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Matlou, Ringetani, Yonas T. Bahta, Enoch Owusu-Sekyere, and Henry Jordaan. "Impact of Agricultural Drought Resilience on the Welfare of Smallholder Livestock Farming Households in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa." Land 10, no. 6 (2021): 562. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10060562.

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Recurring agricultural droughts are of concern to smallholder livestock farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study determined the impact of agricultural drought resilience on smallholder livestock farming households’ welfare in the Frances Baard District Municipality (FBDM), in Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Interviews, more specifically survey interviews, were conducted with 207 smallholder livestock farmers. We used compensation variation, resilience index and linear regression models to analyse the data. The findings indicate that smallholder farmers who received drought relief supp

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Naumann, G., P. Barbosa, L. Garrote, A. Iglesias, and J. Vogt. "Exploring drought vulnerability in Africa: an indicator based analysis to be used in early warning systems." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18, no. 5 (2014): 1591–604. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1591-2014.

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Abstract. We propose a composite drought vulnerability indicator (DVI) that reflects different aspects of drought vulnerability evaluated at Pan-African level for four components: the renewable natural capital, the economic capacity, the human and civic resources, and the infrastructure and technology. The selection of variables and weights reflects the assumption that a society with institutional capacity and coordination, as well as with mechanisms for public participation, is less vulnerable to drought; furthermore, we consider that agriculture is only one of the many sectors affected by dr

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Naumann, G., P. Barbosa, L. Garrote, A. Iglesias, and J. Vogt. "Exploring drought vulnerability in Africa: an indicator based analysis to inform early warning systems." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 10, no. 10 (2013): 12217–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-10-12217-2013.

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Abstract. Drought vulnerability is a complex concept that includes both biophysical and socio-economic drivers of drought impact that determine capacity to cope with drought. In order to develop an efficient drought early warning system and to be prepared to mitigate upcoming drought events it is important to understand the drought vulnerability of the affected regions. We propose a composite Drought Vulnerability Indicator (DVI) that reflects different aspects of drought vulnerability evaluated at Pan-African level in four components: the renewable natural capital, the economic capacity, the

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Heim, Richard R., and Michael J. Brewer. "The Global Drought Monitor Portal: The Foundation for a Global Drought Information System." Earth Interactions 16, no. 15 (2012): 1–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2012ei000446.1.

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Abstract The international scientific community has long recognized the need for coordinated drought monitoring and response, but many factors have prevented progress in the development of a Global Drought Early Warning System (GDEWS): some of which involve administrative issues (coordinated international action and policy) while others involve scientific, technological, and logistical issues. The creation of the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Portal within the United States provided an opportunity to take the first steps toward building the informational foundation for

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Ngqwala, Nosiphiwe P., C. Sunitha Srinivas, Roman Tandlich, Desmond M. Pyle, and Rene Oosthuizen. "Participatory Multi-Stakeholder Platforms in Disaster Management in South Africa." Journal of Disaster Research 12, no. 6 (2017): 1192–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2017.p1192.

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South Africa is a country that is prone to droughts, earthquakes and other disasters. In this environment, non-governmental stakeholders often provide a substantial part of the relief in affected areas. Non-governmental stakeholders have the experience needed to address the various disaster management challenges currently facing South Africa. This is especially true in the context of local disasters. Therefore an attempt is made in this report to investigate the relevant legal framework, which allows for the formalization of the involvement of non-governmental stakeholders in official disaster

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Russo, V., A. E. Strever, and H. J. Ponstein. "Exploring sustainability potentials in vineyards through LCA? Evidence from farming practices in South Africa." International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 26, no. 7 (2021): 1374–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11367-021-01911-3.

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Abstract Purpose Following the urgency to curb environmental impacts across all sectors globally, this is the first life cycle assessment of different wine grape farming practices suitable for commercial conventional production in South Africa, aiming at better understanding the potentials to reduce adverse effects on the environment and on human health. Methods An attributional life cycle assessment was conducted on eight different scenarios that reduce the inputs of herbicides and insecticides compared against a business as usual (BAU) scenario. We assess several impact categories based on R

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Bento, Virgílio, Isabel Trigo, Célia Gouveia, and Carlos DaCamara. "Contribution of Land Surface Temperature (TCI) to Vegetation Health Index: A Comparative Study Using Clear Sky and All-Weather Climate Data Records." Remote Sensing 10, no. 9 (2018): 1324. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs10091324.

