Perceived effects of drought on household food security in South-western Uganda: Coping responses and determinants

Twongyirwe, Ronald; Mfitumukiza, David; Barasa, Bernard; Naggayi, Barbara; Odongo, Hannington; Nyakato, Viola N.; Mutoni, Grace

doi:10.1016/j.wace.2019.100201

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“…Most of the farmers, about 75%, earn an income from selling their labor to non-agricultural activities in cities, in this way they spread the risk and also enables them to invest in their farm in the near future. They diversified their income by working as daily laborer, petty traders, and construction worker or in some industry as wage earner, so income from these activities enables farmers to modernize their production system during unexpected hazards [59,60,61]. Heat waves, pests and diseases, droughts and floods are the major risks which cause the increase of infectious disease and parasite occurrence in cattle.…”

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Dairy Production under Climatic Risks: Perception, Perceived Impacts and Adaptations in Punjab, Pakistan

Abbas

Han

Adeel

et al. 2019

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The changing climatic conditions coupled with fodder availability have posed severe challenges and threats for the dairy sector in Pakistan. The current paper determines the influence of climate change on the dairy sector in Pakistan. Comprehensive data set was collected from 450 farmers. The majority of farmers experienced the climate change and its variability and explained that severity and frequency of climatic extreme events such as droughts, heat waves, floods, pests and diseases and humidity is increasing. The study found that farmers considered drought as one of the major climatic risks which severely affects all aspects of dairy production. Specifically, to estimate the perceived impacts of climatic extreme event on milk production, an ordered probit model was applied and identified that climate change had high adverse impact on milk quantity in the study area. Different adaptation practices, such as changing cropping pattern for fodder production, off-farm income activities, diversifying the farm and regular vaccination are mostly used by dairy farmers. The study recommends policy initiatives to be taken by government for long term developments in the dairy farming.

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Dairy Production under Climatic Risks: Perception, Perceived Impacts and Adaptations in Punjab, Pakistan

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Adeel

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“…In Kenya, rising temperatures and declining rainfalls have been associated with childhood stunting since 1975 [ 18 , 112 ]. One study of 140 farmers in Uganda found that climate change events (e.g., flooding) were perceived as a major contributor to food insecurity by 95.5% of respondents [ 118 ]. In Tanzania, an analysis of climate change events (rainfall variability), food insecurity and human mobility in three villages located in the same district of Kilimanjaro found a positive correlation between rainfall shortage and out-migration and identified food insecurity as mediator in that relationship [ 119 ].…”

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Positive Externalities of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for Human Health: A Review and Conceptual Framework for Public Health Research

Bikomeye

Rublee

Beyer

2021

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Anthropogenic climate change is adversely impacting people and contributing to suffering and increased costs from climate-related diseases and injuries. In responding to this urgent and growing public health crisis, mitigation strategies are in place to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) while adaptation strategies exist to reduce and/or alleviate the adverse effects of climate change by increasing systems’ resilience to future impacts. While these strategies have numerous positive benefits on climate change itself, they also often have other positive externalities or health co-benefits. This knowledge can be harnessed to promote and improve global public health, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. Previous conceptual models in mitigation and adaptation studies such as the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) considered health in the thinking, but health outcomes were not their primary intention. Additionally, existing guidance documents such as the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities is designed primarily for public health professionals or healthcare managers in hospital settings with a primary focus on resilience. However, a detailed cross sectoral and multidisciplinary conceptual framework, which links mitigation and adaptation strategies with health outcomes as a primary end point, has not yet been developed to guide research in this area. In this paper, we briefly summarize the burden of climate change on global public health, describe important mitigation and adaptation strategies, and present key health benefits by giving context specific examples from high, middle, and low-income settings. We then provide a conceptual framework to inform future global public health research and preparedness across sectors and disciplines and outline key stakeholders recommendations in promoting climate resilient systems and advancing health equity.

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“…For example, the prolonged dry season has resulted in wide spread crop failure in 2013 and 2015 across Namibia (Wilhite et al, 2014) and Ethiopia. Twongyirwe et al (2019) reported that drought induced food insecurity is a critical problem affecting about 6.3% of the households in Uganda. Speranza (2010) stated that there are also an extensive drought impacts not only on crops, but also on livestock in Kenya and 80 per cent of the area is arid and semi-arid, with pastoralism and agro-pastoralism being the dominant rural livelihoods.…”

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“…Crop diversification, changes in cropping pattern and calendar of planting, irrigation efficiency enhancement, water harvesting practices, livestock management, afforestation and agro-forestry practices strengthen drought coping strategies (Arragaw and Woldeamlak, 2017;Akinnagbe andIrohibe, 2014, Legesse et al2013). Menghistu et al (2018) and Twongyirwe et al (2019) pointed out that there is limited study on the socio-economic impacts of recurrent drought and coping strategies. For instance, Mohamed (2017) reported that most of the farmers have also used some coping strategies (e.g., selling of wood or charcoal, involving in small business activities (trading), and reduction of food consumption, livestock sales, and migration).…”

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“…Hadgu et al (2015) have used multinomial logit model to comprehend the best adaptation strategies and the findings indicates that farming in the midlands or Weyna-Dega declines irrigation by 23% as compared to Kola or lowland. Twongyirwe et al (2019) noted that irrigation to reduce the risk of crop failure during periods of prolonged drought. However, the possibilities of applying crop varieties have increased by 37% than the farmers residing in the Kola or lowland.…”

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Farmer’s Drought Response and Coping Strategies at Household Level in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia

Gidey

Gebregergis

Zeweld

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Background Drought is one of the most damaging climate-induced threats impacting the lives of many people every year. The purpose of this study was to determine farmer’s drought coping strategies both proactive and reactive responses at household level based on the field survey in Raya Azebo and Raya Chercher districts, southern Tigray, Ethiopia. Agro–climatological based 246 households were sampled from the lowlands (36), midlands (202) and highlands (8). Multinomial logit model was used to identify best drought coping strategies. Results about 24.8% of female headed and 75.2% of male headed respondents have experienced mild to extremely severe drought in the last three decades. A significant association between the various drought severity and household heads (chi–square = 9.861, df = 3, p–value < 0.05) observed. Conclusions this study concluded that collection and saving of pasture, soil and water conservation practices, and use of weather prediction information to adjust saving and farming system are best proactive drought coping strategies. Whereas, feeding of roasted cactus for livestock, borrowing loans for running small business, selling of household assets and reduction of food consumptions are the major reactive or off–farm drought coping strategies in the study area. If the responses of smallholder farmers are not well supported by the concerned bodies, the existing disaster preparedness and early warning systems in the area might be significantly affected and its impacts will be very serious on both the livelihood of local people and natural resources in the area.

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Perceived effects of drought on household food security in South-western Uganda: Coping responses and determinants

Cited by 56 publications

References 33 publications

Dairy Production under Climatic Risks: Perception, Perceived Impacts and Adaptations in Punjab, Pakistan

Dairy Production under Climatic Risks: Perception, Perceived Impacts and Adaptations in Punjab, Pakistan

Positive Externalities of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for Human Health: A Review and Conceptual Framework for Public Health Research

Farmer’s Drought Response and Coping Strategies at Household Level in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia

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