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Farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the Breede Valley : Western Cape
Thesis (MAgric)--Stellenbosch University, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/127296 Farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the Breede Valley : Western Cape Naude, Wilhelm Heinrich Jooste, Andre Stellenbosch University. Faculty of AgriSciences. Dept. of Agricultural Economics. Climate Change – Adaptation -- Western Cape (South Africa) Crops and climate -- Western Cape (South Africa) Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Western Cape (South Africa) Climatic changes -- Western Cape (South Africa) UCTD Thesis (MAgric)--Stellenbosch University, 2023. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Klimaatsverandering het beduidende negatiewe impakte, insluitend toenemende omgewingstemperature, verhoogde risiko van droogtes, asook 'n verhoogde frekwensie van hittegolwe en erge vloede. Klimaatsverandering maak dit ook moeiliker om toekomstige weerpatrone te voorspel. Die wereldgemeenskap het die beduidende bedreiging wat klimaatsverandering vir alle lewe op aarde inhou besef, en het daarom die afgelope drie dekades meer aandag gegee aan beleidsaksies oor klimaatsverandering. Verskeie studies het ook tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat klimaatsverandering ’n ernstige bedreiging vir boere in Suid-Afrika is en reeds oesverliese tot gevolg gehad het. Die primere doel van hierdie tesis was om te ondersoek watter waterverwante-beleide boere in die Sentrale Breedevallei die nuttigste ag om by klimaatsverandering aan te pas. In die studie is uitdagings geidentifiseer wat boere tans in die gesig staar om by klimaatsverandering aan te pas en voorkeure vir klimaatsaanpassings-beleidsopsies, geidentifiseer. Variasies in beleidsopsies wat boere verkies is ook verduidelik. Betrokkenheid van belanghebbendes kan 'n belangrike rol speel in suksesvolle aanpassingsopsies en beleide vir klimaatsverandering. Verskeie belanghebbendes is voor die ontwerp van die vraelys ondervra om, onder andere, verskillende beleidsmaatreels van die Nasionale Water Wet van 1998 te identifiseer, deur unieke en waardevolle insigte te verskaf. Die uitkoms van die onderhoude was vier beleidskenmerke, (i) infrastruktuur, (ii) instellings, (iii) ontginning en (iv) besoedeling. Daarbenewens is drie vlakke onder elkeen van die beleidskenmerke geidentifiseer wat vir boere nuttig kan wees om by klimaatsverandering aan te pas. Nege verskillende kombinasies van vrae met 4 vlakke elk is gegenereer om die vraelys saam te stel. Die sneeubalsteekproeftegniek is gebruik om met honderd boere in die Sentrale Breedevallei in gesprek te tree om die vraelys te voltooi. Die ‘Best-Worst Scaling’ (BWS) tegniek en 'n voorwaardelike ‘logit’-model is vir hierdie studie gebruik om boere se voorkeure vir beleidsimplementering te bepaal. Die BWS-tegniek is 'n nuwe benadering wat gebruik word om belanghebbendes se voorkeure in Suid-Afrika te vind. Die vyf sleuteluitdagings wat deur die gesprekke met belanghebbendes geïdentifiseer is, was: (i) staatsinstellings funksioneer nie behoorlik nie, (ii) oneerlike onttrekking van water, (iii) onvoldoende opvolging ten opsigte van watermeters deur die munisipaliteit, (iv) gebrek aan regeringslisensie goedkeuring vir die bou van damme, en (v) onvoldoende staatsondersteuning vir die onderhoud van infrastruktuur. Die resultate van die BWS-tegniek toon dat boere infrastruktuurverbeterings in die area beskou as die opsie met die beste potensiaal om tot meer doeltreffende waterbestuur in die area te lei, en dat verbeterings wat aan besoedeling in die gebied aangebring kan word, die minste potensiaal het om tot meer doeltreffende waterbestuur te lei. Die resultate van die voorwaardelike ‘logit’-model toon dat boere meer daarin belangstel om fisiese infrastruktuurverbeterings te sien, finansiele ondersteuningsmeganismes in waterbesparingstegnologie te bele, en hulle verkies dat die BGCMA by opruimingsaktiwiteite betrokke raak in die geval van besoedeling. Verder verkies boere die uitreiking van boetes op boere wat te veel water onttrek en op boere wat betrokke is by aktiwiteite wat moontlik tot waterbesoedeling kan lei. Laastens verkies boere ook dat die Watergebruikersverenigings (WGV's) verantwoordelik moet wees vir watertoewysing. Om waterbestuursfunksie in die Breedevallei te verbeter om te verseker dat die gebied meer bestand is teen klimaatsverandering, word vier oplossings voorgestel, naamlik: Publiek-Private Vennootskappe (PPP's) om waterinfrastruktuur in stand te hou en te ontwikkel, die ontwikkeling van meer effektiewe maniere om damlisensies toe te ken aan boere, die WGV's/Besproeiingsrade behoort by die besluitnemingsprosesse betrek te word wanneer nuwe water vir toekenning beskikbaar word, en 'n metode moet ontwikkel en geimplementeer word wat die boetestelsel meer funksioneel sal maak. ENGLISH SUMMARY: Climate change has significant negative impacts, including, but not limited to, increasing environmental temperatures, increased risk of droughts to occur, increased frequency of heatwaves, severe floods across the globe and making it more difficult to predict future weather events and patterns. The global community has realized the significant threat that climate change poses to all life on