Smallholder sheep farmers’ perceived impact of water scarcity in the dry ecozones of South Africa: determinants and response strategies

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dc.contributor.authorHalimani, Twananien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMarandure, Tawandaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChikwanha, Obert C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMolotsi, Annelin H.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAbiodun, Babatunde J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDzama, Kennedyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMapiye, Cletosen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-10T12:30:27Z
dc.date.available2023-05-10T12:30:27Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.descriptionCITATION: Halimani, T. et al, 2021. Smallholder sheep farmers’ perceived impact of water scarcity in the dry ecozones of South Africa: Determinants and response strategies. Climate Risk Management 34(2021):9 pages. doi.10.1016/j.crm.2021.100369en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at: sciencedirect.comen_ZA
dc.description.abstractWater scarcity is amongst the major challenges threatening smallholder sheep production in subsistence-oriented communal farms in dryland areas. Local contextual factors are a prerequisite for effective policy development and optimisation of water resources management for smallholder sheep production. Two-hundred and fifty-two structured questionnaires were administered to investigate the contextual factors that influence smallholder farmers’ perceived impact of water scarcity on sheep production in the dry ecozones of the Cape provinces in South Africa and identify their local response strategies. Logit regression findings showed that a unit increase in private commercially-oriented arid farms, males, education level, flock size, adapted breeds and income from livestock increased farmers’ probability to perceive impact of water scarcity on sheep production. Regardless of ecozone and farm types, sheep farmers switched between water sources, provided supplementary feed and shade, used adapted breeds and alternative markets to manage the impact of water scarcity. Interventions to build resilience to water scarcity in the surveyed areas should target sheep farmers with low adaptive capacity, particularly less educated women relying on livestock income and farming with non-adapted breeds on subsistence-oriented communal farms in the semiarid ecozone.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher’s versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHalimani, T. et al, 2021. Smallholder sheep farmers’ perceived impact of water scarcity in the dry ecozones of South Africa: Determinants and response strategies. Climate Risk Management 34(2021):9 pages. doi.10.1016/j.crm.2021.100369en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2212-0963 (online)en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi.10.1016/j.crm.2021.100369en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126890
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subject.lcshSheep farming -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFarms, Small -- Water-supplyen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFarms, Small -- Climatic factors -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshClimatic changesen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshAgriculture -- Water requirementsen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshSubsistence-oriented farmersen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshArid regions agricultureen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshDryland farmingen_ZA
dc.titleSmallholder sheep farmers’ perceived impact of water scarcity in the dry ecozones of South Africa: determinants and response strategiesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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