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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.authorship.typesNot CGIAR developing country institute
cg.authorship.typesNot CGIAR international institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité d'Abomey-Calavi
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité d'Agriculture de Kétou
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational START Secretariat
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ghana
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ML
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAlcade C. Segnon: 0000-0001-9751-120X
cg.creator.identifierEdmond Totin: 0000-0003-3377-6190
cg.creator.identifierRobert Zougmore: 0000-0002-6215-4852
cg.creator.identifierJourdain C. Lokossou: 0000-0001-5365-8517
cg.creator.identifierEnoch Gbenato Achigan-Dako: 0000-0002-5493-0516
cg.creator.identifierChristopher Gordon: 0000-0003-2734-851X
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2020.1855097
cg.issn1756-5529
cg.issn1756-5537
cg.issue8
cg.journalClimate and Development
cg.subject.ccafsPRIORITIES AND POLICIES FOR CSA
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES
cg.volume13
dc.contributor.authorSegnon, Alcade C
dc.contributor.authorTotin, Edmond
dc.contributor.authorZougmoré, Robert B.
dc.contributor.authorLokossou, Jourdain C.
dc.contributor.authorThompson-Hall, Mary
dc.contributor.authorOfori, Benjamin O
dc.contributor.authorAchigan-Dako, Enoch G.
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-30T13:58:30Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-30T13:58:30Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113154
dc.titleDifferential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africaen
dcterms.abstractSemi-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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2020-12-10
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSegnon 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.en
dcterms.extentp. 697-712
dcterms.issued2021-09-14
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limited
dcterms.subjectsemiarid zonesen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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