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Climate-smart livelihood strategies in rural and urban communities in eastern Zimbabwe: an in-depth literature study
South African Geographical Journal ( IF 1.662 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-28 , DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2020.1835701
William Muzorewa 1 , Munyaradzi Chitakira 2
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ABSTRACT

Implementation of climate-smart livelihood strategies in communities is central to reducing impacts of climate shocks. Although the communities are vulnerable to climate variability, the magnitude of vulnerability depends on the choice of livelihood strategies being implemented. This paper applied a realist synthesis method to evaluate peer-reviewed literature on climate-smart livelihood strategies pursued in southern Africa in general and eastern Zimbabwe in particular. A holistic analysis of all climate variables was applied to adequately assess rural and urban communities’ adaptive strategies at micro-level. Accordingly, this review gave a nuanced analysis of vulnerability that frames the context in which communities’ livelihoods are affected by the increasing climate variability and extreme events. The review highlighted agriculture that involves forestry, crop and livestock farming as the predominant livelihoods in rural communities while crop farming and petty business dominates the informal economy as the core livelihoods in urban communities. Literature established the transformation of agriculture to climate smart practices that increase productivity and enhance the resilience of livelihoods. However, climate smart agriculture practices are not entirely new concepts. Most communities have always engaged in a variety of unorthodox farming methods to combat the impacts of climate variability and induced food insecurity. Given the right financial, technical and policy support, the communities are capable of constructing climate-smart livelihood strategies that are context specific. Fundamentally, the paper recommends that public and private institutions should develop capabilities to assess the impacts of climate related scenarios on vulnerable social groups to empower them to formulate bankable livelihood projects.



中文翻译:

津巴布韦东部农村和城市社区的气候智能型生计战略:深入的文献研究

摘要

在社区中实施气候智能型生计战略对于减少气候冲击的影响至关重要。尽管社区易受气候变化的影响,但脆弱性的程度取决于正在实施的生计战略的选择。本文采用现实主义的综合方法来评估同行评议的关于南部非洲,特别是津巴布韦东部地区采取的气候智能型生计战略的文献。对所有气候变量进行整体分析,以在微观层面充分评估农村和城市社区的适应战略。因此,本次审查对脆弱性进行了细致入微的分析,从而构建了社区生计受到日益增加的气候变率和极端事件影响的背景。审查强调了涉及林业、作物和畜牧业的农业是农村社区的主要生计,而作物种植和小企业则在非正规经济中占主导地位,是城市社区的核心生计。文献确立了农业向气候智能型实践的转变,以提高生产力并增强生计的复原力。然而,气候智能型农业实践并不是全新的概念。大多数社区一直采用各种非正统的耕作方法来应对气候变化和诱发粮食不安全的影响。如果获得适当的资金、技术和政策支持,社区能够构建针对具体情况的气候智能型生计战略。从根本上说,

更新日期:2020-10-28
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