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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 142-152Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.10.002
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Climate change; Adaptation; Cultural barriers; Sahel; Fulbe
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- Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Research
- African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)
- European Community's Sixth Framework Research Programme
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Human adaptation to climate change is a heterogeneous process influenced by more than economic and technological development. It is increasingly acknowledged in the adaptation to climate change literature that factors such as class, gender and culture play a large role when adaptation strategies are either chosen or rejected at the local scale. This paper explores adaptation strategies by focusing on livelihood diversification in the face of the most recent of recurrent droughts in the Sahel. It is shown that for Fulbe, one of the two main ethnic groups in the small village in Northern Burkina Faso studied, culture acts as a major barrier to embracing four of the most successful livelihood strategies: tabour migration, working for development projects, gardening, and the engagement of women in economic activities. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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