Participatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahel

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Wisconsinen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.crpDryland Systems
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programmeen
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSahel
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-015-0033-xen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2041-7136en
cg.issue13en
cg.journalPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practiceen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.volume5en
dc.contributor.authorAyantunde, Augustine A.en
dc.contributor.authorTurner, M.D.en
dc.contributor.authorKalilou, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-13T12:07:50Zen
dc.date.available2015-10-13T12:07:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/68491
dc.titleParticipatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahelen
dcterms.abstractDrought is one of the major climatic hazards impacting on the various sectors including crop and livestock in the West African Sahel. Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the region are regularly affected by drought, with vulnerability differing with gender, age, wealth status (access to cropland and livestock endowment), geographic location, social networks, and previous exposure to drought. Effective interventions require regular monitoring of vulnerability to drought, for which various quantitative and qualitative approaches exist. Qualitative assessments of vulnerability rely on participatory approaches with emphasis on involvement of the local communities in the analysis of their vulnerability to climate-induced stresses. In this study, we used a participatory approach to assess the vulnerability of three agro-pastoral communities in Niger to drought. The specific objective of this study was to assess the strength and limitation of a participatory vulnerability approach using a case study. According to the respondents in all the study sites, the incidence of drought has become more frequent in the last three decades compared to previous decades (before 1970). The impacts of drought on livelihoods according to the participants included food shortage, famine, forced sale of livestock to buy grain, decimation of livestock herds, and massive exploitation of woody plant species. The main weakness of participatory vulnerability assessments is the scalability of findings, as they are often location-specific. Therefore, participatory assessment should be complemented with more rigorous quantitative approaches to enhance applicability of the results to other locations with similar contexts.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2015-07-29en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAyantunde, A.A., Turner, M.D. and Kalilou, A. 2015. Participatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahel. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 5(13):1-11.en
dcterms.extentp. 1-11en
dcterms.issued2015-12en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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