Nexus between Social Vulnerability and Resilience to Agricultural Drought amongst South African Smallholder Livestock Households

Livestock farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on rain-fed agriculture, which exposes them to the risks of agricultural drought. Agricultural drought has become a significant threat extreme mortality livestock, thus negatively impacting social vulnerability and household resilience events. Researchers rarely empirically assess connection between resilience, are highly related concepts. By measuring connecting concepts closely disasters such as drought, this article makes contribution body disaster literature. The study aimed examine relationship smallholder livestock farming households’ their A survey 217 was conducted. Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), Drought Resilience (ADRI), Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used for data analysis. identified vulnerability, indicating that more susceptible harm lack means rebound effectively. Unsurprisingly, majority resource-poor (79%) safety nets during droughts. They less resilient vulnerable households, leading vulnerability. This provides input/guidance identify households with high threats capabilities recouping adopting after experiencing an Additionally, looking at droughts could provide way pinpoint at-risk areas, assisting emergency planners directing resources intervention programs those areas where assistance is most likely be needed implies thorough policy need tailored toward reducing damage or finding path recovery.