Farmer Livelihood Strategies and Attitudes in Response to Climate Change in Agroforestry Systems in Kedougou, Senegal

Papa, C.; Nzokou, Pascal; Mbow, Cheikh

doi:10.1007/s00267-020-01302-8

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“…The existing research on sustainable livelihoods mainly refers to the spatial differentiation of livelihoods [10], the interaction between livelihood activities and ecological environment [11,12], the impact of climate change on livelihoods [13,14], the relationship between "land use evolution" and livelihood output [15,16], the impact of ecological compensation on farmers' livelihood [17,18], and the impact of rural tourism on farmers' livelihoods [19], as well as livelihood vulnerability assessment [20].…”

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An Assessment of Poverty Alleviation Measures and Sustainable Livelihood Capability of Farm Households in Rural China: A Sustainable Livelihood Approach

Song

et al. 2021

Agriculture

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This paper aims to identify effective mechanisms for government poverty alleviation measures based on the livelihood sustainability of farm households in Southern Shaanxi province, China. The paper utilizes data from 414 farm households, collected through field observations and in-depth interviews in 24 rural communes in Qinba Mountain Area of Shaanxi province, China. Using theoretical research methods and employing the sustainable livelihood approach (SLA) framework, this paper analyzes poverty alleviation measures as well as the impact of varied capital availability on sustainable livelihood. The study shows that developing local industries and governmental financial support improve the sustainable livelihood of farmers and eradicate absolute poverty. The findings of this study further indicate that there is a positive correlation between poverty alleviation measures and natural and social capital for sustainable livelihood. The paper provides empirical and quantitative evidence on alleviation of poverty, and the findings will help improve the sustainability of livelihood capability of farming households. This study suggests impactful approaches to stabilizing mechanisms for poverty alleviation in rural areas over the longer term.

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An Assessment of Poverty Alleviation Measures and Sustainable Livelihood Capability of Farm Households in Rural China: A Sustainable Livelihood Approach

Song

et al. 2021

Agriculture

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“…Farmers face financial risks such as price fluctuations of agricultural products [71], financing difficulties [72], shortage of funds [73], and lack of market information, and poor farmers are greatly affected. For example, Li et al [74] found that the price fluctuation of agricultural products will make the per capita net income of poor farmers change more than that of non-poor farmers; Gao and Yan [75] found that poor farmers have a small production scale and weak ability to avoid risks; Feder and Nishio [76] found that poor farmers' credit and funds are not as good as other farmers, which will make it difficult for poor farmers to obtain loans from financial institutions; Jiao et al [77] found that poor farmers have less farmland available for mortgage, so less financing is available; Papa [32] found that the financial capital owned by farmers will affect their ability to cope with livelihood risks, and farmers with good economic conditions are more capable of coping with financial risks. However, some scholars pointed out that poor farmers have limited livelihood capital, so they are less impacted by financial risks.…”

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“…For example, Addison and Brown [31] used the sustainable livelihood method and found that the poorer a family, the more united its livelihood capital structure, and the weaker its ability to cope with livelihood risks. Papa [32] believed that the financial and physical capital owned by farmers will affect their ability to cope with livelihood risk portfolio capital and play an important role in coping with livelihood risks. Scoones [33] believed that under the attack of multiple internal and external risks, farmers' pensions are extremely vulnerable, which may cause the elderly in rural areas to fall into the situation of no financial source, no one to take care of their life and lack of end-of-life escorts.…”

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The Impact of Livelihood Risk on Farmers of Different Poverty Types: Based on the Study of Typical Areas in Sichuan Province

