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DOI	10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04989
	A decision support system for institutional support to farmers in the face of climate change challenges in Limpopo province
	Kephe, Priscilla Ntuchu; Ayisi, Kingsley Kwabena; Petja, Brilliant Mareme
通讯作者	Kephe, PN (corresponding author), Univ Limpopo, Dept Geog & Environm Studies, Private Bag X1106, ZA-0727 Sovenga, Polokwane, South Africa. ; Kephe, PN (corresponding author), Univ Limpopo, Risk & Vulnerabil Sci Ctr, Private Bag X1106, ZA-0727 Sovenga, South Africa.
来源期刊	HELIYON
EISSN	2405-8440
出版年	2020
卷号	6 期号:11
英文摘要	Smallholder farmers in South Africa continue to be affected by the changing climate despite the existence of support to improve their adaptive capacity. This study focused on the institutional support systems and support types available to farmers in agro-ecological zones of Limpopo Province and assessed support types best suited to each area. Six hundred farmers were purposively sampled across the agro-ecological zones of Limpopo and interviewed. Support types looked at included monetary, machinery, seeds, educational support and others (irrigation scheme, animals, fertilizer, pesticides). Supporting institutions included Agro finance institutions, DAFF, Banks, and NGOs. Results showed that 70.01% of farmers received support from DAFF 25.60% from NGO's and 4.39% from Agro finance institutions. The most number of support received was two types 33.3% of the farmers. The result from the ANOVA showed that there were no significant differences in the level of difficulty experienced by farmers in accessing the various support institutions across the agro-ecological zones. In terms of the various support types received, there was a statistically significant difference in seeds (p = 0.002 < alpha = 0.05) and educational (p = 0.0001 < alpha = 0.05) support received between the different areas. Furthermore, the support needs varied across zones with farmers in arid-zone needing machinery, education, seeds and lastly monetary support while the semi-arid zone needed machinery, education, others, seeds, monetary and the humid, machinery, education, others, money and seeds. It is therefore recommended that support for farmers should be location-specific in order to enhance the adaptive capacity of an area and not be based only on the availability of certain support. There is a need for proper coordination between institutions in their aim to assist farmers to cope with climate
英文关键词	Geography Environmental sciences Agricultural sciences Institutional support Adaptive capacity Support institution Cooperative governance Climate change
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000597136500031
WOS关键词	SOUTH-AFRICA ; FOOD SECURITY ; SMALLHOLDER IRRIGATION ; ADAPTATION ; VULNERABILITY ; INFORMATION ; IMPACTS
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/352595
作者单位	[Kephe, Priscilla Ntuchu; Petja, Brilliant Mareme] Univ Limpopo, Dept Geog & Environm Studies, Private Bag X1106, ZA-0727 Sovenga, Polokwane, South Africa; [Kephe, Priscilla Ntuchu; Ayisi, Kingsley Kwabena; Petja, Brilliant Mareme] Univ Limpopo, Risk & Vulnerabil Sci Ctr, Private Bag X1106, ZA-0727 Sovenga, South Africa; [Petja, Brilliant Mareme] Water Res Commiss, Private Bag X03, ZA-0031 Pretoria, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kephe, Priscilla Ntuchu,Ayisi, Kingsley Kwabena,Petja, Brilliant Mareme. A decision support system for institutional support to farmers in the face of climate change challenges in Limpopo province[J],2020,6(11).
APA	Kephe, Priscilla Ntuchu,Ayisi, Kingsley Kwabena,&Petja, Brilliant Mareme.(2020).A decision support system for institutional support to farmers in the face of climate change challenges in Limpopo province.HELIYON,6(11).
MLA	Kephe, Priscilla Ntuchu,et al."A decision support system for institutional support to farmers in the face of climate change challenges in Limpopo province".HELIYON 6.11(2020).