Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe
The provision of resilience and adaptation to climate change to smallholder irrigation communities is a critical component in implementing common pool resource management. Institutions in many smallholder irrigation schemes in developing countries are diverse and have potential to contribute to buil...
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| author | Liboster Mwadzingeni Raymond Mugandani Paramu L Mafongoya |
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| description | The provision of resilience and adaptation to climate change to smallholder irrigation communities is a critical component in implementing common pool resource management. Institutions in many smallholder irrigation schemes in developing countries are diverse and have potential to contribute to building climate resilience and improving livelihoods of smallholder irrigator. Human behaviour, institutional capacity and culture play important roles in shaping adaptive capacity of communities to climate change. Although much is known about how these contribute to this adaptive capacity, research focusing on their interaction is limited. In order to close this the gap, this study seeks to explore how socio-demographic, governance and institutional factors influence adaptive capacity in Exchange, Insukamini and Ruchanyu irrigation schemes. Questionnaire-based interviews, group discussions and key informant interviews were used for data collection. Adaptive capacity calculated using the livelihood vulnerability model was used as the dependent variable for this study. Ordinary least square regression was used to assess socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity in the smallholder irrigation scheme. The study reveals that adaptive capacity is influenced by age, gender, education, land tenure security, irrigation committee satisfaction, cooperatives, and interaction of factors. The link between age and gender were negatively moderated by awareness of irrigation policies, access to credit and land tenure security. Assessing factors influencing adaptive capacity help to improve the livelihoods of scheme farmers in the face of climate change. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-52862022-12-15T08:37:28Z Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe Liboster Mwadzingeni Raymond Mugandani Paramu L Mafongoya School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Department of Land and Water Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Management, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe. Department of Land and Water Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Management, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe. Adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators Climate change Human behaviour Institutional capacity Zimbabwe The provision of resilience and adaptation to climate change to smallholder irrigation communities is a critical component in implementing common pool resource management. Institutions in many smallholder irrigation schemes in developing countries are diverse and have potential to contribute to building climate resilience and improving livelihoods of smallholder irrigator. Human behaviour, institutional capacity and culture play important roles in shaping adaptive capacity of communities to climate change. Although much is known about how these contribute to this adaptive capacity, research focusing on their interaction is limited. In order to close this the gap, this study seeks to explore how socio-demographic, governance and institutional factors influence adaptive capacity in Exchange, Insukamini and Ruchanyu irrigation schemes. Questionnaire-based interviews, group discussions and key informant interviews were used for data collection. Adaptive capacity calculated using the livelihood vulnerability model was used as the dependent variable for this study. Ordinary least square regression was used to assess socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity in the smallholder irrigation scheme. The study reveals that adaptive capacity is influenced by age, gender, education, land tenure security, irrigation committee satisfaction, cooperatives, and interaction of factors. The link between age and gender were negatively moderated by awareness of irrigation policies, access to credit and land tenure security. Assessing factors influencing adaptive capacity help to improve the livelihoods of scheme farmers in the face of climate change. 17 8 1 21 2022-12-15T08:37:28Z 2022-12-15T08:37:28Z 2022-08-29 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5286 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273648 en #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) PLoS One . 1932-6203 (86893) open Public Library of Science |
| spellingShingle | Adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators Climate change Human behaviour Institutional capacity Zimbabwe Liboster Mwadzingeni Raymond Mugandani Paramu L Mafongoya Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe |
| title | Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in zimbabwe |
| topic | Adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators Climate change Human behaviour Institutional capacity Zimbabwe |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5286 |
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