Adapting to climate change to achieve household food security: a case study of small-scale farmers at Dzindi smallholder irrigation scheme in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
- Chigavazira, Blessing Munyaradzi
- Authors: Chigavazira, Blessing Munyaradzi
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Climatic changes -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Food security -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Farms, Small -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Sustainable agriculture -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Irrigation farming -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Irrigation projects -- South Africa -- Limpopo
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (Dev)
- Identifier: vital:11434 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007186 , Climatic changes -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Food security -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Farms, Small -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Sustainable agriculture -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Irrigation farming -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Irrigation projects -- South Africa -- Limpopo
- Description: This dissertation explored adaptation mechanisms and adaptation options employed by rural small-scale farmers at Dzindi Irrigation Scheme to achieve food security in the midst of climate change as well as reflecting on the role of the state in building capacity of rural small-scale farmers to adapt to climate change. The study employed qualitative research techniques and data was obtained through semi-structured interviews with 40 small-scale farmers at Dzindi smallholder irrigation scheme.Irrigation control, high yielding crop varieties (HYVs), drought resistant crop varieties, drip irrigation are among a host of adaptation strategies successfully employed by farmers at Dzindi. These strategies have been effective in giving the farmers a lifeline in terms of household food supply and income.However, lack of funding, modern infrastructure and equipment has hampered adaptation efforts at the scheme. This has been compounded by lack of support from the Government. Government seemingly has not done enough to capacitate and assist famers to adapt to climate change.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Chigavazira, Blessing Munyaradzi
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Climatic changes -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Food security -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Farms, Small -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Sustainable agriculture -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Irrigation farming -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Irrigation projects -- South Africa -- Limpopo
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (Dev)
- Identifier: vital:11434 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007186 , Climatic changes -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Food security -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Farms, Small -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Sustainable agriculture -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Irrigation farming -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Irrigation projects -- South Africa -- Limpopo
- Description: This dissertation explored adaptation mechanisms and adaptation options employed by rural small-scale farmers at Dzindi Irrigation Scheme to achieve food security in the midst of climate change as well as reflecting on the role of the state in building capacity of rural small-scale farmers to adapt to climate change. The study employed qualitative research techniques and data was obtained through semi-structured interviews with 40 small-scale farmers at Dzindi smallholder irrigation scheme.Irrigation control, high yielding crop varieties (HYVs), drought resistant crop varieties, drip irrigation are among a host of adaptation strategies successfully employed by farmers at Dzindi. These strategies have been effective in giving the farmers a lifeline in terms of household food supply and income.However, lack of funding, modern infrastructure and equipment has hampered adaptation efforts at the scheme. This has been compounded by lack of support from the Government. Government seemingly has not done enough to capacitate and assist famers to adapt to climate change.
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- Date Issued: 2012
Evaluation for harnessing low-enthalpy geothermal energy in South Africa based on a model pilot plant in the Limpopo Mobile Belt
- Authors: Dhansay, Taufeeq
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Geothermal resources -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Renewable energy sources -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Climatic changes -- South Africa -- Limpopo
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:10667 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019789
- Description: South Africa generates more than 90 percent of its total energy capacity through non-renewable sources. With coal forming the predominant energy source, South Africa became the leading carbon emissive nation in Africa, emitting 450 million tonnes of CO2 in 2011. In an international effort to restrict global average temperature rise to 2° C above the average prior the industrial revolution, the Kyoto Protocol has been extended for another 8-year commitment period. This is complementary to an expected resolution of a new legally binding climate change policy in 2015. This policy will aim to introduce financial penalties for nations failing to meet ascribed GHG emission targets by 2020. In an attempt to meet these climate change resolutions South Africa will research and develop cleaner, alternative forms of energy, including hydro, wind, and biomass forms of renewable energy, in addition to designating stringent building regulations for the Incorporation of solar energy. These measures form part of an Integrated evelopment Plan that aims to generate a target of 10,000 GWh of renewable energy in 2013. South Africa is also investigating the possibilities of extracting its shale gas reserves and implementing it as a major energy source. This energy mix has given little attention to geothermal energy. The reasons for this omission appears to be the lack of active volcanism and previous research that suggests South Africa, largely underlain by the Kaapvaal Craton, has a relatively low heat Flow profile, deemed insufficient for harnessing geothermal energy.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Dhansay, Taufeeq
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Geothermal resources -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Renewable energy sources -- South Africa -- Limpopo , Climatic changes -- South Africa -- Limpopo
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:10667 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019789
- Description: South Africa generates more than 90 percent of its total energy capacity through non-renewable sources. With coal forming the predominant energy source, South Africa became the leading carbon emissive nation in Africa, emitting 450 million tonnes of CO2 in 2011. In an international effort to restrict global average temperature rise to 2° C above the average prior the industrial revolution, the Kyoto Protocol has been extended for another 8-year commitment period. This is complementary to an expected resolution of a new legally binding climate change policy in 2015. This policy will aim to introduce financial penalties for nations failing to meet ascribed GHG emission targets by 2020. In an attempt to meet these climate change resolutions South Africa will research and develop cleaner, alternative forms of energy, including hydro, wind, and biomass forms of renewable energy, in addition to designating stringent building regulations for the Incorporation of solar energy. These measures form part of an Integrated evelopment Plan that aims to generate a target of 10,000 GWh of renewable energy in 2013. South Africa is also investigating the possibilities of extracting its shale gas reserves and implementing it as a major energy source. This energy mix has given little attention to geothermal energy. The reasons for this omission appears to be the lack of active volcanism and previous research that suggests South Africa, largely underlain by the Kaapvaal Craton, has a relatively low heat Flow profile, deemed insufficient for harnessing geothermal energy.
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- Date Issued: 2012
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