Adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: local insights to enhance policy in southern Africa

Constraints to crop production and adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers in semi-arid Central and Western Zimbabwe

“…Shifting away from reliance on agriculture as the main source of income and finding alternative sources of food are also important strategies for farmers in Malawi and Swaziland (Stringer et al, 2009). Farmers in the study areas and in other similar agro-ecological areas could also adopt or intensify such strategies.…”

Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia

“…Berkes (2004) argued that there are few examples of science and local knowledge being fitted together to provide input into resource management. Happily, however, in the case of Southern Africa, there are a number of examples of instances where this has been attempted, with encouraging results (Reed et al, , 2008Stringer et al, 2007Stringer et al, , 2009). Here we add a Namibian case study to this exciting body of work.…”

An Exploration of Scenarios to Support Sustainable Land Management Using Integrated Environmental Socio-economic Models

“…Furthermore, our necessary assumption that financial viability only determines land user decision making requires some critical reflection. Land managers select their management practices based on a wide range of interacting considerations (Stringer et al, 2009). While evidence from our scenarios provides a valuable information input for land users, the complexity of the decision-making process surrounding adoption of SLM technologies needs to be acknowledged (Bekele and Drake 2003;Calatrava and Franco 2011;Franco and Calatrava 2012;Kassie et al in press).…”