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The Vegetation Health Index (VHI) is widely used for monitoring drought using satellite data. VHI depends on vegetation state and thermal stress, respectively assessed via (i) the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) that usually relies on information from the visible and near infra-red parts of the spectrum (in the form of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDVI); and (ii) the Thermal Condition Index (TCI), based on top of atmosphere thermal infrared (TIR) brightness temperature or on TIR-derived Land Surface Temperature (LST). VHI is then estimated as a weighted average of VCI and TCI. Howe

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Sholeye, Yusuf, and Amal Madibbo. "Religious Humanitarianism and the Evolution of Sudan People’s Liberation Army (1990-2005)." Political Crossroads 24, no. 1 (2020): 23–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.7459/pc/24.1.03.

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During the Cold War, military and economic tensions between the US and the Soviet Union shaped the process of war in conflict regions in different parts of the world. The end of the Cold War in the early 1990s reshaped the balance of power in global politics, as new actors appeared on the global scene and global foreign policy shifted to mediating and providing humanitarian assistance in conflict regions zones. Humanitarianism became the method of conflict resolution, which provided humanitarian organizations, especially the religious ones among them, with the opportunity to have more influenc

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du Pisani, L. G., H. J. Fouché, and J. C. Venter. "Assessing rangeland drought in South Africa." Agricultural Systems 57, no. 3 (1998): 367–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0308-521x(98)00024-9.

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Botai, Joel, Christina Botai, Jaco de Wit, Masinde Muthoni, and Abiodun Adeola. "Analysis of Drought Progression Physiognomies in South Africa." Water 11, no. 2 (2019): 299. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11020299.

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The spatial-temporal variability of drought characteristics and propagation mechanisms in the hydrological cycle is a pertinent topic to policymakers and to the diverse scientific community. This study reports on the analysis of drought characteristics and propagation patterns in the hydrological cycle over South Africa. In particular, the analysis considered daily precipitation and streamflow data spanning from 1985 to 2016, recorded from 74 weather stations, distributed across South Africa and covering the country’s 19 Water Management Areas (WMAs). The results show that all the WMAs experie

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Kabanda, Tibangayuka A. "Geographical Variability of Drought in Northern South Africa." Journal of Geography and Geology 9, no. 1 (2017): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v9n1p53.

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This study focuses on the geographical variation of drought in northern South Africa (hereafter NSA). It assesses seasonal rainfall characteristics to determine drought occurrence and persistence in NSA. Seasonal rainfall data for the period 1960-2009 is used and was obtained from the South Africa Weather Service (SAWS). Rainfall stations in NSA are well distributed, forming a dense network of point-source data samples. Standardised Precipitation Indices (SPIs) are employed to detect drought occurrence and intensity at different locations. Analysis of SPIs with respect to time suggests that th

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Dyer, J. A. "A Canadian Approach To Drought Monitoring For Famine Relief in Africa." Water International 14, no. 4 (1989): 198–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508068908692107.

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Ballard, Charles. "Drought and Economic Distress: South Africa in the 1800s." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 17, no. 2 (1986): 359. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/204770.

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ROBERTS, L. C., L. S. VAN HELDEN, C. A. FOX, F. FIFF, and D. J. VISSER. "Provincial Veterinary Services respond to drought in South Africa." Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE 39, no. 2 (2020): 407–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.20506/rst.39.2.3092.

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Mdungela, Nomalanga M., Yonas T. Bahta, and Andries J. Jordaan. "Indicators for economic vulnerability to drought in South Africa." Development in Practice 27, no. 8 (2017): 1050–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2017.1361384.

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Botai, Christina, Joel Botai, Jaco de Wit, Katlego Ncongwane, and Abiodun Adeola. "Drought Characteristics over the Western Cape Province, South Africa." Water 9, no. 11 (2017): 876. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w9110876.

