How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment

In southern Africa, by the middle of the 21st century climate change is expected to cause temperature increases of 1–3°C, broad summer rainfall reductions of 5–10 percent, and an increase in the incidence of both droughts and floods. Consequently, climate change has significant potential to negative...

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Main Authors: Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone, Ringler, Claudia
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161911
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description In southern Africa, by the middle of the 21st century climate change is expected to cause temperature increases of 1–3°C, broad summer rainfall reductions of 5–10 percent, and an increase in the incidence of both droughts and floods. Consequently, climate change has significant potential to negatively affect crop production in South Africa, and in turn the well-being of the country’s farmers. This brief is based on a study that examines the level of vulnerability to climate change in South Africa’s farming sector by developing a nationwide provincial-level vulnerability profile. Particular attention is paid to the underlying socioeconomic and institutional factors that determine how farmers respond to and cope with climate hazards.
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spelling CGSpace1619112025-11-06T04:46:01Z How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone Ringler, Claudia climate change agriculture vulnerability adaptive capacity climate variability In southern Africa, by the middle of the 21st century climate change is expected to cause temperature increases of 1–3°C, broad summer rainfall reductions of 5–10 percent, and an increase in the incidence of both droughts and floods. Consequently, climate change has significant potential to negatively affect crop production in South Africa, and in turn the well-being of the country’s farmers. This brief is based on a study that examines the level of vulnerability to climate change in South Africa’s farming sector by developing a nationwide provincial-level vulnerability profile. Particular attention is paid to the underlying socioeconomic and institutional factors that determine how farmers respond to and cope with climate hazards. 2009 2024-11-21T09:59:23Z 2024-11-21T09:59:23Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161911 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Center for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa Aymone Gbetibouo, Glwadys; Ringler, Claudia. 2009. How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability. How can African agriculture adapt to climate change; Research Brief 15(3). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161911
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agriculture
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climate variability
Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment
title How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment
title_full How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment
title_fullStr How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment
title_full_unstemmed How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment
title_short How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment
title_sort how can african agriculture adapt to climate change mapping the south african farming sector s vulnerability to climate change and variability a subnational assessment
topic climate change
agriculture
vulnerability
adaptive capacity
climate variability
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