标题：Will Adaptation Carry the Future? Questioning the Long-term Capacity of Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies against Climate Change in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe
摘要：Globally, smallholder farmers are adapting to the negative effects of climate change. This paper usessustainability lenses to interrogate the capacity of current adaptation strategies used by smallholder farmers inGwanda District, Zimbabwe. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were held with smallholder farmers,non-governmental organisation representatives, and Agriculture and Extension Services Department (AGRITEX)personnel to understand current adaptation methods used by smallholder farmers and the potential of thosestrategies to continue delivering positive results into the future. The study found out that most adaptation methodscurrently being promoted such as conservation agriculture and small grains have various implementation challengeswhich threaten their sustainability as long-term adaptation methods. Among other recommendations, this paperproposes that more research should be directed at understanding low-cost, labour friendly technologies and strategiesfor use with current adaptation methods in order to reduce the labour strain on ageing rural populations.
关键词：Africa. Global Warming. Long-term. Small-scale Farmers. Sustainable Adaptation
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