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Ssebagala, Ralph Abbey. "Relieving Consumer Overindebtedness in South Africa: Policy Reviews and Recommendations." Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning 28, no. 2 (2017): 235–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1052-3073.28.2.235.

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A large fraction of South African consumers are highly leveraged, inadequately insured, and/or own little to no assets of value, which increases their exposure not only to idiosyncratic risk but also to severe indebtedness and/or default. This scenario can present negative ramifications that lead well beyond the confines of individual households. Thankfully, it can also be remedied by well-tailored legal debt relief mechanisms. This article reflects on the uncertainties surrounding the consumer debt relief framework of the National Credit Act in an attempt to show why it is not up to the chall

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Freeman, Scott, Jon Bates, Cindy Wallis-Lage, and John McEvoy. "Drought relief in South East, Queensland, Australia, provided by membrane-reclaimed water." Journal - American Water Works Association 100, no. 2 (2008): 40–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1551-8833.2008.tb08141.x.

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Orimoloye, Israel Ropo, Leocadia Zhou, and Ahmed M. Kalumba. "Drought Disaster Risk Adaptation through Ecosystem Services-Based Solutions: Way Forward for South Africa." Sustainability 13, no. 8 (2021): 4132. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13084132.

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Ecosystem services refer to the direct and indirect benefits to humanity from an ecosystem. The ability to spatially incorporate multiple biophysical environments is crucial to ecosystem services, thus promoting cooperation between science and policy in seeking solutions to global challenges, including drought disasters. Therefore, understanding ecosystem services, for instance, from forest/vegetation in view of contributing to drought disaster risk adaptation is critical to human-nature interactions and proper sustainable conservation thereof. No known study has been done on ecosystem service

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Bahta, Y. T., A. Jordaan, and F. Muyambo. "Communal farmers' perception of drought in South Africa: Policy implication for drought risk reduction." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 20 (December 2016): 39–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.10.007.

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Xulu, Peerbhay, Gebreslasie, and Ismail. "Unsupervised Clustering of Forest Response to Drought Stress in Zululand Region, South Africa." Forests 10, no. 7 (2019): 531. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f10070531.

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Drought limits the production of plantation forests, notably in the drought-prone Zululand region of South Africa. During the last 40 years, the country has faced a series of severe droughts, however that of 2015 stands out as the most extreme and prolonged. The 2015 drought impaired forest productivity and led to widespread tree mortality in this region, but the identification of tree response to drought stress remains uncertain because of its spatial variability. To address this problem, a method that can capture drought patterns and identify trees with similar reactions to drought stress is

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Turton, Anthony. "South Africa and the drought that exposed a young democracy." Water Policy 18, S2 (2016): 210–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2016.020.

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South Africa is a young democracy currently going through a crisis of leadership. The worst drought in recorded history has played out at regional level but against the backdrop of complex political dynamics. The government has lost significant capacity at the technical level, largely the result of political priorities driven by the need to decolonise society and the institutions of higher learning. This has manifest in the water sector as systemic failures of key instrumentation systems, rendering the El Niño event invisible until it hit. This case study of the El Niño event shows that drough

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Phiri, Darius, Pierre Ackerman, Brand Wessels, et al. "Biomass equations for selected drought-tolerant eucalypts in South Africa." Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science 77, no. 4 (2015): 255–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/20702620.2015.1055542.

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Makaya, Eugine, Melanie Rohse, Rosie Day, et al. "Water governance challenges in rural South Africa: exploring institutional coordination in drought management." Water Policy 22, no. 4 (2020): 519–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2020.234.

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Abstract Droughts have severe direct impacts on the livelihoods of rural populations. Thus, the management of water for communal agriculture and water supply should be well coordinated to enhance drought resilience. Notwithstanding the interrelations among water management institutions in South Africa, there are complexities in the way these institutions work together, both in preparation for, and during drought times. In this article, we examine the governance of water resources in South Africa with a view to understanding institutional coordination in drought management at different operatio

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Myeki, Vuyiseka A., and Yonas T. Bahta. "Determinants of Smallholder Livestock Farmers’ Household Resilience to Food Insecurity in South Africa." Climate 9, no. 7 (2021): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli9070117.

