Farmers’ vulnerability to climate shocks: insights from the Niger basin of Benin

Lokonon, Boris Odilon Kounagbè

doi:10.1080/17565529.2018.1511403

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“…The literature discussed suggests that coping strategy decisions depend on the shock characteristics (see Figure 1). These characteristics relate to the nature of shocks (Lokonon, 2019). A shock may be caused by the climate or weather, e.g.…”

Section: Individual and Coinciding Shocks Coping Strategies And Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shock interactions, coping strategy choices and household food security

Ansah

Gardebroek

Ihle

2020

Climate and Development

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Agriculture-based livelihoods in developing countries are often challenged by a multitude of unforeseeable shocks, but economic research mostly focuses on single shocks. This paper investigates how climate, health, pest and price shocks individually and in combination relate to farm households' coping strategy choices. First, we use binary probit models to examine how interactions from coinciding shocks relate to coping strategy choices. Next, we assess how coping strategies relate to household food security in a recursive framework. We find that when shocks are considered individually, the nature of shocks and their duration affect the likelihood of using savings. However, when climate shocks interact with health, pest or price shocks, there are incremental effects that increase the probability of depleting household assets to cope. Our findings suggest that governmental and non-governmental organizations should support rural farm households in managing the effects of multiple shocks through the provision and enhancement of markets for labour, insurance and outputs as well as formal safety nets. This support will help them to protect their assets and foster long-term wealth creation for escaping chronic poverty and food insecurity.

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Section: Individual and Coinciding Shocks Coping Strategies And Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shock interactions, coping strategy choices and household food security

Ansah

Gardebroek

Ihle

2020

Climate and Development

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“…According to the default data provided by the National Remote Sensing Center, it is estimated that in 2016, approximately 2.2 million hectares of land, or 19% of the national territory, were degraded 10 , 12 . In addition, longer periods of drought and more intense rainy seasons are expected in Benin 13 , 14 . Southern Benin, specifically Littoral Province, is the location of most administrative offices as well as the largest market in Benin (Dantokpa), which is also one of the largest markets in the subregion.…”

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Hybrid model for ecological vulnerability assessment in Benin

Dossou

Sadek

et al. 2021

Sci Rep

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Identifying ecologically fragile areas by assessing ecosystem vulnerability is an essential task in environmental conservation and management. Benin is considered a vulnerable area, and its coastal zone, which is subject to erosion and flooding effects, is particularly vulnerable. This study assessed terrestrial ecosystems in Benin by establishing a hybrid ecological vulnerability index (EVI) for 2016 that combined a composite model based on principal component analysis (PCA) with an additive model based on exposure, sensitivity and adaptation. Using inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation, point data were spatially distributed by their geographic significance. The results revealed that the composite system identified more stable and vulnerable areas than the additive system; the two systems identified 48,600 km2 and 36,450 km2 of stable areas, respectively, for a difference of 12,150 km2, and 3,729 km2 and 3,007 km2 of vulnerable areas, for a difference of 722 km2. Using Moran’s I and automatic linear modeling, we improved the accuracy of the established systems. In the composite system, increases of 11,669 km2 in the potentially vulnerable area and 1,083 km2 in the highly vulnerable area were noted in addition to a decrease of 4331 km2 in the potential area; while in the additive system, an increase of 3,970 km2 in the highly vulnerable area was observed. Finally, southern Benin was identified as vulnerable in the composite system, and both northern and southern Benin were identified as vulnerable in the additive system. However, regardless of the system, Littoral Province in southern Benin, was consistently identified as vulnerable, while Donga Province was stable.

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“…Farmers’ production, consumption and resource allocation decisions are influenced. About 57.43 per cent of the farm households are vulnerable to climate shocks, the major ones being strong winds, rainfall, heat waves, floods and droughts (Lokonon, ).…”

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Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in Agriculture: Trade‐off or Win–Win Situation for Small Farmers in the Sudanian Area of Burkina Faso?

Some¹,

Mbaye²,

Barbier³

2017

African Development Review

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Agriculture can contribute to carbon emission mitigation by storing more carbon in the soil through greener cropping systems. This study aims to assess the impact of mitigation strategies on small farmers' welfare. It uses a case study of small farmers in Burkina Faso, relying on an analyse programming model, in which farmers maximize their utility subject to a set of such constraints. The results show that integrating an emission reduction will negatively impact farmers' utility, while integrating perennial crops increases their utility and the net carbon balance. Policymakers should therefore encourage farmers to adopt perennial crops in their cropping systems. To reach the emission reduction targets in the annual cropping system, incentives are needed to compensate for their foregone income.

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Farmers’ vulnerability to climate shocks: insights from the Niger basin of Benin

Cited by 16 publications

References 23 publications

Shock interactions, coping strategy choices and household food security

Shock interactions, coping strategy choices and household food security

Hybrid model for ecological vulnerability assessment in Benin

Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in Agriculture: Trade‐off or Win–Win Situation for Small Farmers in the Sudanian Area of Burkina Faso?

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