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Mr. Omamuyovwi Gbejewoh
Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

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0 food system
0 Sustainable vineyard management
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Mr Omamuyovwi Gbejewoh is an MSc student in the Sustainable Agriculture program in the Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University. He obtained his B.Agric degree in Agriculture (Soil Science) from the University of Benin, Nigeria, in January 2015. He published papers from his previous research that entailed assessing the micronutrient status in soils from Southern Nigeria. Currently, he is working on evaluating the sustainability of grape and wine production to find out the true sustainability of grape and wine production in South Africa.

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Published: 08 March 2021 in Sustainability
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Conventional agriculture has made the search for sustainability urgent, more so with regards to climate change. This has extended to the grape and wine industry, an important industry in South Africa in terms of labor employment and foreign exchange. This paper aims to review the current state of knowledge with regards to the three pillars of sustainability and with regards to climate change. In order to understand sustainability in South Africa, a historical context is needed, because the welfare of farm workers still retains vestiges of past Apartheid. Ecological responsibility and higher profits are the main reasons for sustainable practices. Additionally, water use, chemical use, and soil erosion are important environmental sustainability concerns. With regards to climate change, in terms of economic sustainability, there will be winners and losers and social sustainability issues will intensify as changes occur in farms. Table grape producers are relatively more profitable than wine grape producers. Furthermore, pest, disease, irrigation pressure will worsen as the climate warms. However, there are long- and short-term adaptation strategies such as changes in viticulture practices and grape cultivars, respectively, to stem the effects of climate change, but this may be stymied by cost and farmers’ perceptions of climate change.

ACS Style

Omamuyovwi Gbejewoh; Saskia Keesstra; Erna Blancquaert. The 3Ps (Profit, Planet, and People) of Sustainability amidst Climate Change: A South African Grape and Wine Perspective. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2910 .

AMA Style

Omamuyovwi Gbejewoh, Saskia Keesstra, Erna Blancquaert. The 3Ps (Profit, Planet, and People) of Sustainability amidst Climate Change: A South African Grape and Wine Perspective. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2910.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Omamuyovwi Gbejewoh; Saskia Keesstra; Erna Blancquaert. 2021. "The 3Ps (Profit, Planet, and People) of Sustainability amidst Climate Change: A South African Grape and Wine Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2910.