Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-MarcBahalokwibale, PMBudaza, NwabisaMavundla, SimtholileNohayi, Ngowenani NNortje, KarenBoroto, RJ2019-08-262019-08-262019-08Mwenge Kahinda, J-M et al. 2019. Compendium of community and indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation: Focus on addressing water scarcity in agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/CSIR, 113pp978-92-5-131671-9http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/files/151_water_scarcity/IKS%26CCA-Case_studies_2018.06.12.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/11104Copyright: 2019 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the CSIR. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo).This report makes an inventory of indigenous and community adaptation practices across the world. The inventory was mainly done through literature review, field work and meetings with selected organisations. The case studies documented are categorized in five technologies and practices themes, including: (1) Weather forecasting and early warning systems; (2) Grazing and Livestock management; (3) Soil and Water Management (including cross slope barriers); (4) Water harvesting (and storage practices); (5) Forest Management (as a coping strategy to water scarcity), and; (6) Integrated wetlands and fisheries management. These were then related to the corresponding main agro-ecological zones (AEZ), namely arid, semi-arid, sub-humid, humid, highlands and coastal and wetlands. The AEZ approach was considered as an entry-point to adopting or adapting an existing indigenous strategy to similar areas. Indigenous knowledge provides a crucial foundation for community-based adaptation strategies that sustain the resilience of social-ecological systems at the interconnected local, regional and global scales. In spite of challenges and knowledge gaps, these strategies have the potential of being strengthened through the adoption and adaptation of introduced technology from other communities or modern science. Attention to these strategies is already being paid by several donor-funded organisations, although in an uncoordinated manner. Consequently, this compendium is a first step at providing a comprehensive listing of indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation focussing at addressing water scarcity in agriculture.enAgro-Ecological ZonesClimate ChangeForest ManagementGrazing and Livestock managementIntegrated wetlands and fisheries managementSoil and Water ManagementTraditional Ecological KnowledgeWater harvestingWeather forecasting and early warning systemsBookMwenge Kahinda, J., Bahalokwibale, P., Budaza, N., Mavundla, S., Nohayi, N. N., Nortje, K., & Boroto, R. (2019). <i>Compendium of community and indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation: Focus on addressing water scarcity in agriculture</i>. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11104Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc, PM Bahalokwibale, Nwabisa Budaza, Simtholile Mavundla, Ngowenani N Nohayi, Karen Nortje, and RJ Boroto. <i>Compendium of community and indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation: Focus on addressing water scarcity in agriculture</i>. n.p.: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/CSIR. 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11104.Mwenge Kahinda J, Bahalokwibale P, Budaza N, Mavundla S, Nohayi NN, Nortje K, et al. Compendium of community and indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation: Focus on addressing water scarcity in agriculture. [place unknown]: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/CSIR; 2019.http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11104TY - Book AU - Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc AU - Bahalokwibale, PM AU - Budaza, Nwabisa AU - Mavundla, Simtholile AU - Nohayi, Ngowenani N AU - Nortje, Karen AU - Boroto, RJ AB - This report makes an inventory of indigenous and community adaptation practices across the world. The inventory was mainly done through literature review, field work and meetings with selected organisations. The case studies documented are categorized in five technologies and practices themes, including: (1) Weather forecasting and early warning systems; (2) Grazing and Livestock management; (3) Soil and Water Management (including cross slope barriers); (4) Water harvesting (and storage practices); (5) Forest Management (as a coping strategy to water scarcity), and; (6) Integrated wetlands and fisheries management. These were then related to the corresponding main agro-ecological zones (AEZ), namely arid, semi-arid, sub-humid, humid, highlands and coastal and wetlands. The AEZ approach was considered as an entry-point to adopting or adapting an existing indigenous strategy to similar areas. Indigenous knowledge provides a crucial foundation for community-based adaptation strategies that sustain the resilience of social-ecological systems at the interconnected local, regional and global scales. In spite of challenges and knowledge gaps, these strategies have the potential of being strengthened through the adoption and adaptation of introduced technology from other communities or modern science. Attention to these strategies is already being paid by several donor-funded organisations, although in an uncoordinated manner. 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