Farmers' perceptions of adaptation to climate change and water stress in a South African rural community

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 39-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gandure ◽  
S. Walker ◽  
J.J. Botha
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Stress ◽  
South African ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change

Adaptation to climate change induced water stress in major glacierized mountain regions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Anubha Aggarwal ◽  
Holger Frey ◽  
Graham McDowell ◽  
Fabian Drenkhan ◽  
Marcus Nüsser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Stress ◽  
Mountain Regions ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change

scholarly journals Adaptation to climate change and other stressors among commercial and small-scale South African farmers

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Wilk ◽  
Lotta Andersson ◽  
Michele Warburton
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change

scholarly journals Cultural beliefs of time orientation and social self-construal: Influences on climate change adaptation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida C. Terblanche-Greeff ◽  
Jon-Vegard Dokken ◽  
Dewald Van Niekerk ◽  
Ruth A. Loubser
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Time Orientation ◽  
Adaptive Behaviour ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
African Perspective

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humankind faces and adaptive behaviour is an imperative response to such change. Culture and the resulting worldview are determinants of behaviour and eminent cultural beliefs are that of time orientation (TO) and social self-construal (SSC). To date, no research focuses on these beliefs from an indigenous South African perspective or the manner in which it may subsequently affect a community’s adaptation towards climate change. Q-methodology was used to study perspectives and beliefs in three peri-urban communities in South Africa and to investigate the interrelation between themes such as TO, SSC, climate change awareness and climate change causality. It became apparent that the communities are aware of climate change, yet little to no efforts are currently being made to adapt to climatic change. This absence of motivation to adapt may be attributed to limited risk perception and cultural beliefs of TO and SSC. This study aims to contribute to the understanding of cultural beliefs and its impact on climate change adaptation behaviour in the South African context. It is concluded that TO and SSC from an indigenous South African perspective influence community adaptation to climate change.

scholarly journals Regulated Deficit Irrigation and Its Effects on Yield and Quality of Vitis vinifera L., Touriga Francesa in a Hot Climate Area (Douro Region, Portugal)

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 774
Author(s):  
Inês L. Cabral ◽  
Anabela Carneiro ◽  
Tiago Nogueira ◽  
Jorge Queiroz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Stress ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Vitis Vinifera L ◽  
Change Scenario ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Regulated Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Hot Climate

Under a climate change scenario, vineyards will experience serious challenges in the future. In an attempt to overcome such difficulties, this experiment offers a study on the effect of regulated deficit irrigation as a method for short-term adaptation to climate change in cv. Touriga Francesa, grafted into the rootstock 110R in the Douro region during a three-year period. Water stress on the plant and its effects on canopy, production, and quality of musts were analyzed. Rainfed vines (R0) were compared to three deficit irrigation regimes as a function of estimated crop evapotranspiration (ETc): R25 (25% ETc), R50 (50% ETc), and R75 (75% ETc). Water was applied on a weekly basis whenever predawn water potential showed moderate water stress until 15 days prior to harvest. The results suggest that rainfed plants under these circumstances suffered, in general, a negative impact on vine performance, while moderate water stress had more favorable effects on fruit composition, as well as in yield. Nonetheless, further studies should be conducted as irrigation did not show consistent effects on yield or berry composition.

scholarly journals Agroecology and Climate Change Adaptation: Farmers’ Experiences in the South African Lowveld

2021 ◽  
pp. 363-378
Author(s):  
Cryton Zazu ◽  
Anri Manderson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Access To Health

AbstractMotivated by interest to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change through uptake of agroecology, two community development organizations commissioned a project evaluation upon which this book chapter is written. The chapter discusses how smallholder farmers were experiencing implementing agroecology, trying to understand the reasons for adopting such an approach to farming. The chapter also explores and problematizes the relationship between trends in adoption of agroecology and the smallholder farmers’ awareness of climate change and adaptation. The chapter confirms that agronomic and income generation are the key reasons for adoption of agroecology. Most of the farmers reminisced about how their crop yields had declined and soils no longer producing enough to feed the family. Other motivating factors for uptake of agroecology included lack of employment, limited income sources, access to health organic foods, and medicinal value of herbs grown. The chapter further concluded that the correlation between adoption of agroecology and farmers’ awareness of it as a climate change adaptation measure is generally weak. Smallholder farmers adopted agroecology more for responding to issues of food security, than any conscious desire to adapt to climate change. Implications of this observation is that practitioners working with smallholder farmers need to rethink their approaches and design of interventions to integrate climate change education and learning, so that strong connections between the agroecological practices promoted and adaptation to climate change are made. Such an approach has potential to improve the sustainability and value of the agroecological practices adopted.

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