Livelihood Strategies Shape Vulnerability of Households' Food Security to Climate in Senegal

We integrate long-term observations of rainfall and repeat, large-scale, nationwide household surveys of nutrition and socio-economic status to assess the vulnerability of food security to climate in Senegal. We use a mixed methods approach and a vulnerability framework to explain how it is that foo...

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Autores principales:	Alessandra Giannini, Elisabeth Kago Ilboudo Nébié, Diaba Ba, Ousmane Ndiaye
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	food security livelihood vulnerability climate Sahel Senegal Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:95d8cbeb2e6e4a16b0fd43081f35757e2021-11-30T18:12:49ZLivelihood Strategies Shape Vulnerability of Households' Food Security to Climate in Senegal2624-955310.3389/fclim.2021.731036https://doaj.org/article/95d8cbeb2e6e4a16b0fd43081f35757e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2021.731036/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2624-9553We integrate long-term observations of rainfall and repeat, large-scale, nationwide household surveys of nutrition and socio-economic status to assess the vulnerability of food security to climate in Senegal. We use a mixed methods approach and a vulnerability framework to explain how it is that food security is on average lower, and more variable year-to-year, in the climatologically wetter south and east of the country than in the drier western center and north. We find that it is sensitivity to climate that explains the spatial variation in food security, while exposure explains its temporal variation, but only where sensitivity is high. While households in the western center and north, geographically closer to the political and economic center of action, are less dependent on livelihoods based on climate-sensitive activities, notably agriculture, these activities still dominate in the more remote, landlocked and at times conflict-ridden south and east, where sensitivity to the vagaries of rainfall persists. As they work to strengthen the resilience of climate-sensitive activities, food security and climate-risk management projects and policies should move beyond simplistic, deterministic assumptions about how climate affects food security outcomes, and invest in livelihood diversification to increase rural income and reduce vulnerability of food security to climate.Alessandra GianniniAlessandra GianniniElisabeth Kago Ilboudo NébiéElisabeth Kago Ilboudo NébiéDiaba BaOusmane NdiayeOusmane NdiayeFrontiers Media S.A.articlefood securitylivelihood vulnerabilityclimateSahelSenegalEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350ENFrontiers in Climate, Vol 3 (2021)
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topic	food security livelihood vulnerability climate Sahel Senegal Environmental sciences GE1-350
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description	We integrate long-term observations of rainfall and repeat, large-scale, nationwide household surveys of nutrition and socio-economic status to assess the vulnerability of food security to climate in Senegal. We use a mixed methods approach and a vulnerability framework to explain how it is that food security is on average lower, and more variable year-to-year, in the climatologically wetter south and east of the country than in the drier western center and north. We find that it is sensitivity to climate that explains the spatial variation in food security, while exposure explains its temporal variation, but only where sensitivity is high. While households in the western center and north, geographically closer to the political and economic center of action, are less dependent on livelihoods based on climate-sensitive activities, notably agriculture, these activities still dominate in the more remote, landlocked and at times conflict-ridden south and east, where sensitivity to the vagaries of rainfall persists. As they work to strengthen the resilience of climate-sensitive activities, food security and climate-risk management projects and policies should move beyond simplistic, deterministic assumptions about how climate affects food security outcomes, and invest in livelihood diversification to increase rural income and reduce vulnerability of food security to climate.
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author	Alessandra Giannini Alessandra Giannini Elisabeth Kago Ilboudo Nébié Elisabeth Kago Ilboudo Nébié Diaba Ba Ousmane Ndiaye Ousmane Ndiaye
author_facet	Alessandra Giannini Alessandra Giannini Elisabeth Kago Ilboudo Nébié Elisabeth Kago Ilboudo Nébié Diaba Ba Ousmane Ndiaye Ousmane Ndiaye
author_sort	Alessandra Giannini
title	Livelihood Strategies Shape Vulnerability of Households' Food Security to Climate in Senegal
title_short	Livelihood Strategies Shape Vulnerability of Households' Food Security to Climate in Senegal
title_full	Livelihood Strategies Shape Vulnerability of Households' Food Security to Climate in Senegal
title_fullStr	Livelihood Strategies Shape Vulnerability of Households' Food Security to Climate in Senegal
title_full_unstemmed	Livelihood Strategies Shape Vulnerability of Households' Food Security to Climate in Senegal
title_sort	livelihood strategies shape vulnerability of households' food security to climate in senegal
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/95d8cbeb2e6e4a16b0fd43081f35757e
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Livelihood Strategies Shape Vulnerability of Households' Food Security to Climate in Senegal

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