Food security and climate shocks in Senegal: Who and where are the most vulnerable households?

Nébié, Elisabeth Kago Ilboudo; Ba, Diaba; Giannini, Alessandra

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100513

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“…According to the definition of the World Food Programme in 1996, food security is realized when family members can meet their minimum needs through physical and economic access to adequate, healthy, and nutritive food (Brinkman et al, 2020). Food security measurement is highly complex (Barrett, 2010) and has extended from focusing on food supply at national, regional, and global levels to analyzing food demand and access at individual and household scales (Leroy et al, 2015;Nébié et al, 2021).…”

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“…With respect to the rise of foodstuff prices, the concerns about the food security vulnerability of households, especially in developing countries like Iran, have increased extensively (Sheriff et al, 2020). Households consuming crops and food products tend to apply strategies to respond to various price and income shocks in a way that allows them to maintain their ordinary consumption levels (Nébié et al, 2021). However, the effects of shocks and the necessary coping strategies are significantly different among various groups (Lawlor et al, 2019).…”

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“…Review studies evaluating food security can be classified into two groups. The first group analyzes the effect of different factors, such as climate change and various market crises and policies, on the price and production of foodstuffs and food security in societies (Van Campenhout et al, 2018;Sheriff et al, 2020;Amolegbe et al, 2021;Kansiime et al, 2021;Nébié et al, 2021;Sileshi and Gebeyehu, 2021;Lin et al, 2022;Louie et al, 2022). For example, Kansiime et al (2021) and Louie et al (2022) investigated the effect of Covid-19 on foodstuff prices and production.…”

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“…For example, Kansiime et al (2021) and Louie et al (2022) investigated the effect of Covid-19 on foodstuff prices and production. Nébié et al (2021) recognized climate change as a main factor and assessed its impacts on foodstuff prices and production. Sileshi and Gebeyehu (2021) investigated the effects of emerging plant diseases on foodstuff price and production.…”

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Determining vulnerable households and food groups sensitive to price and income increase from the perspective of food security: Evidence from Iran

Banaie

Mojaverian

Mirzaei

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Concerns about household food security of developing countries has been greatly intensified with rising food prices derives from various causes, such as market failure, climate change, political instability, the presence of poor financial institutions, and emerging challenges. It is very important, the development and evaluation of required policy responses such as income compensation policy to cope with foodstuff price increases. It is necessary to pay attention to different household groups regarding income, occupation, and urban/rural conditions in order to evaluate the effects of shocks and policies according to the different responses of households. This paper employes a multimarket equilibrium simulation model and evaluates the effect of price hikes with/without households' nominal income compensation policy on the calorie intake of different household groups. To this end, Iranian households that have suffered from severe food inflation and their nominal income compensation policy has always been the focus of government officials were investigated. First, we noticed that poor rural households with government occupations bear the brunt of ensuing the price hike of foodstuffs. Second, we found that households food security is highly reliant on the price of livestock products compared to other foodstuffs. Finally, we concluded that income compensation policy plays the role of a threat to food security for some households and a driver for others. Therefore, based on the different responses of households to foodstuff price and income increase, we recommended the design of more precise interventions in the market of foodstuff in a more targeted and efficient manner.

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Determining vulnerable households and food groups sensitive to price and income increase from the perspective of food security: Evidence from Iran

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Mirzaei

2023

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“…In Ilboudo Nébié et al (2021;hereafter IN2021), we analyzed data collected by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and its in-country partners in three large-scale surveys conducted over the past decade. These surveys sample the nutritional and socioeconomic status of thousands of households at a time, as well as their exposure to shocks.…”

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

Giannini

Nébié

et al. 2021

Front. Clim.

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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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Unveiling the resilience of smallholder farmers in Senegal amidst extreme climate conditions

Moller,

Nejadhashemi,

Talha

et al. 2024

Food and Energy Security

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In Senegal, agriculture is an important sector underpinning the socioeconomic fabric of the populace. Notably, the agricultural production in this region exhibits heightened sensitivity to climatic perturbations, particularly droughts and heat waves. This study aims to determine the resilience of different agronomic interventions for farmers practicing mixed farming that produce both crops (i.e., groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)) and raise animals in the Groundnut Basin in Senegal, which holds historical and socioeconomic significance. To understand the current situation regarding demographics, economics, consumption behavior, and farm operations for smallholder farmers, data were comprehensively collected from government and nongovernment organizations (NGO) reports, scientific papers, organization databases, and surveys. Additionally, the Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM) was used to understand how combinations of three planting dates, three plant densities, and six urea nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates affected the yield of pearl millet, which were used as the alternative scenarios to the baseline in the farm modeling and analyses. All the collected and generated data were used as inputs into the Farm Simulation Model (FARMSIM) to generate economic, nutritional, and risk data associated with mixed farming systems. The generated data were then used to determine the resilience of the alternative scenarios against the baseline. Initially, a multi‐objective optimization was employed to meet nutritional needs while maintaining a healthy diet at the lowest cost. Then, the scenarios that met the population's nutritional requirements were evaluated based on four economic indicators: net cash farm income (NCFI), ending cash reserves (EC), net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR). Lastly, those that passed the economic feasibility test were ranked based on risk criteria certainty equivalent (CE) and risk premium (RP). The analyses found N fertilizer rates of 0, 20, and 100 kg N ha−1 were generally economically not feasible. Additionally, medium (early‐July to late‐August) and late (late‐July to mid‐September) planting dates generally performed better than early (early‐June to late‐July) planting dates, while plant densities of 3.3 and 6.6 pL m−2 performed better than 1.1. The robust resilience approach introduced in this study is easily transferable to other regions.

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Food security and climate shocks in Senegal: Who and where are the most vulnerable households?

Cited by 23 publications

References 40 publications

Determining vulnerable households and food groups sensitive to price and income increase from the perspective of food security: Evidence from Iran

Determining vulnerable households and food groups sensitive to price and income increase from the perspective of food security: Evidence from Iran

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

Unveiling the resilience of smallholder farmers in Senegal amidst extreme climate conditions

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