Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia
Climate and weather shocks pose risks to livelihoods in Southern Africa. We assess the extent to which smallholders are exposed to climate shocks in Zambia and how behavioural choices influence the negative effects of these shocks on vulnerability and resilience. We use household data from the natio...
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| author | Ngoma, Hambulo Finn, Arden Kabisa, Mulako |
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| description | Climate and weather shocks pose risks to livelihoods in Southern Africa. We assess the extent to which smallholders are exposed to climate shocks in Zambia and how behavioural choices influence the negative effects of these shocks on vulnerability and resilience. We use household data from the nationally representative Rural Agricultural Livelihoods Survey and employ an instrumental variable probit regression model to control for the endogeneity of key choice variables. There are four main findings. First, droughts are the most prevalent climate shock faced by rural smallholder farmers in Zambia, but the extent of exposure differs spatially, with the Southern and Western Provinces being the hardest hit. Nationally, 76% of all smallholder farmers are vulnerable and only 24% are resilient, with female households most vulnerable. Second, increased climate shocks correlate with both increased vulnerability and reduced resilience, with short- and long-term deviations in seasonal rainfall worsening vulnerability and resilience. Third, higher asset endowments and education are correlated with reduced vulnerability and increased resilience. And last, climate-smart agricultural practices significantly improve household resilience. These findings imply a need to support scaling of climate-smart agricultural technologies and to invest in risk mitigation strategies such as weather-indexed insurance and targeted social cash transfers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1380342025-12-08T09:54:28Z Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia Ngoma, Hambulo Finn, Arden Kabisa, Mulako resilience vulnerability climate smallholders Climate and weather shocks pose risks to livelihoods in Southern Africa. We assess the extent to which smallholders are exposed to climate shocks in Zambia and how behavioural choices influence the negative effects of these shocks on vulnerability and resilience. We use household data from the nationally representative Rural Agricultural Livelihoods Survey and employ an instrumental variable probit regression model to control for the endogeneity of key choice variables. There are four main findings. First, droughts are the most prevalent climate shock faced by rural smallholder farmers in Zambia, but the extent of exposure differs spatially, with the Southern and Western Provinces being the hardest hit. Nationally, 76% of all smallholder farmers are vulnerable and only 24% are resilient, with female households most vulnerable. Second, increased climate shocks correlate with both increased vulnerability and reduced resilience, with short- and long-term deviations in seasonal rainfall worsening vulnerability and resilience. Third, higher asset endowments and education are correlated with reduced vulnerability and increased resilience. And last, climate-smart agricultural practices significantly improve household resilience. These findings imply a need to support scaling of climate-smart agricultural technologies and to invest in risk mitigation strategies such as weather-indexed insurance and targeted social cash transfers. 2024-07-02 2024-01-18T16:04:18Z 2024-01-18T16:04:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138034 en Open Access application/pdf Informa UK Limited Ngoma, H., Finn, A., & Kabisa, M. (2023). Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia. Climate and Development, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2023.2246031 |
| spellingShingle | resilience vulnerability climate smallholders Ngoma, Hambulo Finn, Arden Kabisa, Mulako Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia |
| title | Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia |
| title_full | Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia |
| title_fullStr | Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia |
| title_short | Climate shocks, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods in rural Zambia |
| title_sort | climate shocks vulnerability resilience and livelihoods in rural zambia |
| topic | resilience vulnerability climate smallholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138034 |
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