Climate Change Grounded on Empirical Evidence as Compared with the Perceptions of Smallholder Farmers in Vhembe District, South Africa

Kom, Zongho; Nethengwe, Nthaduleni Samuel; Mpandeli, Sylvester; Chikoore, Hector

doi:10.1177/0021909619891757

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“…civil society, government, corporate) using the instance of Indonesian peatland fires, although in their study agencies appeared enthusiastic about collaboration (Enrici and Hubacek 2018). Several other issues are also considered contributing factors, such as industry's control over and regulatory limitation of certification, sales of uncertified palm oil to nonbrand buyers, and illegality, lax of regulatory compliance and the absence of widely accepted exchange of knowledge among stakeholders (Moeliono et al 2013;Kom et al 2020;Purnomo et al 2021a). Ultimately, local institutions are most relevant for preventing and suppressing forest fires at the local level, but these institutions, typically, have lower capacities (i.e.…”

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Bureaucratic inertia in dealing with annual forest fires in Indonesia

Purnomo

Ramdani

Agustiyara³

et al. 2021

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Indonesia has sustained annual forest fires since the 1990s related to land clearing activities for agriculture. The Indonesian Government has made substantial efforts to resolve annual fires by improving intergovernmental coordination at national and local levels. Overall, 96 government agencies are liable for controlling forest fire. This study explores local to central government’s bureaucratic reluctance in addressing forest fires, focusing on Riau Province, the most forest fire-prone region in Indonesia. Data were collected from 2015 to 2019 using participatory observation, engaging in meetings of key players; in-depth interviews with key heads of relevant agencies, officials, and NGOs; and a questionnaire for Social Network Analysis. The results show that there are seven influential institutions for addressing land and forest fires in Riau. However, the power of the decision-making process is concentrated at the level of the President and the Governor as the regional leader, which implies that large institutions involved in fire response have less power and responsibility owing in part to bureaucratic inertia as bureaucracy is overly centralised and less responsive. In the long term, devolution of government authority from the central to the local level is required to furnish front-line institutions with the power to deal with the fires.

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Bureaucratic inertia in dealing with annual forest fires in Indonesia

Purnomo

Ramdani

Agustiyara³

et al. 2021

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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“…Farmers’ perceptions and views on climate change and variability were shown to be consistent with observed trends in meteorological variables (Kom et al, 2020) The examination of meteorological variables in the Ganjam district reveals a growing tendency in surface temperature (maximum and minimum) and a varying amount of annual rainfall. Annual rainfall anomalies from 1901 to 2015 are depicted in Figure 3.…”

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Determinants of Climate-Smart Adaptation Strategies: Farm-Level Evidence from India

Sahoo

Moharaj

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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The paper attempts to examine the factors that influence climate-smart adaptation (CSA) strategies. The study used binary logit and multivariate probit models to understand the dynamics and factors of agricultural households’ behavioural decisions on CSA strategies. Based on the results of the binary logit model, the study indicated that factors such as access to extension services and training, gender, educational level, land ownership, access to irrigation, access to credit and crop damage level positively and significantly influenced farmers’ decisions to use CSA strategies. Similarly, the results of the multivariate probit model reveal that factors such as educational level, access to extension services and training, and land ownership had significant impacts on the adoption of the majority of CSA strategies. To improve the intensity of CSA strategies, the study recommends expanding training and extension services to farming masses, the expansion of irrigation facilities and weather information at the farm level.

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“…Several studies (i.e. Hou, Huang & Wang 2015 ; Kom et al 2019 ) have shown that the effects of climate change will be felt by small rural farmers due to their lack of adequately adaptive capacity as they depend on rainfed farming. The study showed some relationship between the adoption of adaptation measures to address climate variability and change and independent variables such as age and farming experience.…”

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Maize producers’ vulnerability to climate change: Evidence from Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality, South Africa

Matimolane

Chikoore

Mathivha

et al. 2022

Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

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Climate change is predicted to impact agricultural production and affect food security in poor communities of developing countries due to the likely negative impacts on rainfall characteristics. South Africa is one of the largest producers of maize crops in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The majority of crop production is rainfed with precipitation received during the summer growing season. This study evaluated the impact of climate change on maize yields using trend and multiple regression analysis in northern South Africa. Exposure and vulnerability of maize farmers to the impacts of climate change were also evaluated. Rainfall characteristics showed variability of 20.35% with rain days standard deviation of 10.25 days and coefficient of variation of 18.57%. The results revealed a weak relationship between annual rainfall and rainy days, and annual rainfall and maize yields, both showed an r² and p-values of less than 0.5 and 0.005, respectively. The study found that variations in rainfall did not significantly influence variation in maize yields. Despite a clear fluctuation in yields, the results demonstrate a rising trend that can be attributed to agricultural practices such as the use of fertilisers and planting drought resistant cultivars as opposed to climate variables. The study further found that maize producers were proactively adapting to climate change, thus, reducing their vulnerability to its impacts.

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Climate Change Grounded on Empirical Evidence as Compared with the Perceptions of Smallholder Farmers in Vhembe District, South Africa

Cited by 9 publications

References 34 publications

Bureaucratic inertia in dealing with annual forest fires in Indonesia

Bureaucratic inertia in dealing with annual forest fires in Indonesia

Determinants of Climate-Smart Adaptation Strategies: Farm-Level Evidence from India

Maize producers’ vulnerability to climate change: Evidence from Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality, South Africa

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