Asset Portfolios in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security: Lessons From Gokwe South District, Zimbabwe

Asset Portfolios in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security: Lessons From Gokwe South District, Zimbabwe

Climate variability and change are projected to continue impacting many of the poor and small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to examine how small-scale farmers in the Gokwe South district of Zimbabwe are building their adaptive capacity and resilience against climate change an...

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Published in:Journal of Asian and African studies (Leiden) Vol. 59; no. 8; pp. 2522 - 2542
Main Authors: Jaison, Chatsiwa, Reid, Memory, Simatele, Mulala Danny
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-12-2024
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Adaptation
Assets
Capacity building approach
Change agents
Climate adaptation
Climate change
Farmers
Food security
Insecurity
Measures
Portfolios
Resilience
Zimbabwe
Climate change adaptation
food security and Zimbabwe
asset adaptation
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Summary:Climate variability and change are projected to continue impacting many of the poor and small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to examine how small-scale farmers in the Gokwe South district of Zimbabwe are building their adaptive capacity and resilience against climate change and achieving food security. Primary data was collected using questionnaires both in structured and semi-structured interviews, and participatory observations through a transect walk for physical observations. The study utilised the participatory climate change asset adaptation appraisal (PCCAA), as a methodological and analytical framework, to explore the different ways in which the small-scale farmers in the Gokwe South district of Zimbabwe are building their adaptive capacity and resilience against climate change. The study also explores the factors that influence small-scale farmers’ adoption of climate change adaptation and food security. The small-scale and rural farmers in Zimbabwe are not passive actors but are actively involved in developing innovative local adaptation strategies using an array of available assets. Findings from this study noted that asset absence or its replacement with the ‘wrong’ mix of assets and asset erosion exacerbated the food insecurity in the Gokwe South district.
ISSN:0021-9096
1745-2538
DOI:10.1177/00219096231158340