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This study identified factors affecting livestock farmers’ agricultural drought resilience to food insecurity in Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Data of 217 smallholder livestock farmers were used in a principal component analysis to estimate the agricultural drought resilience index. The structural equation approach was then applied to assess smallholder livestock farmers’ resilience to food insecurity. The study found that most smallholder livestock farmers (81%) were not resilient to agricultural drought. Assets (β = 0.150), social safety nets (β = 0.001), and adaptive capacity (β = 0

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Baudoin, Marie-Ange, Coleen Vogel, Kirsty Nortje, and Myra Naik. "Living with drought in South Africa: lessons learnt from the recent El Niño drought period." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 23 (August 2017): 128–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.005.

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Botai, Christina M., Joel O. Botai, Abiodun M. Adeola, Jaco P. de Wit, Katlego P. Ncongwane, and Nosipho N. Zwane. "Drought Risk Analysis in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: The Copula Lens." Water 12, no. 7 (2020): 1938. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12071938.

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This research study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of drought based on the joint distribution of two dependent variables, the duration and severity, in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The drought variables were computed from the Standardized Precipitation Index for 6- and 12-month accumulation period (hereafter SPI-6 and SPI-12) time series calculated from the monthly rainfall data spanning the last five decades. In this context, the characteristics of climatological drought duration and severity were based on multivariate copula analysis. Five copula functions (fr

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Vogel, Coleen, Ingrid Koch, and Koos Van Zyl. "“A Persistent Truth”—Reflections on Drought Risk Management in Southern Africa." Weather, Climate, and Society 2, no. 1 (2010): 9–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2009wcas1017.1.

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Abstract Severe droughts in southern Africa are associated with livelihood impacts, a strain on local economies, and other hardships. Extensive effort has been spent in the past trying to improve responses to periods of extensive drought. There have also been renewed calls for improvements to climate change adaptation by adopting more proactive governance and disaster risk reduction approaches. Few efforts, however, have been made to assess how to learn more from past drought efforts so as to enhance overall resilience to future drought risks. Few have examined the role and contributions of in

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Mare, Frikkie, Yonas T. Bahta, and Walter Van Niekerk. "The impact of drought on commercial livestock farmers in South Africa." Development in Practice 28, no. 7 (2018): 884–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1493091.

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Nangombe, Shingirai, Tianjun Zhou, Lixia Zhang, and Wenxia Zhang. "Attribution Of The 2018 October–December Drought Over South Southern Africa." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 101, no. 1 (2020): S135—S140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-19-0179.1.

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Vogel, Coleen, and David Olivier. "Re-imagining the potential of effective drought responses in South Africa." Regional Environmental Change 19, no. 6 (2018): 1561–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1389-4.

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Araujo, Julio A., Babatunde J. Abiodun, and Olivier Crespo. "Impacts of drought on grape yields in Western Cape, South Africa." Theoretical and Applied Climatology 123, no. 1-2 (2014): 117–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-014-1336-3.

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Orimoloye, I. R., O. O. Ololade, S. P. Mazinyo, et al. "Spatial assessment of drought severity in Cape Town area, South Africa." Heliyon 5, no. 7 (2019): e02148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02148.

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Coetzee, Liza (ESM), Hanneke Du Preez, and Aideen Maher. "The Case For Tax Relief On Private Security Expenditures In South Africa." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 13, no. 2 (2014): 419. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v13i2.8458.

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Like other countries in transitional democracies, South Africa is experiencing high levels of crime since its first democratic election in 1994. About 83 percent of South Africans believe that the South African Police Service is corrupt and citizens are losing faith in the government to protect them as promised in the Constitution. As a result citizens are paying a large portion of their disposable income on security expenses to protect themselves and their property. Currently no tax relief is available for non-trade related security expenditure, as stated by the South African Revenue Services

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Edossa, Desalegn C., Yali E. Woyessa, and Worku A. Welderufael. "Analysis of Droughts in the Central Region of South Africa and Their Association with SST Anomalies." International Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 2014 (December 25, 2014): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/508953.

