linking agricultural adaptation strategies and food security: evidence from west africa
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Poster prepared by S. Douxchamps, M.T. Van Wijk, S. Silvestri, A.S. Moussa, C. Quiros, N.Y.B., Ndour, S., Buah, L., Somé, M. Herrero, P. Kristjanson, M. Ouedraogo, P.K. Thornton, P. Van Asten, R. Zougmoré and M.C. Rufino for the ILRI@40 Workshop, Addis Ababa, 7 November 2014TRANSCRIPT
Priority of Type II is not in food consump3on but in maintaining
income: although less food secure, it is less vulnerable
Linking agricultural adapta/on strategies and food security: evidence from West Africa
S. Douxchamps, M.T. Van Wijk, S. Silvestri, A.S. Moussa, C. Quiros, N.Y.B. Ndour, S. Buah, L. Somé, M. Herrero, P. Kristjanson, M. Ouedraogo, P.K. Thornton, P. Van Asten, R. Zougmoré, M.C. Rufino
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▪ low adapOve capacity and high exposure to natural and anthropogenic threats ▪ adaptaOon strategies are widely promoted, their impact on food security is unknown.
▪ to define food secure and food insecure household profiles ▪ to assess the current levels of adopOon of adaptaOon strategies at household level and idenOfy the drivers of adopOon ▪ to assess the impact of adaptaOon strategies on household level food security and land producOvity
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▪ soil and water conservaOon ▪ agroforestry ▪ small ruminants ▪ crop diversity ▪ dry season vegetable producOon ▪ improved crop varieOes ▪ mineral ferOlizer
▪ household survey: 200 households per site, 3 sites ▪ ‘IMPACTlite’ survey methodology and quesOonnaire
▪ four household types:
▪ no one-‐size-‐fits-‐all solu/ons: different farm types = different ‘climate-‐smart’ adapta/on strategies ▪ farm typology = a good entry point to analyse which prac/ces should be targeted to which type of farmers ▪ quan/fica/on of the effect of adapta/on strategies on household food security → scale out prac/ces to reduce vulnerability
▪ adopOon of adaptaOon strategies can improve the food security status of some household types, but not all:
I Subsistence
II Diversified
III Extensive
IV Intensified
Food security 26 % 34 % 55 % 60 %
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Market orientaOon low high low high
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(a) (b) (c)▪ characterisOcs and intensity of pracOce of adaptaOon strategies:
even when doubling their prac3ces, Type I and III
cannot become food secure
Type II and IV meet their food needs by increasing their
intensity of prac3ce
▪ as land area per capita ↓, ↑ food security = ↑ land producOvity ▪ contrasOng coping strategies for contrasOng types:
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Type III relies only on land area for food
consump3on: although more food secure today, it is more
vulnerable
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