What type of study is this?

This is a Mixed-Methods study (also classified as: Qualitative Study).

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the impacts of drought and floods on water availability and productivity in smallholder agriculture.

December 21, 2025Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community StudiesOpen Access

Drought and flood impacts on agricultural water availability in smallholder farms in the Overberg District, Western Cape Province, South Africa

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PMPitso Hemly MashileCape Peninsula University of Technology ESEvans ShokoCape Peninsula University of Technology BNBongani NcubeCape Peninsula University of Technology

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Implication

Mixed-methods approach shows drought reduces water availability, impacting agricultural productivity in smallholder farms, highlighting need for support.

Key Points

To examine the impacts of drought and floods on water availability and productivity in smallholder agriculture.
Concurrent mixed-methods approach
Survey of 100 smallholder farmers
Focus group discussions with 37 smallholder farmers
Semi-structured interviews with 13 key informants
Drought (33.1%) and floods (29.1%) reduced water access in smallholder agriculture.
Droughts dried up water sources and floods damaged infrastructure, affecting production.
57% of farmers lacked coping strategies and 37% had no adaptation strategies.

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Mashile et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69473b64db9c958d0dfca80d https://doi.org/10.38140/ijrcs-2024.vol7.2.06

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Mixed-methods approach shows drought reduces water availability, impacting agricultural productivity in smallholder farms, highlighting need for support.

Drought and flood impacts on agricultural water availability in smallholder farms in the Overberg District, Western Cape Province, South Africa

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Drought and flood impacts on agricultural water availability in smallholder farms in the Overberg District, Western Cape Province, South Africa

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