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The objective of this study was to characterise meteorological droughts in the Central Region of South Africa using Standardised Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and to examine if there is a relationship between drought and El Niño events. The SPEI was used to quantify the precipitation deficit over time and space across the catchment for the time-scales that are important for planning and management of water resources. Based on 12-month time-scale, the total number of drought events identified in the area using SPEI ranged between 13 and 20 during the period of analysis (1952–199

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Nembilwi, Ndamulelo, Hector Chikoore, Edmore Kori, Rendani B. Munyai, and Tshilidzi C. Manyanya. "The Occurrence of Drought in Mopani District Municipality, South Africa: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation." Climate 9, no. 4 (2021): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli9040061.

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Mopani District Municipality in the northeast of South Africa is largely semi-arid and frequently affected by meteorological droughts. The recent 2015/16 event had devastating impacts on water levels, crop yields, livestock herds and rural livelihoods. We investigated the nature of the drought hazard; its impacts, including vulnerability of rural communities in Mopani District and adaptation strategies they have employed to cope with drought. A mixed methods approach with both quantitative and qualitative datasets was used. The district was divided into two distinct climatic areas: the drier e

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Mussá, F. E. F., Y. Zhou, S. Maskey, I. Masih, and S. Uhlenbrook. "Groundwater as an emergency source for drought mitigation in the Crocodile River catchment, South Africa." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 11, no. 3 (2014): 2719–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-11-2719-2014.

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Abstract. Global climate change has received much attention worldwide in the scientific as well as in the political community, indicating that changes in precipitation, extreme droughts and floods may threaten increasingly many regions. Drought is a natural phenomenon that may cause social, economical and environmental damages to the society. In this study, we assess the drought intensity and severity and the groundwater potential to be used as a supplement source of water to mitigate drought impacts in the Crocodile River catchment, a water-stressed sub-catchment of the Incomati River catchme

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Adisa, Omolola M., Muthoni Masinde, and Joel O. Botai. "Assessment of the Dissimilarities of EDI and SPI Measures for Drought Determination in South Africa." Water 13, no. 1 (2021): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13010082.

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This study examines the (dis)similarity of two commonly used indices Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) computed over accumulation periods 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month (hereafter SPI-1, SPI-3, SPI-6, and SPI-12, respectively) and Effective Drought Index (EDI). The analysis is based on two drought monitoring indicators (derived from SPI and EDI), namely, the Drought Duration (DD) and Drought Severity (DS) across the 93 South African Weather Service’s delineated rainfall districts over South Africa from 1980 to 2019. In the study, the Pearson correlation coefficient dissimilarity

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Mussá, F. E. F., Y. Zhou, S. Maskey, I. Masih, and S. Uhlenbrook. "Groundwater as an emergency source for drought mitigation in the Crocodile River catchment, South Africa." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19, no. 2 (2015): 1093–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1093-2015.

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Abstract. Global climate change has received much attention worldwide in the scientific as well as in the political community, indicating that changes in precipitation, extreme droughts and floods may increasingly threaten many regions. Drought is a natural phenomenon that causes social, economical and environmental damage to society. In this study, we assess the drought intensity and severity and the groundwater potential to be used as a supplementary source of water to mitigate drought impacts in the Crocodile River catchment, a water-stressed sub-catchment of the Incomati River catchment in

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Liu, Wenbin, Fubao Sun, Wee Ho Lim, et al. "Global drought and severe drought-affected populations in 1.5 and 2 °C warmer worlds." Earth System Dynamics 9, no. 1 (2018): 267–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-267-2018.

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Abstract. The 2015 Paris Agreement proposed a more ambitious climate change mitigation target on limiting global warming to 1.5 ∘C instead of 2 ∘C above preindustrial levels. Scientific investigations on environmental risks associated with these warming targets are necessary to inform climate policymaking. Based on the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) climate models, we present the first risk-based assessment of changes in global drought and the impact of severe drought on populations from additional 1.5 and 2 ∘C warming conditions. Our results highlight the risk of drough

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Ndlovu, Minenhle Siphesihle, and Molla Demlie. "Assessment of Meteorological Drought and Wet Conditions Using Two Drought Indices Across KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa." Atmosphere 11, no. 6 (2020): 623. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060623.

