Vulnerability to drought, adaptation and coping strategies among agro-pastoral communities in Botswana

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dc.contributor.author Nyariki, Dickson M.
dc.contributor.author Kabo, Mogotsi
dc.contributor.author Nyangito, M. M.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-30T06:55:33Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-30T06:55:33Z
dc.date.issued 2010-09
dc.identifier.citation Second RUFORUM Biennial Meeting 20 - 24 September 2010, Entebbe, Uganda en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://www.cabi.org/GARA/FullTextPDF/2013/20133170144.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1348
dc.description.abstract 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 agro- pastoral 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. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject desert en_US
dc.subject Imbrasia belina en_US
dc.subject livestock en_US
dc.subject pastoralism en_US
dc.title Vulnerability to drought, adaptation and coping strategies among agro-pastoral communities in Botswana en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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