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  • Publication | 2022

South Africa Country Climate and Development Report October 2022

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Focus:

Chapter 4.1.2 of the report deals more specifically with the strategy for building resilience in the agricultural and fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

Key recommendations for these sectors are as follows:

For agriculture:

  • Reduce the risk of water stress for farmers.

  • Accelerate security of land tenure among smallholder and emerging.

  • Consider carbon credits for generating revenue for farmers.

  • Further promote cooperation between the public and private sectors.

  • Promote inclusive agricultural insurance programs.

For fisheries and aquaculture:

  • Strengthen the resilience of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. This could include: (i) adopting new adaptive management measures (such as feedback control systems governed by rules); (ii) empowering fishers to participate in decision-making and management processes; (iii) developing early warning systems; and (iv) improving energy infrastructure to maintain diurnal temperature variation of intensive aquaculture production systems.