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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
卷 18, 期 1, 页码 220-233出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.05.001
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vulnerability; actor strategies; livelihoods; drought; food security/-insecurity; famine; drought impacts; rainfall variability; risk
Famines are often linked to drought in semi-arid areas of Sub-Saharan Africa where not only pastoralists, but also increasingly agro-pastoralists are affected. This study addresses the interplay between drought and famine in the rural semi-arid areas of Makueni district, Kenya, by examining whether, and how crop production conditions and agro-pastoral strategies predispose smallholder households to drought-triggered food insecurity. If this hypothesis holds, then approaches to deal with drought and famine have to target factors causing household food insecurity during non-drought periods. Data from a longitudinal survey of 127 households, interviews, workshops, and daily rainfall records (1961-2003) were analysed using quanititative and qualitative methods. This integrated approach confirms the above hypothesis and reveals that factors other than rainfall, like asset and tabour constraints, inadequate policy enforcement, as well as the poverty-driven inability to adopt risk-averse production systems play a key role. When linking these factors to the high rainfall variability, farmer-relevant definitions and forecasts of drought have to be applied. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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