Enhancing resilience in the horn of Africa: Synthesis of an evidence based workshop

Headey, Derek; Kennedy, Adam Scott

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“…This mounting psychosocial stress and sense of hopelessness could affect societal relationships and productivity since affected individuals become increasingly passive; lack a broader and optimistic vision of the future. This significantly affects resilience capacity which is also noted elsewhere [ 46 , 47 , 48 ]. Unfortunately, these pastoralists lack any acceptable coping strategy to improve their psychological wellbeing and it is therefore important to design effective support mechanism to deal with psychosocial stress and trauma and promote optimistic future vision.…”

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Understanding Resilience Dimensions and Adaptive Strategies to the Impact of Recurrent Droughts in Borana Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: A Grounded Theory Approach

Birhanu

Ambelu

Berhanu

et al. 2017

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Recurrent shocks and stresses are increasingly deteriorating pastoralist communities’ resilience capacities in many aspects. A context specific resilience framework is essential to strengthen pastoralist community’s resilience capacity towards the impact of recurrent drought. Hence, the present study was aimed to develop a context specific and data driven resilience building framework towards impacts of recurrent droughts in the case of Borana pastoralists in Ethiopia. Qualitative grounded theory approach was employed to guide the study process. The data were collected through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews in two drought affected districts of Borana Zone during October 2013. The analysis was assisted by ATLAS. ti 7.1.4. The analysis provided a context specific resilience building conceptual tool, which consists of, closely interconnected, eight dimensions operating at multiple capacities and levels: environment (underlying vulnerability factor); livestock, infrastructures/social services, and wealth (immediate causes and effects); community network/social capital, as well as governance, peace and security (support and enabling factors oriented), psychosocial, and human capital (as eventual outcomes and impacts). The resilience capacities of these pastoralist communities have been eroded, leaving them without sufficient and effective adaptive strategies. The emergent resilience framework can serve as a useful guidance to design context-specific interventions that makes the people and the system resilient to the impacts of recurrent droughts.

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Understanding Resilience Dimensions and Adaptive Strategies to the Impact of Recurrent Droughts in Borana Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: A Grounded Theory Approach

Birhanu

Ambelu

Berhanu

et al. 2017

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“…The economic life associated with customary pastoralism connects in many ways with those who are following other livelihood pathways. For example, pastoralist incomes are driving demand for construction, services, crop produce, small industry and natural products (Headey et al 2012 ), thus contributing to improvements in incomes and livelihoods for those who are moving out of a livelihood centred on keeping livestock. Pastoralists are also supplying regional livestock trades, sustaining commercialisation for those who are moving up, even while the production logic for most who are hanging in continues to be breeding and milk production.…”

Section: Change and Divergence In Livelihoodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A sizeable and growing proportion of the population in rangelands is chronically vulnerable and lacks clear alternatives to livestock-keeping, much less options to return. Increasing numbers of households in the rangelands have exited customary pastoralism without experiencing any advantages that could be gained from positive diversification—such as those that are emerging in towns and urban centres (Caravani 2019 ; Desta et al 2008 ; Headey et al 2012 ). Many are destitute and survive by knitting together meagre amounts of income and livelihood derived from various tasks for cash in small towns and larger centres, mutual support networks and, increasingly, social assistance programmes.…”

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“…Per capita income is highest for those in places with higher mobility and resource access alongside good market development (McPeak et al 2012 ). Further, pastoralists who move appear to be significantly better off than ex-pastoralist sedentary farmers in the same region (especially farmers without irrigation) (Headey et al 2012 ).…”

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“…They depend on low-return activities that are vulnerable to shocks, such as the collection and sale of fodder, charcoal burning or harvesting and selling fuelwood. For most of those who have exited livestock production, diversification is about surviving, with limited capacity to scale up petty cottage industries, fuelwood or charcoal production (Headey et al 2012 ) and only meagre incomes from the range of survival work that people engage in (Devereux 2006 ). Many who have diversified seek to keep a few animals when conditions permit.…”

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Newly evolving pastoral and post-pastoral rangelands of Eastern Africa

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Over the past two decades, the rangelands of Eastern Africa have experienced sweeping changes associated with growing human populations, shifting land use, expanding livestock marketing and trade, and greater investment by domestic and global capital. These trends have coincided with several large shocks that were turning points for how rangeland inhabitants make a living. As livelihoods in the region’s rangelands transform in seemingly paradoxical directions, away from customary pastoralist production systems, greater insight is required of how these transformations might affect poverty and vulnerability. This article reviews the state of what is known regarding directions of livelihood change in the rangelands of Eastern Africa, drawing on case studies of structural change in five settings in the region. It considers the implications of long-term change, as well as the emergence of very different livelihood mixes in pastoral rangelands, for efforts to reduce poverty and vulnerability in these places.

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The Effect of Shocks: An Empirical Analysis of Ethiopia

Damtie¹

2015

: Interdiscip. Descr. Complex Syst.

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Besides striving for the increase of production and development, it is also necessary to reduce the losses created by the shocks. The people of Ethiopia are exposed to the impact of both natural and man-made shocks. Following this, policy makers, governmental and non-governmental organizations need to identify the important shocks and their effect and use as an input. This study was conducted to identify the food insecurity shocks and to estimate their effect based on the conceptual framework developed in Ethiopia, Amhara National Regional State of Libo Kemkem District. Descriptive statistical analysis, multiple regression, binary logistic regression,  2 and independent sample t-test were used as a data analysis technique. The results showed eight shocks affecting households which were weather variability, weed, plant insect and pest infestation, soil fertility problem, animal disease and epidemics, human disease and epidemics, price fluctuation problem and conflict. Weather variability, plant insect and pest infestation, weed, animal disease and epidemics created a mean loss of 3,821.38, 886.06, 508.04 and 1,418.32 Birr, respectively. In addition, human disease and epidemics, price fluctuation problem and conflict affected 68.11%, 88.11% and 14.59% of households, respectively. Among the sample households 28,1 % were not able to meet their food need throughout the year while 71,9 % could. The result of the multiple regression models revealed that weed existence (β = -0,142, p < 0,05), plant insect and pest infestation (β = -0,279, p < 0,01) and soil fertility problem (β = -0,321, p < 0,01) had significant effect on income. Asset was found significantly affected by plant insect and pest infestation (β = -0,229, p < 0,01), human disease and epidemics (β = 0,145, p < 0,05), and soil fertility problem (β = -0,317, p < 0,01) while food production was affected by soil fertility problem (β = -0,314, p < 0,01). Binary logistic regression model revealed that food availability of the households was highly affected by the asset (Exp(B) = 1,00, p < 0,1), and food production (Exp(B) = 1,379, p < 0,01).

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Enhancing resilience in the horn of Africa: Synthesis of an evidence based workshop

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Understanding Resilience Dimensions and Adaptive Strategies to the Impact of Recurrent Droughts in Borana Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: A Grounded Theory Approach

Understanding Resilience Dimensions and Adaptive Strategies to the Impact of Recurrent Droughts in Borana Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: A Grounded Theory Approach

Newly evolving pastoral and post-pastoral rangelands of Eastern Africa

The Effect of Shocks: An Empirical Analysis of Ethiopia

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