Translocal Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Steinbrink, Malte; Niedenführ, Hannah

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22841-5_5

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“…Our study suggested seasonal HFI as an independent predictor of decreased WHZ (table 5), which is in accordance with previous investigations 57 58. This could be attributable to seasonal fluctuations in household food consumption patterns,11 59 and some scholars describe seasonality as a grossly neglected dimension of poverty 11 17 60…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Seasonality and predictors of childhood stunting and wasting in drought-prone areas in Ethiopia: a cohort study

Kabalo

Lindtjørn

2022

BMJ Open

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Background and objectivesOver centuries, Ethiopia has experienced severe famines and periods of serious drought, and malnutrition remains a major public health problem. The aims of this study were to estimate seasonal variations in child stunting and wasting, and identify factors associated with both forms of child malnutrition in drought-prone areas.MethodsThis cohort study was conducted among a random sample of 909 children in rural southern Ethiopia. The same children were followed for 1 year (2017–2018) with quarterly repeated measurements of their outcomes: height-for-age and weight-for-height indices (Z-scores). Linear regression models were used to analyse the association between both outcomes and baseline factors (eg, household participation in a social safety net programme and water access) and some time-varying factors (eg, household food insecurity).ResultsChild wasting rates varied with seasonal household food insecurity (ᵪ2trend= 15.9, p=0.001), but stunting rates did not. Household participation in a social safety net programme was associated with decreased stunting (p=0.001) and wasting (p=0.002). In addition to its association with decreased wasting (p=0.001), protected drinking water access enhanced the association between household participation in a social safety net programme and decreased stunting (p=0.009). Absence of a household latrine (p=0.011), lower maternal education level (p=0.001), larger family size (p=0.004) and lack of non-farming income (p=0.002) were associated with increased child stunting.ConclusionsSeasonal household food insecurity was associated with child undernutrition in rural Ethiopia. Strengthening community-based food security programmes, such as the Ethiopian social safety net programme, could help to reduce child undernutrition in drought-prone areas. Improving clean water access and sanitation could also decrease child undernutrition.Key terms:Z-scores; Social safety net program; Water access

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Seasonality and predictors of childhood stunting and wasting in drought-prone areas in Ethiopia: a cohort study

Kabalo

Lindtjørn

2022

BMJ Open

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“…In this section, households' decisions for migration amid covid-19 were examined, specifically how the households perceived covid-19 and how much it affected households' Source: Own survey computation migration decisions. Since the study wants to view the migration status from the translocal vulnerability perspective that considers maximization of utility while at the same time minimizing the risk associated with covid-19 (Steinbrink and Hannah, 2020). For this purpose, we have employed a binary logit model against different socioeconomic variables and coronavirus-related factors (such as awareness on coronavirus, experiences of victims of covid-19, fear of family for being victims of the virus and others).…”

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confidence: 58%

Does translocal vulnerability apply to labor migrants into the sesame production belt amid covid-19? Evidence from districts in Ethiopia

Abate,

Derbe Libshwork,

Mersha

2023

IJMHSC

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Purpose The outbreak of covid-19 has affected international migration and remittance and has also narrowed down the opportunities for internal labor migrants. The pandemic has also left internal migrants in a threatening situation due to the closure of job opportunities. Taking the migration of labor from the highland toward the sesame production belt into consideration, this study aims to examine the influencing factors of migration to the sesame belt amid covid-19 and ascertain the link between migration and translocal vulnerability. Design/methodology/approach The study followed a mixed approach that combines quantitative and qualitative methods. However, the quantitative approach tends to dominate due to the nature of the objectives of the study. The study was conducted in the central Gondar zone, using a cross-sectional survey design with a sample size of 150 households collected from January to March, 2021. Both descriptive and econometrics models such as binary logit model have been used. Findings Based on the study result, we came to understand that migration is part and parcel of the livelihoods of the farm household that accounts for 35% of migration status amid covid-19. Particularly, the study came to conclude that households’ decision to send family members heavily relied on their prior information and fear of transmission of the coronavirus to family members which are statistically significant. As a result, this piece of work can be a good witness for translocal vulnerability where studies are very limited in the area. For this, this study suggests that concerned bodies like social and labor affairs in consultation with the agriculture offices and bureaus at a different level and the investors in the migrant’s destination should facilitate the protection and awareness mechanisms so that the spread of covid-19 can be minimized and thereby both the migrants and the investors can be benefitted from the migrants’ work amid covid-19. Originality/value This study tries to connect the current spread of covid-19 with the translocal vulnerability context. Primarily, it empirically argued the translocal vulnerability factor is the main determinant for the farm households to send families’ labor as a livelihood diversification strategy. Very limited studies consider the translocal vulnerability implication of migration; notably to the best of the researchers’ knowledge, studies that linked covid-19 with translocal vulnerability context are scant. On top of that, many studies that link migration with covid-19 tend to be inclined to international migration with very limited attention to internal migration.

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“…Migration is a livelihood strategy in Ghana and rural-urban migration is prevalent in many forest-adjacent communities where the MTS is being implemented. Translocal practices can have impact on the environment at the areas of origin of migrants [20][21][22]. It is therefore important to examine the effect visits and remittances (which are essential parts of translocal practices) to migrants' areas of origin have on reforestation under the MTS.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Figure 1, we conceptualised that the resource system (forest biome) and resource units (trees, non-tree forest products (NTFP), micro-organisms, soil) and the governance system (rules of the MTS, norms and social relations) and actors (resource users participating farmers, FC and community) can be impacted by translocal practices of visits and remittances by migrants across the translocal social field [21,25]. The entry point of translocal practices in the SESs is often through, but not limited to, local actors, mainly farmers.…”

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The Role of Translocal Practices in a Natural Climate Solution in Ghana

Narh,

Wehner,

Ungruhe

et al. 2023

Climate

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People-centred reforestation is one of the ways to achieve natural climate solutions. Ghana has established a people-centred reforestation programme known as the Modified Taunya System (MTS) where local people are assigned degraded forest reserves to practice agroforestry. Given that the MTS is a people-centred initiative, socioeconomic factors are likely to have impact on the reforestation drive. This study aims to understand the role of translocal practices of remittances and visits by migrants on the MTS. Using multi-sited, sequential explanatory mixed methods and the lens of socioecological systems, the study shows that social capital and socioeconomic obligations of cash remittances from, as well as visits by migrants to their communities of origin play positive roles on reforestation under the MTS. Specifically, translocal households have access to, and use remittances to engage relatively better in the MTS than households that do not receive remittances. This shows that translocal practices can have a positive impact on the environment at the area of origin of migrants where there are people-centred environmental policies in place.

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Translocal Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 7 publications

References 60 publications

Seasonality and predictors of childhood stunting and wasting in drought-prone areas in Ethiopia: a cohort study

Seasonality and predictors of childhood stunting and wasting in drought-prone areas in Ethiopia: a cohort study

Does translocal vulnerability apply to labor migrants into the sesame production belt amid covid-19? Evidence from districts in Ethiopia

The Role of Translocal Practices in a Natural Climate Solution in Ghana

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