Heterogeneity of Resilience of Livelihood Strategies in Pastoral and Agropastoral Farming Systems of Rural Semi-arid to Arid Areas in Morocco

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cg.contributor.affiliationCentre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développementen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMontpellier SupAgroen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Montpellieren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Franceen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center of Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan IIen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken_US
cg.contributor.donorAgence Nationale de la Recherche, Franceen_US
cg.contributor.donorCentre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développementen_US
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten_US
cg.coverage.countryMoroccoen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MAen_US
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierMark van Wijk: 0000-0003-0728-8839en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.723994en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2571-581Xen_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODSen_US
cg.volume5en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlary, Véroniqueen_US
dc.contributor.authorCaulfield, Mark E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAmsidder, Linaen_US
dc.contributor.authorJuanes, Xavieren_US
dc.contributor.authorBoujenane, Ismaïlen_US
dc.contributor.authorSraïri, Taher M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Samen_US
dc.contributor.authorHammond, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.authorWijk, Mark T. vanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-07T13:21:55Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-01-07T13:21:55Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/126676en_US
dc.titleHeterogeneity of Resilience of Livelihood Strategies in Pastoral and Agropastoral Farming Systems of Rural Semi-arid to Arid Areas in Moroccoen_US
dcterms.abstractA large proportion of rural households, particularly in the dry land areas, representative for more than 10% of the world's land surface and up to 80% in Morocco, depend for their livelihoods on livestock. They exploit livestock's capacity to live in very harsh environments using herd-mobility at multiple scale level. Understanding the multiple contributions of livestock to the household and national economy raises complex research issues and challenges linked with the multitude of goods and services derived from livestock, their interactions with other family activities, and the local and national context. The objective of our research was therefore to analyse the diversity and assess the resilience of livelihood strategies of farming households oriented to livestock using a set of data collected in the dry land areas (oases and mountainous zones) of Morocco and discuss the livelihood outcome indicators. To achieve this, we have realized a cross-sectional analysis of livelihoods and adaptive capacity, to select a set of pertinent indicators. These indicators have been developed using an adapted version of the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) toolkit for pastoral and agropastoral household systems. Our results highlight the critical importance of livelihood diversification (off-farm diversification, livestock diversification, and crop diversification) in building household resilience and the livelihood outcomes. While livelihood strategies undoubtedly contribute to livelihood outcomes, there is also a critical iterative process, i.e., livelihood outcomes also influence the livelihood strategies at the farming households. The present work proposes an aggregated indicator of livelihood outcomes allowing us to capture the heterogeneity of living conditions of agropastoral systems by considering the main drivers of this system, i.e., mobility, livestock species, and physiological stage composition of the herd. This approach could constitute a valuable contribution to help fill the knowledge gaps that do not allow policy makers in developing contextualized rural development policies and instruments in these very harsh environments.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2022-01-25en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlary V, Caulfield ME, Amsidder L, Juanes X, Boujenane I, Sraïri MT, Sam A, Hammond J and Van Wijk M (2022) Heterogeneity of Resilience of Livelihood Strategies in Pastoral and Agropastoral Farming Systems of Rural Semi-arid to Arid Areas in Morocco. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 5:723994en_US
dcterms.issued2022-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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