Nexus between summer climate variability and household food security in rural Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Ongoing climate changes are likely to impact household food security in rural households that depend on rainfed subsistence agriculture. This paper investigates the relationship between summer climate variability and household food security in rural Mpumalanga, South Africa. We used a household panel data set nested in the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System, together with rainfall and temperature data for the summer periods 2006-07 to 2018-19 from three weather stations that surround the study area. We quantified the variability of rainfall using coefficient of variation and the standardized rainfall anomaly index, while temperature variability was reflected by the standardised temperature anomaly. In addition, the Mann-Kendall analysis was applied to detect tempora

SUBMITTER: Rusere F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11189653 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature