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South Africa
Community Research Assistants
In order to optimise
the impact of the WADE project and to provide benefits to the local
communities in the study areas, two community research assistants (CRAs)
will be employed by the WADE partners, one each at Rooifontein &
Buffelsrivier.
The main tasks of
the CRAs will be to:
Assist the
researchers with fieldwork in the area,
Maintain the monitoring instrumentation and periodically download
hydrological data
Communicate between the researchers and the community.
Community meeting at Rooifontein, November 2004.
Gender
and poverty alleviation & Integrated water management in the
communities. Key research themes:
To
understand the complex adaptive systems and the links to climate
variability, water resource management and health, particularly in
relation to women in the villages of Rooifontein and Komaggas.
To understand the dynamics of development in
relation to community gardens in each of the study sites. Both villages
have had failed garden projects in the recent past. This research will
seek to understand the reasons for failure and suggest solutions.
To investigate how livestock farmers use water
resources for agricultural purposes, and how these water resources are
managed (informally on the part of farmers, and formally at local a
municipal level) in relation to the settlements of Komaggas and
Rooifontein. This will involve three components:
A review of formal
water management systems, policies and practices at the level of the
municipality and if relevant at the level of Rooifontein and Komaggas.
An
assessment of water infrastructure on the Komaggas/Rooifontein commons and
on the new commonage farms recently added to these communal areas under
the land reform programme.
Assessment of the needs of livestock farmers in
Kamassies/Rooifontein in relation to agricultural water needs.
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