adaptation to drought in arid and semi-arid environments: case of the zambezi valley, zimbabwe

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Abstract
Small-scale rain-fed agriculture is the main livelihood in arid to semi-arid regions of subSaharan Africa. The area is characterised by erratic rainfall and frequent droughts, making the capacity for coping with temporal water shortages essential for smallholder farmers. Focusing on the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, this study investigates the impact of drought on food security and the strategies used by smallholder farmers to cope with drought. We used meteorological data and interviews to examine the rainfall variability in the study area and the drought-coping mechanisms employed by smallholder famers respectively. The results show that there are various strategies used by smallholder farmers to cope with the impact of drought. These strategies include drought-tolerant crop production, crop variety diversification, purchasing cereals through asset sales, non-governmental organisations’ food aid and gathering wild fruit. However, consecutive droughts have resulted in high food insecurity and depletion of household assets during droughts. Smallholder farmers in the valley have also resorted to a number of measures taken before, during and after the drought. Still, these strategies are not robust enough to cope with this uncertainty
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Authors ;Emmanuel Mavhura;Desmond Manatsa;Terence Mushore
Journal organic chemistry international
Year 2015
DOI
10.4102/jamba.v7i1.144
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https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/144
Keywords
drought Risk Management zambezi valleyrisk in industry

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