Household coping strategies and food security in the multi-shock environment of Mali

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.donorNorwegian Governmenten_US
cg.contributor.initiativeFragility, Conflict, and Migrationen_US
cg.coverage.countryMalien_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJohn Ulimwengu: 0000-0002-8905-0201en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Uniten_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobsen_US
dc.contributor.authorUlimwengu, John M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T17:09:11Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-31T17:09:11Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172684en_US
dc.titleHousehold coping strategies and food security in the multi-shock environment of Malien_US
dcterms.abstractThis study investigates household coping strategies and food security outcomes within the context of multiple, overlapping shocks, including conflict, food price volatility, climate events, and economic instability. Utilizing a unique household dataset on Mali combined with probit models to account for the compounded effects of these systemic shocks, the analysis highlights significant elasticities between specific shocks and household responses. Key findings demonstrate that while preventive measures, such as income diversification, strengthen resilience, reactive strategies like selling productive assets or borrowing money or food provide only short-term relief but undermine long-term sustainability. The impact of coping strategies on food security measures, including the Food Consumption Score (FCS), Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS), and Household Hunger Scale (HHS), reveals the trade-offs Malian households make between immediate needs and future stability. The study emphasizes the critical role of policy interventions in mitigating these vulnerabilities, including strengthening social safety nets, expanding access to financial services, and promoting climate-resilient agricultural practices. By integrating the analysis of multiple shocks, this research provides actionable insights for building household and community resilience in environments of compounded risk.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationUlimwengu, John M. 2025. Household coping strategies and food security in the multi-shock environment of Mali. CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172684en_US
dcterms.extent22 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2025-01-31en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158282en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158183en_US
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectshocken_US
dcterms.subjectconflictsen_US
dcterms.subjectfood pricesen_US
dcterms.subjectresilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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