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A review of the Oceanographic Research Institute's Cooperative Fish Tagging Project: 27 years down the line
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SW Dunlop --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa RP van der Elst --- , South AfricaThe Oceanographic Research Institute's (ORI) Cooperative Fish Tagging Project was initiated in 1984 and is one of the most enduring and successful environmental projects of its kind in South Africa. By the end of 2011, 5 130 anglers had joined... -
Factors affecting recapture rates of raggedtooth sharks Carcharias taurus tagged off the east coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: ML Dicken --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa AJ Booth --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa MJ Smale --- , South AfricaUnderstanding differences in the recapture rate between different tags (A-, B- and C-types), capture methods (rock-and-surf anglers, scientific divers and Natal Sharks Board protection nets) and life-history stages (juvenile and adult) is critical in evaluating the results obtained from cooperative... -
Institutional barriers to successful innovations: Perceptions of rural farmers and key stakeholders in southwest Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwaseun Kolade --- Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, UK Trudy Harpham --- Department of Social Sciences, UK Gaim Kibreab --- Department of Social Sciences, UKDiffusion studies in sub-Saharan Africa have typically focused on the impact of traditional adoption factors on uptake of technological innovations. This study draws on semi-structured interviews of rural farmers and in-depth interviews of stakeholders in southwest Nigeria to examine the... -
Reproductive partitioning among polyandrous alpha and beta pale chanting-goshawk males
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Gerard Malan --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, South AfricaThis study investigates the reproductive and parental roles of polyandrous male pale chanting-goshawks, Melierax canorus, and speculatively reviews the fitness outcomes of different skew and relatedness scenarios. The study was conducted over five years in the Little Karoo, South Africa... -
Technology and market access via contracts and cooperatives for smallholders: Evidence from honey producers in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abebe Ejigu Alemu --- SARChI Chair in Social Policy, College of Graduate Studies, South AfricaSmallholders in developing countries are facing high transaction costs and difficulties in accessing technology to improve productivity. This paper aims at exploring how technology acquisition and market access have driven smallholder honey farmers to contract participation or cooperative engagement by... -
The rise and fall of Liqhobong Diamond Mine Cooperative in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Esther Makhetha --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaDiamond mining in the rural highlands of Lesotho has taken different forms over the past century: unregulated diamond digging by locals and “migrant” diggers in the early 1950s; regulated diamond mining by a state-sponsored diamond cooperative from 1978 onwards; and... -
Natal dispersal in the Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kate F Carstens --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Reshma Kassanjee --- Department of Statistical Sciences, South Africa Robin M Little --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Peter G Ryan --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip AR Hockey --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaDispersal is of ecological and evolutionary importance for population biology because it affects a species’ ability to expand its range, to colonise new favourable habitats and to increase the likelihood of population persistence. Male birds are mostly philopatric, delaying dispersal... -
Report of suspected kidnapping in cooperative breeding Southern Ground-Hornbill in South Africa with consequences for conservation reintroductions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Lucy V Kemp --- Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, South Africa Paige F Ezzey --- Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, South AfricaKidnapping in avian species is a rarely observed phenomenon and warrants greater investigation. Kidnapping, reported for some cooperative breeding birds and mammals, has now been confirmed for the Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri and has implications for management of reintroductions of... -
The financial and social efficiency of rural cooperatives in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Collin L. Yobe --- , South Africa Stuart R. D. Ferrer --- , South Africa Maxwell Mudhara --- , South AfricaIdentifying the type of organization for achieving social efficiency for agricultural development remains a challenge. In this study, the relationship between the financial and social efficiency of South African agricultural cooperatives was examined. Data, comprising 1788 agricultural cooperatives, were obtained... -
Does Bonga sheep producers’ cooperative membership improve households’ income in southern Ethiopia?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Kassa Tarekegn --- Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia Yishak Shitaye --- Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia Tesfaye Gafaro --- Southern Agricultural Research Institute, EthiopiaBonga sheep is one among the known indigenous sheep breeds in Ethiopia with a high rate of growth and weight gain under smallholder management. To enhance the sheep productivity, 16 Bonga sheep breed improvement cooperatives were established in Kaffa zone...