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Introduction: The impact of climate change on food production in South Africa is likely to increase due to low rainfall and frequent droughts, resulting in food insecurity in the future. The use of well-calibrated and validated crop models with climate change data is important for assessing climate change impacts and developing adaptation strategies. In this study, the decision support system for agrotechnology transfer (DSSAT) crop model was used to predict yield using observed and...
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This paper documents the manner in which smallholder farmers in Gladstone, a rural village near the town of Thaba Nchu in the Free State Province of central South Africa, perceive and adapt to long-term changes in climate. Farmers' perceptions of climate risk and their approaches to adaptation are influenced by socio-economic and political factors. The lack of interest in farming among the youth, the inherent imbalances in land access due to political history, government policies on free...
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This paper documents the manner in which smallholder farmers in Gladstone, a rural village near the town of Thaba Nchu in the Free State Province of central South Africa, perceive and adapt to long-term changes in climate. Farmers' perceptions of climate risk and their approaches to adaptation are influenced by socio-economic and political factors. The lack of interest in farming among the youth, the inherent imbalances in land access due to political history, government policies on free...
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This paper documents the manner in which smallholder farmers in Gladstone, a rural village near the town of Thaba Nchu in the Free State Province of central South Africa, perceive and adapt to long-term changes in climate. Farmers' perceptions of climate risk and their approaches to adaptation are influenced by socio-economic and political factors. The lack of interest in farming among the youth, the inherent imbalances in land access due to political history, government policies on free...
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This paper documents the manner in which smallholder farmers in Gladstone, a rural village near the town of Thaba Nchu in the Free State Province of central South Africa, perceive and adapt to long-term changes in climate. Farmers' perceptions of climate risk and their approaches to adaptation are influenced by socio-economic and political factors. The lack of interest in farming among the youth, the inherent imbalances in land access due to political history, government policies on free...
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This paper documents the manner in which smallholder farmers in Gladstone, a rural village near the town of Thaba Nchu in the Free State Province of central South Africa, perceive and adapt to long-term changes in climate. Farmers' perceptions of climate risk and their approaches to adaptation are influenced by socio-economic and political factors. The lack of interest in farming among the youth, the inherent imbalances in land access due to political history, government policies on free...
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This paper documents the manner in which smallholder farmers in Gladstone, a rural village near the town of Thaba Nchu in the Free State Province of central South Africa, perceive and adapt to long-term changes in climate. Farmers' perceptions of climate risk and their approaches to adaptation are influenced by socio-economic and political factors. The lack of interest in farming among the youth, the inherent imbalances in land access due to political history, government policies on free...
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The variety of natural indicators, associated with weather forecasting and climate prediction, as used by farmers in the South-Western Free State province of South Africa, is described. Most farmers in this area were not familiar with the application of weather forecasts/climate predictions for agricultural production, or with other science-based agrometeorological products. They relied almost fully on their experience and traditional knowledge for farming decision making. The indicators for...
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Between 2015 and 2018, the Western Cape Province of South Africa experienced a multi-year severe drought, which negatively impacted major economic sectors. The province serves as an important producer of wheat in South Africa among other agricultural commodities. This study aims to analyze the 2015-2018 drought and its impacts on wheat production in the winter rainfall region of the Western Cape, South Africa. The central focus is to place the drought in both a historical and future context...
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The climate of Southern Africa is highly variable at most time-scales and follows a pronounced gradient with arid conditions in the west and humid conditions in the east. There is also a marked latitudinal rainfall distribution pattern, with the southern part having a low rainfall index and high variability and the northern part having higher annual rainfall and lower interannual variability (Kandji et al., 2006). Over the last 100 years, temperatures have increased by about 0.5◦C in...
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Agriculture in South Africa sustains about 70% of the region’s population for food, income and employment, playing an important role for food security and the local economy. The focus of the study was the commercial maize farms of the Free State Province given their importance in the National economy. The Regional Integrated Assessment (phase I) was implemented to assess climate change and adaptation that links climate, crops, economic data and tools developed by the Agricultural Model...
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Improving nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa under increasing climate risks and population growth requires a strong and contextualized evidence base. Yet, to date, few studies have assessed climate-smart agriculture and nutrition security simultaneously. Here we use an integrated assessment framework (iFEED) to explore stakeholder-driven scenarios of food system transformation towards climate-smart nutrition security in Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. iFEED translates...
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