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Agricultural households’ adaptation to weather shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for land-use change and deforestation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2021

Julia Girard Open the ORCID record for Julia Girard [Opens in a new window] ,
Philippe Delacote  and
Antoine Leblois Open the ORCID record for Antoine Leblois [Opens in a new window]
Julia Girard*
Affiliation:
Climate Economics Chair, Paris, France
Philippe Delacote
Affiliation:
Climate Economics Chair, Paris, France BETA, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Nancy, France
Antoine Leblois
Affiliation:
Climate Economics Chair, Paris, France CEE-M, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is regularly threatened by the occurrence of weather shocks. We wonder whether the way farmers respond to shocks can affect land use and induce deforestation. Reviewing the existing literature, we found that this question has only been marginally studied. Drawing from the adaptation and land-use change literatures, we then expose the mechanisms through which weather shocks can push farmers to induce land-use change, or conversely to foster conservation. As farmers cope with shocks, their responses can cause degradations in ecosystems which could, in the long term, encourage deforestation and land-use change. To prepare for the next growing season, or adapt to climate variability and risk in the longer term, farmers also make structural adjustments in their farm and land-use decisions, which may lead to changes in land holding. They also resort to adaptation strategies that can indirectly affect land-use decisions by affecting households’ resources (labor, income).

Keywords

adaptationagriculturecopingdeforestationland useweather shocks

JEL classification

Q54: Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming Q24: Land Q57: Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services • Biodiversity Conservation • Bioeconomics • Industrial Ecology Q15: Land Ownership and Tenure • Land Reform • Land Use • Irrigation • Agriculture and Environment R14: Land Use Patterns
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Review Article
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Environment and Development Economics , Volume 26 , Special Issue 5-6: Weather and Climate Impacts in Developing Countries , October 2021 , pp. 538 - 560
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