African countries continue to be prone to drought, caused mainly by unfavorable weather
patterns and climatic variations which have an adverse impact on rural households and …

The available literature suggests that natural disasters, especially droughts and floods, were
occurring in southern Africa in the early 1900s. However, their frequency and intensity …

Applied to agricultural research for development (AR4D), intersectionality can illuminate
how gender's interactions with other axes of social differentiation, such as age, assets base …

Almost all countries are experiencing disasters whose frequency and intensity have
increased over the last decades due to many natural and anthropogenic factors, including …

Small-scale farmers in South Africa's five rural provinces are the backbone of subsistence
livelihoods and are particularly at risk from climate change because of the country's high …

This study was conducted to examine how climate change is perceived by a rural community
in Limpopo Province, South Africa, and to investigate how such changes affect endemic …

Food security remains a growing challenge of the modern day, particularly in rising urban
areas. Its effects are worsened by other factors such as soil and land degradation, water …

This PhD thesis contributes to the still neglected but gradually growing research field of
climate change adaptation among Indigenous Peoples and local communities …

This chapter assesses the scientific evidence on observed and projected climate change
impacts, vulnerability and adaptation options in Africa. The assessment refers to five African …

This chapter assesses the scientific literature produced after the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5) dealing with past, current and future …