Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole
Biographic Data
| ID | 836631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oluwatoyin Dare |
| FAMILY NAME | Kolawole |
| SIGNATURE | KOLAWOLE O D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Botswana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3977-8747 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A review and SWOC analysis of natural heritage tourism in sub-Saharan Africa
The paper analyses the state of natural heritage tourism in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and assesses its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges (SWOC), accordingly. Data were obtained from secondary information sources and analysed using the inductive qualitative approach. The paper illustrates the existence of a mutual relationship between natural heritage and tourism in the SSA region. Identified strengths include a diverse and exten…
Handbook on Tourism and Conservation
Community Knowledge, Perceptions and Experiences on Healthcare Services for Malaria Prevention and Treatment in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Reconfiguring rurality
The concept of planetary rural geographies is an antithesis of planetary urbanization's erasure of the ‘rural’. Rather than push the compartmentalization of development spaces or processes, planetary rural geographies provide a framework of analyses that valorizes epistemic plurality, and which can help to better understand emerging complex problems in an ever-evolving world. The three rural space spectra of crisis, conflict, and hope, which are …
Classifying Soils
While cultures are diverse in nature, there are many similarities between them. This is the case with African and Maōri cultures. Local people largely view their realities in a similar way. The question as to whether there are similarities in the indigenous epistemologies related to farming activities in different regions (such as West Africa, southern Africa, and Oceania) therefore arises. Given that no form of knowledge is mutually exclusive, w…
Is local knowledge peripheral? The future of Indigenous knowledge in research and development
The concepts of the core, semi-periphery, and periphery emanated from a mix of dependency and postmodernist thoughts, which rejected the notion of a Third World from which local knowledge emanates and develops. That local or Indigenous knowledge is perceived as backward and antidevelopment is no longer new. The illogical arguments or enthymemes, the rhizomes, and minor literatures and disruptive narratives continue to threaten the hegemony of the…
Institutions and water governance in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Dissonance in customary and statutory water management institutions
Science, Social Scientisation and Hybridisation of Knowledges
The contestation between mainstream science and counter-science is a longstanding phenomenon. The current issue of Science as Culture addresses the need for scientists to consciously engage in a broad-spectrum science that simultaneously focuses its lens on the social and natural dimensions of the universe. The question of how this objective can be achieved by Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars is, therefore, the main thrust of this sp…
Wildlife officials only care about animals’
The color of food
The color of food: Stories of race, resilience and farming." Community Development, 48(5), pp. 711–712
Climate Variability and Rural Livelihoods
Climate variability and change have adverse effects on agricultural production and other livelihood strategies of the rural households. The paper hypothesizes that rural households naturally devise means of overcoming the challenges currently posed by climate variability. The research article addresses the question of how rural households apply local knowledge of weather forecasting in adapting to climate variability in the Okavango Delta. It spe…
Twenty reasons why local knowledge will remain relevant to development
Local knowledge has continued to gain popularity among development practitioners in the last four decades. However, the future of local knowledge seems hazy to some academics and researchers, perhaps due to the methodological challenges in operationalising local knowledge in development research. Rather than appropriate its full potential for sustainable (global) progress, renditions on the relevance of local knowledge in development research age…
Ethno-veterinary practices amongst livestock farmers in Ngamiland district, Botswana
We carried out a study to determine ethno-veterinary knowledge used to treat and prevent livestock diseases in Toteng Village in Ngamiland District, northwestern Botswana. Primary data were collected through simple random sampling of 45 households in Toteng. Respondents were either livestock owners or cattle herders. Respondents were interviewed using a structured questionnaire which had both open and closed-ended questions. Cattle ownership or h…
Soils, science and the politics of knowledge
Adults who learn
The paper reports the outcome of a funded non-formal, functional adult literacy project embarked upon in the university-based Ìsoyà rural development programme area in south-western Nigeria from 2005–2007. It specifically presents the approaches used in legitimising the literacy project amongst community people; and reports the positive impact of the project on community empowerment. A case study design was used to carry out the study amongst adu…
Inter-disciplinarity, development studies, and development practice
The article primarily seeks to show the interconnectedness of diverse academic disciplines and their crucial role in development practice. It sheds light on the meanings of development-related concepts and seeks to delineate between the four inter-related concepts of multi-, inter-, trans-, and cross-disciplinarity. It argues that while inter-disciplinarity is desirable for a broad-based discipline such as Development Studies, the appropriateness…
Ethno-Veterinary Practices Amongst Small–Holder Farmers In Ekiti State, Nigeria
This paper aimed at identifying factors influencing the use of ethno-veterinary practices amongst goat and poultry farmers in Ekiti state, Nigeria. It specifically described the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers; identified some diseases of goats and poultry with their corresponding indigenous cures; presented the procedures used in developing some of the ethno-veterinary medicine amongst farmers; identified the reasons for using ethn…
Participatory Rural Entrepreneurship Development for Grassroots Transformation
The article identified crucial factors influencing participatory rural entrepreneurship development and employment promotion (PREDEP) amongst grassroots people in Lagos State, Nigeria. It specifically identified and analysed some selected socio-economic variables influencing people’s participation in PREDEP; identified and analysed infrastructural and institutional factors associated with PREDEP; identified the constraints to PREDEP; and determin…
Between Man and His Environment
The article identified socio-economic and ecological factors influencing the practices of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in soil fertility conservation amidst farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It specifically identified the various IKS practices used in conserving soil fertility; identified the reasons why the practices were used; determined the benefits of IKS utilisation in soil fertility conservation; and analysed the socio-economic and eco…
Rural Communties and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in a Changing World
The paper identified the community factors associated with indigenous knowledge practices in soil fertility conservation amongst farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It specifically identified various indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) utilized in conserving soil fertility; identified the reasons for utilizing the IKS practices in soil fertility conservation; identified the problems associated with IKS utilization in soil fertility conservation; and …
Wildlife officials only care about animals’
Twenty reasons why local knowledge will remain relevant to development
Local knowledge has continued to gain popularity among development practitioners in the last four decades. However, the future of local knowledge seems hazy to some academics and researchers, perhaps due to the methodological challenges in operationalising local knowledge in development research. Rather than appropriate its full potential for sustainable (global) progress, renditions on the relevance of local knowledge in development research age…
Science, Social Scientisation and Hybridisation of Knowledges
The contestation between mainstream science and counter-science is a longstanding phenomenon. The current issue of Science as Culture addresses the need for scientists to consciously engage in a broad-spectrum science that simultaneously focuses its lens on the social and natural dimensions of the universe. The question of how this objective can be achieved by Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars is, therefore, the main thrust of this sp…
Reconfiguring rurality
The concept of planetary rural geographies is an antithesis of planetary urbanization's erasure of the ‘rural’. Rather than push the compartmentalization of development spaces or processes, planetary rural geographies provide a framework of analyses that valorizes epistemic plurality, and which can help to better understand emerging complex problems in an ever-evolving world. The three rural space spectra of crisis, conflict, and hope, which are …
Soils, science and the politics of knowledge
Participatory Rural Entrepreneurship Development for Grassroots Transformation
The article identified crucial factors influencing participatory rural entrepreneurship development and employment promotion (PREDEP) amongst grassroots people in Lagos State, Nigeria. It specifically identified and analysed some selected socio-economic variables influencing people’s participation in PREDEP; identified and analysed infrastructural and institutional factors associated with PREDEP; identified the constraints to PREDEP; and determin…
Rural Communties and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in a Changing World
The paper identified the community factors associated with indigenous knowledge practices in soil fertility conservation amongst farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It specifically identified various indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) utilized in conserving soil fertility; identified the reasons for utilizing the IKS practices in soil fertility conservation; identified the problems associated with IKS utilization in soil fertility conservation; and …
Participatory Rural Entrepreneurship Development for Grassroots Transformation
The article identified crucial factors influencing participatory rural entrepreneurship development and employment promotion (PREDEP) amongst grassroots people in Lagos State, Nigeria. It specifically identified and analysed some selected socio-economic variables influencing people’s participation in PREDEP; identified and analysed infrastructural and institutional factors associated with PREDEP; identified the constraints to PREDEP; and determin…
Between Man and His Environment
The article identified socio-economic and ecological factors influencing the practices of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in soil fertility conservation amidst farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It specifically identified the various IKS practices used in conserving soil fertility; identified the reasons why the practices were used; determined the benefits of IKS utilisation in soil fertility conservation; and analysed the socio-economic and eco…
Ethno-Veterinary Practices Amongst Small–Holder Farmers In Ekiti State, Nigeria
