Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa
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2020-12-10
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Taylor & Francis Group
Abstract
This study adopted a ‘vulnerability patterns’ framework that included both climatic and non-climatic stressors to analyze differential household vulnerability in semi-arid regions (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. 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.
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ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, SEMI-ARID REGIONS, SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS, LIVELIHOODS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, DROUGHT, WATER SCARCITY, SMALLHOLDERS, RURAL POVERTY, MALI, SOUTH OF SAHARA