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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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Title Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa
 
Creator Segnon, Alcade C
Totin, Edmond
Zougmoré, Robert B.
Lokossou, Jourdain C
Thompson-Hall, Mary
Ofori, Benjamin O
Achigan-Dako, Enoch G
Gordon, Christopher
 
Subject semiarid zones
climate change
agriculture
food security
 
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.
 
Date 2021
2021-03-30T13:58:30Z
2021-03-30T13:58:30Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Segnon AC, Totin E, Zougmoré RB, Lokossou JC, Thompson-Hall M, Ofori bo, Achigan-Dako EG, Gordon C. 2021. Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa. Climate and Development 13(8):697-712.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113154
https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2020.1855097
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 17 p.
 
Source Climate and Development