Vulnerability to drought, adaptation and coping strategies among agro-pastoral communities in Botswana
Date
2011Author
Kabo, Mogotsi
Nyangito, M M
Nyariki, D M
Type
PresentationLanguage
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With the increased threat of climate change effects on the
African continent, this study was carried out to document the
coping mechanisms against the rampant droughts by the agropastoral
communities in Botswana. The study was carried out
in Kgalagadi North and Bobonong. Effects of drought in these
areas included livestock death, reduced crop yields, low pasture
production and increased distances to water livestock. Coping
measures included enrolling into government’s labour intensive
Public Works Programme, harvesting larvae of Imbrasia belina
with food or turning to other sources of income, and storage of
crops during good harvests. Other means were planting drought
resistant crops, supplemental livestock feeding, transferring
livestock to better areas, and selling off animals. These methods
however did not ameliorate farmers’ problems. There is
therefore need to have more holistic research efforts to tackle
the effects of drought in Botswana and elsewhere in Africa.
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Kabo, M, Nyangito, M.M & Nyariki, D.M(2010). Vulnerability to drought, adaptation and coping strategies among agro-pastoral communities in Botswana. Second RUFORUM Biennial Meeting 20 - 24 September 2010, Entebbe, UgandaPublisher
Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi