Livelihoods, assets and food security in a protracted political crisis: The case of the Jubba Region, southern Somalia

Little, Peter D.; Alinovi, Luca; Hemrich, Günter; Russo, Luca

doi:10.3362/9781780440057.006

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“…Overlapping development literatures include those focused on 'Southern' practices of resourcefulness, survival, livelihood strategies, urban livelihoods, coping mechanisms, mutual aid, durability, refugee camp economies, civil society, and mutual support networks (e.g. Kibreab 1993;McIlwaine 1998;Horst 2006;Rigg 2007;Little 2008;Omata 2013). Importantly, this work links the macrocontext of economic change with the micro-politics of struggle (e.g.…”

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“…There is strong evidence of this in Darfur, where competition between pastoralists and farmers over the natural resource base has intensified as both groups have become increasingly dependent on strategies such as grass and firewood collection to replace pre-conflict livelihood strategies that are no longer possible (FAO, 2010). In Jubba Region in Somalia, increased competition over irrigated land, resulting from the conflict, led to a further marginalisation of the Bantu groups whose livelihoods depend on agriculture (Little, 2008). Similarly, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, farmers moved from central Lubero to the forests of West Lubero to regain access to the land lost because of the conflict and institutional breakdown.…”

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The Drivers of Acute Food Insecurity and the Risk of Famine

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This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on the drivers of acute food insecurity and famines with a focus on key FCDO-partner countries. This review builds further on evidence already collected in other K4D helpdesk reports. The main conclusion of this rapid review is that the drivers of acute food insecurity are complex, often involving multiple and interrelated factors. The drivers for chronical food insecurity and acute food insecurity cannot be separated entirely from each other, as the evidence shows that slow-onset determinants of food insecurity could play a critical role during an event (or multiple events) that could trigger a food emergency. The literature shows that the political economy (e.g. food system governance or preparedness of institutions to disasters) and socioeconomic dynamics (e.g. shaping demand and supply of food) have become more relevant factors in any analysis on the drivers of acute food insecurity, acute malnutrition, and famine. This coincides with a shift in the literature away from global drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition toward localised dynamics on the national and sub-national level. The analytical framework of Howe (2018) that captures this complexity distinguishes pressure, hold, and self-reinforcing dynamics as key dimensions that explain potential pathways for famine. These could be political-induced, natural-induced, economical-induced, or socially induced, but most often a combination. Based on this framework and supported by the evidence from the literature, this rapid review assesses conflicts and protracted crises; climate change and pressure on natural resources; social inequalities; and economic shocks and food prices, as the key drivers of acute food insecurity and famine. Importantly, from the literature it seems clear that acute food insecurity is the result of changing vulnerabilities that link with different coping mechanisms of households and communities.

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“…It also reminds us that outside interventions have not worked in Somalia, nor are they likely to work in the future, especially a prolonged invasion by a neighboring country. If famines are "man made" rather than natural events, as I have argued elsewhere (Little 2003(Little , 2008, then avoiding a worst-case scenario has to be the immediate priority. This course of action will require some kind of political compromise, but in contrast to the grand state-building efforts that have marked the failed and expensive efforts of the past ten years, including the current TFG experiment, small local-level initiatives should be acknowledged and supported.…”

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Livelihoods, assets and food security in a protracted political crisis: The case of the Jubba Region, southern Somalia

Cited by 21 publications

References 6 publications

Islamic charitable infrastructure and giving in East London: Everyday economic-development geographies in practice

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The Drivers of Acute Food Insecurity and the Risk of Famine

On the Somalia Dilemma: Adding Layers of Complexity to an Already Complex Emergency

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