Development of scenarios for future agricultural water management in South Africa

Abstract

The challenges of feeding South Africa’s growing population in a climate-altered, resource constrained future are substantial. The sustained availability of sufficient and clean freshwater presents one of the greatest risks to South Africa, and the global economy at large. This project developed scenarios for future agricultural water management taken into consideration the vulnerability and capacity of society, government and all stakeholders to deal with future water-related hazards. This was achieved through identification of forces that drives scenarios and quantifying the effects of those forces on future agricultural water management.

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