ITIKI: bridge between African indigenous knowledge and modern science of drought prediction

Masinde, Muthoni

doi:10.1080/19474199.2012.683444

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“…These "formal" rainfall forecasts are presented as the probability of the seasonal rainfall being in the above normal, below normal, or normal compared with historical trends. National meteorological services use well-calibrated weather stations that meet World Meteorological Organisation standards but the high cost of acquiring and installing the equipment has resulted in very limited spatial deployment of fully equipped stations [13]. Furthermore, the high monitoring and maintenance cost for isolated stations has resulted in a large number of the stations being abandoned.…”

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Linkages between local knowledge drought forecasting indicators and scientific drought forecasting parameters in the Limpopo River Basin in Southern Africa

Chisadza

Tumbare

Nyabeze

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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Linkages between local knowledge drought forecasting indicators and scientific drought forecasting parameters in the Limpopo River Basin in Southern Africa

Chisadza

Tumbare

Nyabeze

et al. 2015

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…Traditional meteorological science is at the same time restricted because very few weather stations are placed in Sub-Saharan Africa, though new modeling methods based on satellite observations are showing promising improvements (Maidment et al, 2013). Modern sensor technology and access to cell phones in even the most remote areas could be a way to establish a connection between traditional wisdom and modern technology (Masinde & Bagula, 2011;Soropa et al, 2015;Ziervogel & Opere, 2010).…”

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Traditional Wisdom in Land Use and Resource Management Among the Lugbara of Uganda

Agatha

2016

Sage Open

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This article is the result of PhD research work into traditional and modern law, order, and judicial systems among the Lugbara of Uganda. Although a segmentary society, the Lugbara used indigenous wisdom and lived experience to develop traditional law to guide in the management of land, flora, fauna, and water for posterity. Cultural beliefs, values, norms, and practices that guided land use and resource management were handed down by word of mouth through generations. Clan elders were the custodians of clan resources, guiding the people in negotiating the pitfalls and contradictions of human life. Development and its associated problems could be addressed using indigenous knowledge and wisdom. The beneficiaries need the capacity to sustain development by using the available local knowledge and resources. Rethinking traditional knowledge and wisdom could act as a strategy for sustainable development.

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“…As per the PiECEs model described in [12], the calibration experiments followed a 3-steps experimental process with three types of experiments namely pilot experiments, explanatory experiments and confirmatory experiments. This was to ensure both repeatability and reproducibility.…”

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“…In [6], an integrated drought early warning system, itiki, that delivers a drought early warning system (DEWS) composed of three elements: (1) Drought Knowledge (2) Drought Monitoring and Prediction; and (3) Drought Communication and Dissemination is described.…”

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An assessment of field readiness for wireless sensor based weatherboards — A calibration report

Masinde

2014

2014 12th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)

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The ability to provide timely, reliable and relevant weather forecasts by the National Meteorological Services in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is hampered by among other things, the lack of adequate coverage by weather stations. The cost of acquiring and running such stations is beyond reach of many governments in this Region and alternative technologies such as the sensor-based weather stations have been identified as one way of addressing this problem. Although these sensors could extend the weather network coverage and eventually enhance weather forecasting, the acceptability of such data by the meteorologists is only possible if the sensors are calibrated and their field readiness evaluated. This paper is a calibration report towards this end; it details a rigorous assessment of sensor-based weatherboards along three factors: (1) calibration (lag, random, and systematic) errors; (2) effects of enclosing the boards in an enclosure constructed from perspex material; and (3) battery depletion rates. The results indicated that although calibration errors could be corrected by appropriately programming the boards, and battery depletion by the use of flexible micro-solar panels, the sensor boards described in this paper were not ready for use in the field until an enclosure designed with the input of meteorologists was put in place.

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ITIKI: bridge between African indigenous knowledge and modern science of drought prediction

Cited by 44 publications

References 59 publications

Linkages between local knowledge drought forecasting indicators and scientific drought forecasting parameters in the Limpopo River Basin in Southern Africa

Linkages between local knowledge drought forecasting indicators and scientific drought forecasting parameters in the Limpopo River Basin in Southern Africa

Traditional Wisdom in Land Use and Resource Management Among the Lugbara of Uganda

An assessment of field readiness for wireless sensor based weatherboards — A calibration report

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