Zeng

Deng

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Agriculture

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After the completion of China’s poverty alleviation task in 2020, the poverty situation will undergo major changes, and the focus of poverty alleviation work will shift to solving relative poverty. This can provide useful inspiration for the government to formulate and implement relevant policies that explore the differences in livelihood risk impacts of different types of farmers in areas where disasters and poverty are intertwined. This study used survey data of 327 households in four districts and counties in the hardest-hit areas of the Wenchuan Earthquake and Lushan Earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province in 2018. This study measured farmers’ livelihood risks from four aspects: health risks, environmental risks, financial risks, and social risks, and measured farmers’ poverty types from three aspects: absolutely poor farmers, relatively poor farmers, and non-poor farmers. It systematically analyzed the four types of livelihood risks faced by farmers and the three types of poverty they were in, and constructed a multinomial logistic regression to explore the correlation between livelihood risks and poverty types. This study is the first to compare the relatively poor type with other poverty types. The second innovation is that it uses the entropy method and multinomial logistic regression. The results showed that: (1) Among the four livelihood risks faced by farmers, the biggest was the environmental risk, the next was financial risk, the third was health risk, and the last was social risk. (2) Among the three poverty types, farmers in absolute poverty were the most populated, with non-poor farmers next, and relatively poor farmers at the bottom. (3) Farmers of different poverty types were affected by livelihood risks to different degrees. Specifically, when compared with the impacts on farmers in absolute poverty, the impacts social risks could bring to farmers in relative poverty were more severe while the impacts of health risks, environmental risks and financial were not that strong. Impacted by social risks, relatively poor farmers are more seriously impacted by public affairs and social security status. When compared with the impacts on non-poor farmers, the impacts of all these four risks on relatively poor farmers were not notable.

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“…The region has distinct wet (June-September) and dry (October-May) seasons; peak rainfall is usually in August (roughly 300 mm). Agroforestry is a common practice in the region; in addition to farming staple grains, individual households often cultivate gardens, a variety of fruit trees, and live fences (Papa et al, 2020). Staple grains include fonio, corn, millet, sorghum, and rice (Wood, 2018).…”

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Connecting political ecology of health and disease with ‘structural stigmatization’: Declining use of forest foods and medicines in Kédougou, Senegal

Lucey

Grimm

2021

Journal of Political Ecology

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Recent political ecology (PE) frameworks have evolved to identify power disparities that have consequences for human health and disease development. These power disparities can lead to unequal access to health information, natural resources (e.g. farmland, clean water), micronutrients, healthcare, and other elements necessary to maintain healthy bodies and reduce risk of disease. While many PE and political ecology of health and disease (PEHD) frameworks examine access in terms of limitations, few examples highlight effects from increased access to resources. This article uses a PEHD lens to examine how diets and health in rural Kédougou, Senegal are influenced by increased access to globalized foodstuffs and stigmatization of local foods and medicines. A better understanding of dietary decision-making is critical in understudied regions such as Senegal because West Africa has a rapidly expanding population and is projected to be among regions of the world that are most burdened with non-communicable diseases (NCD). We used qualitative methods to: 1) describe current and historic diets in Kédougou; 2) identify perceived changes about diet, health, and access to resources; and 3) understand what might be influencing these changes. Our article shows that increased access and limited access are interconnected because increased, regular access to globalized foods and medicines could factor into reduced access to local foods and medicines. We found that social context strongly influenced use of local forest foods and medicines, even leading to a gradual stigmatization of using these resources.

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Farmer Livelihood Strategies and Attitudes in Response to Climate Change in Agroforestry Systems in Kedougou, Senegal

Cited by 15 publications

References 66 publications

An Assessment of Poverty Alleviation Measures and Sustainable Livelihood Capability of Farm Households in Rural China: A Sustainable Livelihood Approach

An Assessment of Poverty Alleviation Measures and Sustainable Livelihood Capability of Farm Households in Rural China: A Sustainable Livelihood Approach

The Impact of Livelihood Risk on Farmers of Different Poverty Types: Based on the Study of Typical Areas in Sichuan Province

Connecting political ecology of health and disease with ‘structural stigmatization’: Declining use of forest foods and medicines in Kédougou, Senegal

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