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Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11733/
https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2020.1855097
doi:10.1080/17565529.2020.1855097
 
Title Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa
 
Creator Segnon, A C
Totin, E
Zougmoré, R B
Lokossou, J C
Thompson-Hall, M
Ofori, B O
Achigan-Dako, E G
Gordon, C
 
Subject Semi-Arid Tropics
Climate Change
Mali
 
Description Semi-Arid Regions (SARs) of West Africa are considered climate change “hotspots” where strong
ecological, economic and social impacts converge to make socio-ecological systems particularly
vulnerable. While both climatic and non-climatic drivers interact across scales to influence
vulnerability, traditionally, this inter-connectedness has received little attention in vulnerability
assessments in the region. This study adopted the vulnerability patterns framework, operationalized
using the Multidimensional Livelihood Vulnerability approach to include both climatic and nonclimatic
stressors to analyze differential household vulnerability in SARs of Mali. Findings showed that
while drought was the most mentioned climate-related stressor, households were also exposed to a
diversity of environmental and socio-economic stressors, including food scarcity, livestock disease,
labour unavailability, crop damage, and erratic rainfall patterns. The typology revealed three
vulnerability archetypes differentiated by adaptive capacity and sensitivity. Availability of productive
household members, household resource endowments, livelihood diversification and social networks
were the main discriminant factors of household adaptive capacity, while challenges relating to food
and water security make households more sensitive to stressors. The analysis highlighted the
heterogeneity in household vulnerability patterns within and across communities. Failing to account
for this heterogeneity in adaptation planning might result in a mismatch between adaptation needs
and interventions, and potentially in maladaptation.
 
Publisher Taylor and Francis
 
Date 2020-12
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11733/1/17565529.2020.pdf
Segnon, A C and Totin, E and Zougmoré, R B and Lokossou, J C and Thompson-Hall, M and Ofori, B O and Achigan-Dako, E G and Gordon, C (2020) Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa. Climate and Development (TSI). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1756-5529