The discourse on the need for water, energy, and food security has dominated the development agenda of southern African countries, centred on improving livelihoods, building resilience, and regional integration. About 60% of the population in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) live...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Ndlela, B.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Mpandeli, S.
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Matchaya, Greenwell C.
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[The water-energy-food nexus: climate risks and opportunities in southern Africa]
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The water-energy-food nexus: climate risks and opportunities in southern Africa
Climate variability and change impacts are manifesting through declining rainfall totals and increasing frequency and intensity of droughts, floods and heatwaves. These environmental changes are affecting mostly rural populations in developing countries due to low adaptive capacity and high relia...
Moeletsi, M.
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Masupha, T.
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Magidi, J.
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Tshikolomo, K.
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Liphadzi, S.
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Naidoo, D.
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Mpandeli, S.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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[Assessing climate change and adaptive capacity at local scale using observed and remotely sensed data]
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Assessing climate change and adaptive capacity at local scale using observed and remotely sensed data
The increasing frequency and intensity of droughts and floods, coupled with increasing temperatures and declining rainfall totals, are exacerbating existing vulnerabilities in southern Africa. Agriculture is the most affected sector as 95% of cultivated area is rainfed. This review addressed tren...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Matchaya, Greenwell
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso
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Nhemachena, Charles
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[Cereal production trends under climate change: impacts and adaptation strategies in Southern Africa]
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Cereal production trends under climate change: impacts and adaptation strategies in Southern Africa
Agriculture accounts for most of the renewable freshwater resource withdrawals in Malawi, yet food insecurity and water scarcity remain as major challenges. Despite Malawi’s vast water resources, climate change, coupled with increasing population and urbanisation are contributing to increasing wa...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Magombeyi, Manuel S.
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[Improving water sustainability and food security through increased crop water productivity in Malawi]
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Improving water sustainability and food security through increased crop water productivity in Malawi
Climate change is a complex and cross-cutting problem that needs an integrated and transformative systems approach to respond to the challenge. Current sectoral approaches to climate change adaptation initiatives often create imbalances and retard sustainable development. Regional and internation...
Mpandeli, S.
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Naidoo, D.
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Nhemachena, Charles
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Liphadzi, S.
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Hlahla, S.
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Modi, A.T.
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[Climate change adaptation through the water-energy-food nexus in southern Africa]
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Climate change adaptation through the water-energy-food nexus in southern Africa
South Africa is ranked among the thirty driest countries in the world, a challenge that is negatively affecting agricultural production. Other challenges such as population growth, rural-urban migration, changing food preferences and drought exacerbate pressure on agricultural water productivity....
Mabhaudhi, T.
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Mpandeli, S.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Senzanje, A.
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Chimonyo, V. G. P.
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Modi, A.T.
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[Options for improving agricultural water productivity under increasing water scarcity in South Africa]
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Options for improving agricultural water productivity under increasing water scarcity in South Africa