earth, and has therefore been giving more attention to policy actions on climate change for the past three decades. Several studies have also concluded that climate change is a serious threat to farmers in South Africa and has already resulted in crop losses. The primary objective of this thesis was to investigate which policies, related to water management, farmers in the Central Breede Valley consider most useful for adapting to climate change. The study entailed identifying challenges that farmers currently face adapting to climate change, identifying preferences for effective climate adaptation policy options at the aggregate level, and to explain variations in policy options that farmers prefer. Stakeholder involvement can play an important role in successful climate change adaptation options and policies. Several stakeholders were interviewed prior to the design of the questionnaire to, amongst others, identify different policy measures from the National Water Act (NWA) of 1998, by providing unique and valuable insights. The outcome of the interviews were four policy attributes, (i) infrastructure, (ii) institutions, (iii) extraction, and (iv) pollution. In addition, three levels were identified under each one of the policy attributes that could be helpful for farmers to adapt to climate change. Nine different combinations of questions with 4 levels each were generated to constitute the questionnaire. The snowball sampling technique was used to engage with one hundred farmers in the Central Breede Valley to complete the questionnaire. The Best-Worst Scaling (BWS) technique and a conditional logit model was used for this study to determine farmers preferences for policy implementation. The BWS technique is a novel approach used to find stakeholder preferences in South Africa. The five key challenges identified through the discussions with stakeholders were: (i) government institutions do not function properly, (ii) illegal withdrawal of water, (iii) insufficient water meter follow-ups by the municipality, (iv) lack of government license approval for building dams, and (v) insufficient governmental support for water maintenance and infrastructure. The results of the BWS technique show that farmers regard infrastructure improvements in the area as having the best potential to lead to more efficient water management in the area, and that improvements made to pollution in the area has the least potential to lead to more efficient water management in the area. The results of the conditional logit model show that farmers are more interested in seeing physical infrastructure improvements, financial support mechanisms to invest in water saving technologies, and they prefer the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA) to engage in clean-up activities in the event of pollution. Furthermore, farmers prefer the enforcement of penalties on farmers who withdraw too much water, and on farmers that engage in activities potentially leading to water pollution. Finally, farmers also prefer that the Water User Associations (WUAs) should be responsible for water allocation. To enhance the water management function in the Breede Valley to ensure that the area is more resilient to climate change, four solutions are proposed, namely: Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to maintain and develop water infrastructure, development of more effective ways to award dam licenses to farmers, the WUAs/Irrigation Boards (IBs) should be involved in the decision-making processes when new water becomes available for allocation, and a method/processes should be developed and implemented that would make the penalty system more functional. Masters 2023-03-06T16:37:00Z 2023-05-18T07:14:39Z 2023-03-06T16:37:00Z 2023-05-18T07:14:39Z 2023-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/127296 en_ZA Stellenbosch University xii, 66 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, includes annexures application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Climate Change – Adaptation -- Western Cape (South Africa) Crops and climate -- Western Cape (South Africa) Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Western Cape (South Africa) Climatic changes -- Western Cape (South Africa) UCTD Naude, Wilhelm Heinrich Farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the Breede Valley : Western Cape |
| title | Farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the Breede Valley : Western Cape |
| title_full | Farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the Breede Valley : Western Cape |
| title_fullStr | Farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the Breede Valley : Western Cape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the Breede Valley : Western Cape |
| title_short | Farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the Breede Valley : Western Cape |
| title_sort | farmer preferences for climate change adaptation policies in the breede valley western cape |
| topic | Climate Change – Adaptation -- Western Cape (South Africa) Crops and climate -- Western Cape (South Africa) Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Western Cape (South Africa) Climatic changes -- Western Cape (South Africa) UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/127296 |
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