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024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.3390/conservation2030029
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100	1		_aShikwambana, S. _928576
245	1	0	_aEnhancing the Resilience and Adaptive Capacity of Smallholder Farmers to Drought in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
260			_bMDPI, _c2022. _aBasel (Switzerland) :
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aClimate change has caused substantial losses, especially to smallholder farmers whose main source of livelihood is derived from agriculture. Climate change impacts can be reduced by enhancing coping and adaptation strategies. This study explores the coping and adaptation strategies of smallholder farming communities in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. As part of the assessment and analysis of drought, multiple sources of data were consulted, including 200 households’ socio-economic information, focus group discussions, and interviews. Extreme drought events are increasing, impacting negatively on smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. Adaptations to changing weather patterns were observed in smallholder farmers through planting early-maturing plants and drought-tolerant crops, altering planting dates, crop diversification, and irrigating in addition to non-farming activities. There is a need to enhance these context-based adaptation strategies to reduce risks and vulnerability and increase household resilience. Several socioeconomic developments and significant ecological deterioration appear to limit opportunities for long-term adaptation to drought.
546			_aText in English
591			_aHossain, M.K. : Not in IRS staff list but CIMMYT Affiliation
650		7	_aResilience _2AGROVOC _95030
650		7	_aAdaptation _2AGROVOC _96026
650		7	_aSmallholders _2AGROVOC _91763
650		7	_aSustainability _2AGROVOC _91283
650		7	_aClimate change _2AGROVOC _91045
651		7	_2AGROVOC _95594 _aSouth Africa
700	1		_aMalaza, N. _928577
773	0		_tConservation _gv. 2, n. 3, p. 435-449 _dBasel (Switzerland) : MDPI, 2022 _x2673-7159
856			_yClick here to access online _uhttps://doi.org/10.3390/conservation2030029
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