In recent months five provinces namely Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State, North West and Kwazulu Natal have been declared as disaster areas due to the current drought. The situation has thrown the country into pandemonium as the water scarcity debate has taken centre stage with every sector looking for ways of conserving water.

Drought is a major challenge in the Limpopo River basin, having an effect on and, affecting availability and distribution of water for agriculture, industry and other major water uses. Meteorological drought is a reduction in rainfall compared with …

2022年12月7日 · This paper evaluates drought patterns in Limpopo at two representative sites. We studied how drought patterns are projected to change under future climatic conditions as an important step in identifying adaptation measures (e.g., breeding maize ideotypes resilient to future conditions).

2016年11月6日 · Results indicate that farmers are aware that Limpopo province is getting warmer and drier with increased frequency of droughts, changes in the timing of rains, observed trends of temperature and...

2019年6月25日 · The effects of drought result in high food prices, contribute to food insecurity and a negative impact on the economy of an area. Maponya and Mpandeli also reported that consequences of drought in Limpopo province include reduced grazing and water for livestock and irrigation and hence resulting in food scarcity. The latter study noted that ...

2016年1月1日 · A spatial analysis of drought characteristics in the Limpopo basin is undertaken to evaluate its regional implications to water management challenges. In this study, drought duration,...

Drought is a common phenomenon in the Limpopo River basin. In essence, droughts are long–term hydro-meteorological events affecting vast regions and causing significant non-structural damages. In the interest of riparian states' joint integrated water resources development and management of the Limpopo basin, inter regional drought severity ...

2013年12月31日 · Drought is a common phenomenon in the Limpopo River basin. In essence, droughts are long-term hydro-meteorological events affecting vast regions and causing significant non-structural damages.

The drought of 1991–92 was the most severe in recent history, affecting the entire southern Africa region including the Limpopo River basin. Although there are strong indications that drought occurs cyclically in southern Africa, it is

However, almost every year there is some subnational area affected by drought somewhere in the southern Africa region, and usually somewhere within the Limpopo River Basin (SADC, 1999). Drought is a chronic problem in southern Africa and has a major impact on rural livelihoods with the effects lingering long after the actual event.