Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is largely dependent on local hydrology and as such climate change impacts leading to reduced waterflow through river catchments pose significant threats to food production and food security. There is an urgent need to assess the current impacts of climate change on river catchments in South Africa which are believed to have reduced significantly in recent years. In this project, the current climate change impacts on streamflow elasticity of two river catchments will be assessed. Further, the likely impacts of two future climate models (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) will be determined to predict future reductions in these catchments. The project will allow the areas most at risk of reduced water availability to be predicted and mitigation actions to be developed.
MSc Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Graduate site
