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Diversification Strategies and Adaptation Deficit: Evidence from Rural Communities in Niger

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 48 p.

Author Solomon Asfaw, Alessandro Palma and Leslie Lipper

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN No ISBN

Series title FAO Agricultural Economics Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper provides fresh empirical evidence on the adaptation process to face climate changes through the analysis of original cross-sectional data collected at household-level in Niger. In particular, we identify the main drivers and barriers of crop and labour diversification, which constitute two livelihood strategies in mitigating the adaptation deficit. Secondly, the effectiveness of diversification practices is assessed by means of three complementary welfare measures, namely income chang es, food security and the poverty gap. We find that, aside from climate shocks, the diversification level varies in response to the educational level of household members and spatial location as well as the adoption of information communication technologies

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