干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation to Drought: Identifying Effective Adaptive Strategies and Measures

Arid

DOI	10.3390/w11102069
	Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation to Drought: Identifying Effective Adaptive Strategies and Measures
	Muthelo, Dakalo 1; Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch 1,2; Ogundeji, Abiodun A.1
通讯作者	Ogundeji, Abiodun A.
来源期刊	WATER
EISSN	2073-4441
出版年	2019
卷号	11 期号:10
英文摘要	One of the biggest challenges for South African food security is recurring drought. It is a major concern due to insufficient knowledge and the low levels of resources or livelihood assets available to farmers in vulnerable situations, thereby limiting coping and adaptation choices. The objective of this paper was to identify the current adaptation and coping measures used by smallholder farmers, with a particular emphasis on farmers' vulnerability to drought and the adaptive measures or strategies that are effective in the study area. In addition, we determined factors influencing their choice of adaptation strategies. In this way, the extent of farmers' vulnerability and how this affects the choice of coping or adaptation strategies during drought were determined. The multinomial probit model (MPM) was used to examine the factors that influence farmers' choice of coping/adaptation strategies in the study area. The results show that the respondents' human capital vulnerability to drought was very high compared to their economic and social vulnerability. Influences such as age, gender, and marital status contributed to their human capital vulnerability. The majority of the respondents implemented water-use restrictions as a coping strategy during drought periods. There were several reasons for this, such as the resources available, the effective coping strategy for that specific location/area, and the socio-economic status of the respondents. The inadequate contribution by the government to drought risk reduction, the age of the respondents, the monthly income of each household, and the inequality of decision-making powers between male and female respondents were also found to contribute greatly to choosing an effective adaptation strategy. This study contributes to the ongoing investigation of the adaptation strategies and coping measures used by farmers vulnerable to drought in arid and semi-arid areas in Africa. This is done by identifying effective adaptation and coping measures within the farmers' operational environment, unlike other studies that have only identified adaptation and coping strategies without examining their effectiveness in the given environment. Also, the inclusion of the human, social, economic, institutional, natural, and political forms of capital as determinants of the farmers' choice of adaption and coping measures provides relevant insights for efficient and sustainable policy design.
英文关键词	drought effective adaptation vulnerability water scarcity
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	South Africa ; Sweden
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000495598400113
WOS关键词	CONSERVATION PRACTICES ; ADOPTION ; PERCEPTIONS ; RISK ; DETERMINANTS ; AGRICULTURE ; MANAGEMENT ; PROVINCE ; MODEL
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Water Resources
EI主题词	2019-10-01
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/310129
作者单位	1.Univ Free State, Dept Agr Econ, Posbus 339, ZA-9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa; 2.Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Econ, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Muthelo, Dakalo,Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch,Ogundeji, Abiodun A.. Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation to Drought: Identifying Effective Adaptive Strategies and Measures[J],2019,11(10).
APA	Muthelo, Dakalo,Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch,&Ogundeji, Abiodun A..(2019).Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation to Drought: Identifying Effective Adaptive Strategies and Measures.WATER,11(10).
MLA	Muthelo, Dakalo,et al."Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation to Drought: Identifying Effective Adaptive Strategies and Measures".WATER 11.10(2019).