Adapting Climate Variability: Pumpkins, People, Policy

The research examines how agricultural decision-making and adaptation strategies to climate variability are socially differentiated within a communal irrigation scheme in South Africa's Vhembe District. Findings indicate that community responses to climate stress are heterogeneous, with varying objectives and priorities, necessitating policy interventions that support diverse responses and integrate adaptation measures with local development pathways to ensure sustainability.

• Adaptation strategies to climate variability within the studied community are not uniform; they are socially differentiated and characterized by differing priorities and objectives.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2008). Adapting Climate Variability: Pumpkins, People, Policy. https://www.sei.org/publications/adapting-climate-variability-pumpkins-people-policy/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Adapting Climate Variability: Pumpkins, People, Policy. 2008. https://www.sei.org/publications/adapting-climate-variability-pumpkins-people-policy/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2008adapting, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Adapting Climate Variability: Pumpkins, People, Policy}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2008}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/adapting-climate-variability-pumpkins-people-policy/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }