malaria cases reported in 2014.Conclusions. The SARIMA (0,1,1)(0,1,1)12 model could serve as a useful tool for modelling and forecasting monthly malaria cases in KZN. It could therefore play a key role in shaping malaria control and elimination efforts in the province.
O Ebhuoma; Michael Gebreslasie; L Magubane. A Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) forecasting model to predict monthly malaria cases in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Medical Journal 2018, 108, 573 -578.
AMA StyleO Ebhuoma, Michael Gebreslasie, L Magubane. A Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) forecasting model to predict monthly malaria cases in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2018; 108 (7):573-578.
Chicago/Turabian StyleO Ebhuoma; Michael Gebreslasie; L Magubane. 2018. "A Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) forecasting model to predict monthly malaria cases in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." South African Medical Journal 108, no. 7: 573-578.
Osadolor Ebhuoma; Michael Gebreslasie; Lethumusa Magubane. Modeling malaria control intervention effect in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using intervention time series analysis. Journal of Infection and Public Health 2017, 10, 334 -338.
AMA StyleOsadolor Ebhuoma, Michael Gebreslasie, Lethumusa Magubane. Modeling malaria control intervention effect in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using intervention time series analysis. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 2017; 10 (3):334-338.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOsadolor Ebhuoma; Michael Gebreslasie; Lethumusa Magubane. 2017. "Modeling malaria control intervention effect in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using intervention time series analysis." Journal of Infection and Public Health 10, no. 3: 334-338.
Malaria is a serious public health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and its transmission risk varies geographically. Modelling its geographic characteristics is essential for identifying the spatial and temporal risk of malaria transmission. Remote sensing (RS) has been serving as an important tool in providing and assessing a variety of potential climatic/environmental malaria transmission variables in diverse areas. This review focuses on the utilization of RS-driven climatic/environmental variables in determining malaria transmission in SSA. A systematic search on Google Scholar and the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of KnowledgeSM databases (PubMed, Web of Science and ScienceDirect) was carried out. We identified thirty-five peer-reviewed articles that studied the relationship between remotely-sensed climatic variable(s) and malaria epidemiological data in the SSA sub-regions. The relationship between malaria disease and different climatic/environmental proxies was examined using different statistical methods. Across the SSA sub-region, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) derived from either the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) or Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) satellite sensors was most frequently returned as a statistically-significant variable to model both spatial and temporal malaria transmission. Furthermore, generalized linear models (linear regression, logistic regression and Poisson regression) were the most frequently-employed methods of statistical analysis in determining malaria transmission predictors in East, Southern and West Africa. By contrast, multivariate analysis was used in Central Africa. We stress that the utilization of RS in determining reliable malaria transmission predictors and climatic/environmental monitoring variables would require a tailored approach that will have cognizance of the geographical/climatic setting, the stage of malaria elimination continuum, the characteristics of the RS variables and the analytical approach, which in turn, would support the channeling of intervention resources sustainably.
Osadolor Ebhuoma; Michael Gebreslasie. Remote Sensing-Driven Climatic/Environmental Variables for Modelling Malaria Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2016, 13, 584 .
AMA StyleOsadolor Ebhuoma, Michael Gebreslasie. Remote Sensing-Driven Climatic/Environmental Variables for Modelling Malaria Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13 (6):584.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOsadolor Ebhuoma; Michael Gebreslasie. 2016. "Remote Sensing-Driven Climatic/Environmental Variables for Modelling Malaria Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 6: 584.