linking agricultural adaptation strategies and food security: evidence from west africa

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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Intensity  of  practice  of  adaptation  strategies

▪  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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n  strategies  

▪  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  %  

Land  area  per  cap.   small   small   large   large  

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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