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South Africa has been experiencing a series of droughts for the last few years, limiting the availability of water supply in reservoirs and impacting many sectors of the economy. These droughts have affected even the wetter eastern provinces including KwaZulu-Natal. This paper presents the results of analyses and assessment of meteorological drought across KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province of South Africa using two drought indices. The main objective of the study is to understand the changes in rainfall patterns for a period of 48 years (i.e., 1970 to 2017) and identify wet and dry years. The perce

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Meza, Isabel, Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Stefan Siebert, et al. "Drought risk for agricultural systems in South Africa: Drivers, spatial patterns, and implications for drought risk management." Science of The Total Environment 799 (December 2021): 149505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149505.

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Zhang, Lei, Wei Song, and Wen Song. "Assessment of Agricultural Drought Risk in the Lancang-Mekong Region, South East Asia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17 (2020): 6153. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176153.

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Natural disasters worldwide regularly impact on human activities. As a frequently occurring natural disaster, drought has adverse impacts on agricultural production. The Lancang-Mekong River is a transnational river running through China and five Southeast Asian countries and it is a vital water resource for irrigation in the region. Drought in the Lancang-Mekong Region (LMR) has occurred frequently in recent years. Assessing the risk of drought in the region is essential for rational planning of agricultural production and formulation of drought relief measures. In this study, an assessment o

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Tan, Ömer Faruk. "Mutual Fund Performance: Evidence From South Africa." EMAJ: Emerging Markets Journal 5, no. 2 (2015): 49–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/emaj.2015.83.

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This paper aims to evaluate the performance of South African equity funds between January 2009 and November 2014. This study period overlaps with the study period of quantitative easing during which developing economies in financial markets have been influenced severely. Thanks to the increase in the money supply directed towards the capital markets, a relief was experienced in related markets following the crisis period. During this 5-year 10-month period, in which the relevant quantitative easing continued, Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) yielded approximately %16 compounded on average, pe

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Vetter, S., VL Goodall, and R. Alcock. "Effect of drought on communal livestock farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." African Journal of Range & Forage Science 37, no. 1 (2020): 93–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2020.1738552.

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Huffman, T. N., and S. Woodborne. "Cultural proxies for drought in the Iron Age of South-eastern Africa." Quaternary International 404 (June 2016): 191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.148.

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O'Meagher, B., L. G. du Pisani, and D. H. White. "Evolution of drought policy and related science in Australia and South Africa." Agricultural Systems 57, no. 3 (1998): 231–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0308-521x(98)00017-1.

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Omolola M. ADISA, Joel O. BOTAI, Abiodun M. ADEOLA, et al. "Analysis of drought conditions over major maize producing provinces of South Africa." Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 75, no. 4 (2019): 173–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2480/agrmet.d-18-00049.

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Xulu, Sifiso, Kabir Peerbhay, Michael Gebreslasie, and Riyad Ismail. "Drought Influence on Forest Plantations in Zululand, South Africa, Using MODIS Time Series and Climate Data." Forests 9, no. 9 (2018): 528. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f9090528.

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South Africa has a long history of recurrent droughts that have adversely affected its economic performance. The recent 2015 drought has been declared the most serious in 26 years and impaired key agricultural sectors including the forestry sector. Research on the forests’ responses to drought is therefore essential for management planning and monitoring. The effects of the latest drought on the forests in South Africa have not been studied and are uncertain. The study reported here addresses this gap by using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived normalized difference

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Theron, Linda, Motlalepule Ruth Mampane, Liesel Ebersöhn, and Angie Hart. "Youth Resilience to Drought: Learning from a Group of South African Adolescents." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21 (2020): 7896. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217896.

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Exposure to drought is on the increase, also in sub-Saharan Africa. Even so, little attention has been paid to what supports youth resilience to the stressors associated with drought. In response, this article reports a secondary analysis of qualitative data generated in a phenomenological study with 25 South African adolescents (average age 15.6; majority Sepedi-speaking) from a drought-impacted and structurally disadvantaged community. The thematic findings show the importance of personal, relational, and structural resources that fit with youths’ sociocultural context. Essentially, proactiv

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