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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorNorwegian Governmenten
cg.contributor.initiativeFragility, Conflict, and Migration
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ML
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierJohn Ulimwengu: 0000-0002-8905-0201en
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Uniten
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
dc.contributor.authorUlimwengu, John M.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T17:09:11Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-31T17:09:11Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172684
dc.titleHousehold coping strategies and food security in the multi-shock environment of Malien
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
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
dcterms.extent22 p.en
dcterms.issued2025-01-31en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158282en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158183en
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectshocken
dcterms.subjectconflictsen
dcterms.subjectfood pricesen
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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