How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa
Climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts on South Africa. In particular, rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of natural resources, are likely to bear the brunt of adverse impacts. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends in large...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2008
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| author | Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone |
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| description | Climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts on South Africa. In particular, rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of natural resources, are likely to bear the brunt of adverse impacts. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends in large part on the extent of adaptation in response to climate change. Adaptation is widely recognized as a vital component of any policy response to climate change. Without adaptation, climate change would be detrimental to the agricultural sector, but with adaptation, vulnerability can be significantly reduced. This brief is based on a study that examines farmers’ perceptions of climate change and analyzes their adaptation responses to climate change and variability using household survey data from the Limpopo River Basin in South Africa. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1617172025-11-06T04:36:12Z How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone climate change climate variability adaptation agriculture Climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts on South Africa. In particular, rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of natural resources, are likely to bear the brunt of adverse impacts. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends in large part on the extent of adaptation in response to climate change. Adaptation is widely recognized as a vital component of any policy response to climate change. Without adaptation, climate change would be detrimental to the agricultural sector, but with adaptation, vulnerability can be significantly reduced. This brief is based on a study that examines farmers’ perceptions of climate change and analyzes their adaptation responses to climate change and variability using household survey data from the Limpopo River Basin in South Africa. 2008 2024-11-21T09:57:36Z 2024-11-21T09:57:36Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161717 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Economic Association Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone. 2008. How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability. How can African agriculture adapt to climate change; Research Brief 15(8). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161717 |
| spellingShingle | climate change climate variability adaptation agriculture Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa |
| title | How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa |
| title_full | How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa |
| title_short | How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa |
| title_sort | how can african agriculture adapt to climate change understanding farmers perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability the case of the limpopo basin south africa |
| topic | climate change climate variability adaptation agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161717 |
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