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Assessing forest-based rural communities' adaptive capacity and coping strategies for climate variability and change : the case of Vhembe district in South Africa

Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Francis, J.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo (Elsevier, 2016-04)

In this study, various coping strategies used by forest-based rural communities in Vhembe District of South Africa in response to climate variability and change challenges were investigated. The effect of community ...
Assessing vulnerability of rural communities to climate change : a review of implications for forest-based livelihoods in South Africa

Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Francis, Joseph; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo (Emerald, 2017)

PURPOSE : The paper aims to enhance the understanding of the impacts of climate change on rural communities in Africa, including people's livelihoods, their adaptive capacity, coping practice and ability to engage in ...
A brief overview of the capacities of public forest administrations in climate change work in the moist forests countries of Sub-Saharan Africa

Dlamini, Cliff; Mahamane, Larwanou; Charlemagne, Nguembou; Chirwa, Paxie W. (Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2015-04)

The work of Public Forest Administrations (PFAs) has evolved from forest management, to sustainable forest management, to management of forests and woodlands for ecosystem goods and services, and ultimately to climate ...
Community gardens as a strategy for coping with climate shocks in Bikita district, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Muzawazi, H.D. (Hazvibvi); Terblanche, S.E. (Stephanus Esaias), 1940-; Madakadze, Ignacio Casper (South African Society for Agricultural Extension, 2017)

Drought is the most important climate shock affecting rural farmers this century. In a bid to reduce the effects of climate shocks, coping strategies are being investigated. Community gardens is one such strategy. The ...
Growth, phenological, and yield response of upland rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Nerica 4®) to water stress during different growth stages

Alou, I.N.; Steyn, Joachim Marthinus; Annandale, John George; Van der Laan, Michael (Elsevier, 2018-02)

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in uplands is exposed to variable soil water conditions and unpredictable periods of water stress (WS). The study was conducted to determine the impacts of WS imposed at different phenological ...
Potential use of forage-legume intercropping technologies to adapt to climate-change impacts on mixed crop-livestock systems in Africa : a review

Hassen, Abubeker; Talore, Deribe Gemiyo; Gemeda, B.S. (Belete Shenkute); Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; Friend, Michael Andrew; Mpanza, Thamsanqa Doctor Empire (Springer, 2017-08)

This paper summarizes effects of forage-legume intercropping on grain and fodder yield, land equivalent ratio, residual soil fertility, disease and insect pest reduction in mixed crop-livestock systems in Africa. In ...

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