An inventory of Technologies to Strengthen Agriculture and Rural Development in Swaziland

Manyatsi, Absalom M.; Vilane, B. R. T.

doi:10.4314/uniswa-rjast.v5i1.4667

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“…In Malawi, where the bulk of the maize is produced for own home consumption, the government operates a price band system to support maize production and control consumer prices (FAO, 2015). In Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mozambique, maize also plays a central role in national food security policies (Mphale et al, 2003;Mudimu, 2003;Manyatsi and Mhazo, 2014;.…”

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Strategic Foresight analysis of droughts in southern Africa and implications for food security

Gbegbelegbe,

Chikoye,

Alene

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Southern Africa has been experiencing long-term changes in its climate and future projections imply that droughts should last longer and become more intense in southern Africa. Already, the region has been experiencing an increase in consecutive drought years. This study contributes to the literature by using bio-economic modeling to simulate the impact of future droughts on food security in southern Africa and identify plausible pathways for enhancing regional food security under drought. Food production and food security in southern Africa were projected under drought using an adjusted version of a multi-market and multi-commodity global model, the International Model for the Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT), version 3.2. The results suggest that with moderate economic growth and no drought, southern Africa would not become wealthy enough to mitigate food insecurity by 2040. In this context, recurrent droughts would worsen food security by severely affecting the production of maize, the key staple food in the region. With consecutive two-year regional droughts, like what was experienced in 2014/15 and 2015/16, most countries would experience an increase of at least 10% in the number of people at risk of hunger within a single year. Key measures which could help enhance food security under droughts include (1) breeding for stress-resilient maize (resistance to both heat and drought stresses); (2) promote crop and diet diversification, especially in countries highly dependent on maize as a staple food crop; and (3) invest in rainwater harvesting.

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Strategic Foresight analysis of droughts in southern Africa and implications for food security

Gbegbelegbe,

Chikoye,

Alene

et al. 2024

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“…Many of these dams, however, continue to fail [Government of Swaziland 2005]. In recent times the GoS in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the European Union have set up various earth dam rehabilitation initiatives in an effort to revive some of the infrastructure [MANYATSI, MHAZO 2014]. In this context, it is important to conduct research on some of the issues that had previously led to the failure of the small earth dams in Swaziland in order to avoid future occurrences and also to ensure reliable water supply and sustainability of livelihoods.…”

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Journal of Water and Land Development

Shongwe

Maseko

Vilane

2019

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Small earth dams are most valuable in arid and semi-arid areas where they are used for both domestic and agricultural purposes. These dams however, continue to fail. The causes of such failures are interconnected in the sense that one can trigger the other. Most research into earth dams nevertheless, uses reductionist approaches. Such approaches do not consider the complex interactions between these modes and/or causes. This research used fuzzy cognitive mapping to identify the prominent modes and causes of small earth dam failure in Swaziland and to capture their interactions. A sample of seven earth dam construction experts was purposively selected from five institutions for individual interviews. An individual map was developed from each interview. An aggregated map was thereafter developed by combining seven individual maps. The results indicated that overtopping, piping and sliding were the common modes of earth dam failure. Overtopping was mainly due to siltation whilst animal barrows and tree roots were largely responsible for piping. Sliding was mostly associated construction defects and sudden drawdown. It was concluded that most of the failures were linked to poor management of catchments and that of the dams. It is recommended that future designs and management should increase the level of community participation in order to limit some of the causes associated with land use practices.

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An inventory of Technologies to Strengthen Agriculture and Rural Development in Swaziland

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Strategic Foresight analysis of droughts in southern Africa and implications for food security

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