Vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought-prone Gamo lowlands: An empirical insight from southwest Ethiopia
Vulnerable people do not always absorb the occurring shocks instead they react to disasters employing multiple strategies. This study mainly aims to explore households' vulnerability management practices and their linkages with sustainable livelihood security in the drought-prone Gamo lowland s...
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| description | Vulnerable people do not always absorb the occurring shocks instead they react to disasters employing multiple strategies. This study mainly aims to explore households' vulnerability management practices and their linkages with sustainable livelihood security in the drought-prone Gamo lowland setup. Through the multistage sampling technique, a total of 285 respondents were selected from the four sample kebeles. Primary data were collected using a survey questionnaire, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations. Secondary data were drawn from published and unpublished materials. A mix of the qualitative dominant mixed methods of data analysis was employed. The newly formulated Vulnerability Management for Survival (VMS) framework is used to schematize people's survival strategies and challenges. It was found that the Gamo lowland households pursue multiple vulnerability management practices like liquidation, adopting drought-resistant crops, livelihood diversification, destocking, engagements in off-farm activities, remittance, and reciprocity. These practices are linked with households' livelihood security wherein effective management of vulnerabilities yields secured and sustained livelihoods among the implications. To sustainably enhance rural invulnerability, strengthening people's survival strategies like reciprocity, participation in financial institutions, water harvesting, area closure, afforestation and reforestation, and access to information are recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6f836221c9c4ee3bcb84d66e586e4502023-01-05T08:38:12ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-12-01812e12055Vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought-prone Gamo lowlands: An empirical insight from southwest EthiopiaThomas Toma Tora0Degefa Tolossa Degaga1Abera Uncha Utallo2Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Arba Minch University, P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia; Corresponding author.College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 150229, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, Arba Minch University, P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch, EthiopiaVulnerable people do not always absorb the occurring shocks instead they react to disasters employing multiple strategies. This study mainly aims to explore households' vulnerability management practices and their linkages with sustainable livelihood security in the drought-prone Gamo lowland setup. Through the multistage sampling technique, a total of 285 respondents were selected from the four sample kebeles. Primary data were collected using a survey questionnaire, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations. Secondary data were drawn from published and unpublished materials. A mix of the qualitative dominant mixed methods of data analysis was employed. The newly formulated Vulnerability Management for Survival (VMS) framework is used to schematize people's survival strategies and challenges. It was found that the Gamo lowland households pursue multiple vulnerability management practices like liquidation, adopting drought-resistant crops, livelihood diversification, destocking, engagements in off-farm activities, remittance, and reciprocity. These practices are linked with households' livelihood security wherein effective management of vulnerabilities yields secured and sustained livelihoods among the implications. To sustainably enhance rural invulnerability, strengthening people's survival strategies like reciprocity, participation in financial institutions, water harvesting, area closure, afforestation and reforestation, and access to information are recommended.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022033436Drought hazardsEx-anteEx-postGamo lowlandsThe VMS frameworkVulnerability |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Toma Tora Degefa Tolossa Degaga Abera Uncha Utallo Vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought-prone Gamo lowlands: An empirical insight from southwest Ethiopia Heliyon Drought hazards Ex-ante Ex-post Gamo lowlands The VMS framework Vulnerability |
| title | Vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought-prone Gamo lowlands: An empirical insight from southwest Ethiopia |
| title_full | Vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought-prone Gamo lowlands: An empirical insight from southwest Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought-prone Gamo lowlands: An empirical insight from southwest Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought-prone Gamo lowlands: An empirical insight from southwest Ethiopia |
| title_short | Vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought-prone Gamo lowlands: An empirical insight from southwest Ethiopia |
| title_sort | vulnerability management practices for sustainable livelihood security in drought prone gamo lowlands an empirical insight from southwest ethiopia |
| topic | Drought hazards Ex-ante Ex-post Gamo lowlands The VMS framework Vulnerability |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022033436 |
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