This paper aimed at identifying factors influencing the use of ethno-veterinary practices amongst goat and poultry farmers in Ekiti state, Nigeria. It specifically described the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers; identified some diseases of goats and poultry with their corresponding indigenous cures; presented the procedures used in developing some of the ethno-veterinary medicine amongst farmers; identified the reasons for using ethn…
Inter-disciplinarity, development studies, and development practice
The article primarily seeks to show the interconnectedness of diverse academic disciplines and their crucial role in development practice. It sheds light on the meanings of development-related concepts and seeks to delineate between the four inter-related concepts of multi-, inter-, trans-, and cross-disciplinarity. It argues that while inter-disciplinarity is desirable for a broad-based discipline such as Development Studies, the appropriateness…
Adults who learn
The paper reports the outcome of a funded non-formal, functional adult literacy project embarked upon in the university-based Ìsoyà rural development programme area in south-western Nigeria from 2005–2007. It specifically presents the approaches used in legitimising the literacy project amongst community people; and reports the positive impact of the project on community empowerment. A case study design was used to carry out the study amongst adu…
Ethno-veterinary practices amongst livestock farmers in Ngamiland district, Botswana
We carried out a study to determine ethno-veterinary knowledge used to treat and prevent livestock diseases in Toteng Village in Ngamiland District, northwestern Botswana. Primary data were collected through simple random sampling of 45 households in Toteng. Respondents were either livestock owners or cattle herders. Respondents were interviewed using a structured questionnaire which had both open and closed-ended questions. Cattle ownership or h…
Soils, science and the politics of knowledge
Twenty reasons why local knowledge will remain relevant to development
Local knowledge has continued to gain popularity among development practitioners in the last four decades. However, the future of local knowledge seems hazy to some academics and researchers, perhaps due to the methodological challenges in operationalising local knowledge in development research. Rather than appropriate its full potential for sustainable (global) progress, renditions on the relevance of local knowledge in development research age…
Climate Variability and Rural Livelihoods
Climate variability and change have adverse effects on agricultural production and other livelihood strategies of the rural households. The paper hypothesizes that rural households naturally devise means of overcoming the challenges currently posed by climate variability. The research article addresses the question of how rural households apply local knowledge of weather forecasting in adapting to climate variability in the Okavango Delta. It spe…
The color of food
The color of food: Stories of race, resilience and farming." Community Development, 48(5), pp. 711–712
Wildlife officials only care about animals’
Institutions and water governance in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Dissonance in customary and statutory water management institutions
Science, Social Scientisation and Hybridisation of Knowledges
The contestation between mainstream science and counter-science is a longstanding phenomenon. The current issue of Science as Culture addresses the need for scientists to consciously engage in a broad-spectrum science that simultaneously focuses its lens on the social and natural dimensions of the universe. The question of how this objective can be achieved by Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars is, therefore, the main thrust of this sp…
Classifying Soils
While cultures are diverse in nature, there are many similarities between them. This is the case with African and Maōri cultures. Local people largely view their realities in a similar way. The question as to whether there are similarities in the indigenous epistemologies related to farming activities in different regions (such as West Africa, southern Africa, and Oceania) therefore arises. Given that no form of knowledge is mutually exclusive, w…
Is local knowledge peripheral? The future of Indigenous knowledge in research and development
The concepts of the core, semi-periphery, and periphery emanated from a mix of dependency and postmodernist thoughts, which rejected the notion of a Third World from which local knowledge emanates and develops. That local or Indigenous knowledge is perceived as backward and antidevelopment is no longer new. The illogical arguments or enthymemes, the rhizomes, and minor literatures and disruptive narratives continue to threaten the hegemony of the…
Handbook on Tourism and Conservation
Community Knowledge, Perceptions and Experiences on Healthcare Services for Malaria Prevention and Treatment in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Reconfiguring rurality
The concept of planetary rural geographies is an antithesis of planetary urbanization's erasure of the ‘rural’. Rather than push the compartmentalization of development spaces or processes, planetary rural geographies provide a framework of analyses that valorizes epistemic plurality, and which can help to better understand emerging complex problems in an ever-evolving world. The three rural space spectra of crisis, conflict, and hope, which are …
A review and SWOC analysis of natural heritage tourism in sub-Saharan Africa
The paper analyses the state of natural heritage tourism in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and assesses its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges (SWOC), accordingly. Data were obtained from secondary information sources and analysed using the inductive qualitative approach. The paper illustrates the existence of a mutual relationship between natural heritage and tourism in the SSA region. Identified strengths include a diverse and exten…
Geography (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Agriculture (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Indigenous (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Socioeconomics (6 works) · Traditional knowledge (6 works)