Understanding Farmers' Perceptions and Adaptations to Climate Change and Variability

‘Understanding Farmers' Perceptions and Adaptations to Climate Change and Variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa’ outlines how climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts in South Africa. The report states that rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of natural resources, are likely to bear the brunt of adverse impacts. The research uses a “bottom-up” approach to gain insights from the farmers themselves based on a farm household survey collected from 794 households in the Limpopo River Basin of South Africa for the farming season 2004–2005.

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