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The Way we Live: The Way we Live:
Livelihood Systems Livelihood Systems
in the Sahelin the Sahel
AIACC_AF92AIACC_AF92Presented at the Africa Regional Workshop, South AfricaPresented at the Africa Regional Workshop, South Africa
March 10-13, 2003March 10-13, 2003
Basic QuestionsBasic Questions
• What are the various livelihood systems of the rural people in the Sahel?
• Who can achieve a sustainable livelihood, and who cannot in the face of climate change?
• What resources, institutions and strategies are important for enabling the options open to the rural poor in the Sahel to adapt to climate change?
• What practical, operational and policy implications stem from adopting this approach?
Defining LivelihoodDefining Livelihood
• Livelihoods are the ways people make a living, including how they distribute their productive resources and the types of activities in which they are engaged.
• The decisions people make about how to organize their livelihoods may incorporate a whole range of goals and values, e.g. an individual’s preference for agricultural work over pastoral work.
• Some of these goals and values are influenced by cultural norms. Therefore, it is relevant to consider the cultural context of how people in a society structure their livelihoods.
Why Livelihood?Why Livelihood?
• A livelihoods perspective encourages a broader understanding and examination of factors, institutions and processes that can explain the differing success with which rural households make a living.
• Consequently, permits a bringing together of more sectoral approaches which tend to focus on a single aspect of rural livelihood systems, to create a more holistic understanding of the options and trade-offs facing different groups in the face of climate change.
MethodologyMethodology
• Define or Adopt a framework
• Rapid rural reconnaissance– Identify livelihood systems– Identify stakeholders
• Participatory rural workshops and data collection
• Scenario and model development
• Evaluate adaptation strategies
The Sustainable Livelihood The Sustainable Livelihood Framework (1)Framework (1)
Is simply a tool to help:o plan new development/adaptation initiativeso assess the contribution to livelihood
sustainability made by existing activities
It:o provides a checklist of relevant issueso highlights what influences what o emphasizes the multiple interactions that
affect people’s livelihoods
The Sustainable Livelihood The Sustainable Livelihood Framework (2)Framework (2)
Helps us think holistically about:o The things that poor rural households
might be very vulnerable too The assets and resources that help them
thrive and surviveo The policies and institutions that impact
on their livelihoodso How they respond to threats of climate
changeo What sort of adaptation strategies are
open to them
Livelihood Capital Assets
Human
Social
Physical
Financial
Natural
Vulnerability Context
•
Livelihood Strategies
Policies & Institutions
• Government-
• Socio-Cultural-
Livelihood Outcomes
• + Sustainable use of NR base • + Income• + Well-being• - Vulnerability• + Food security
The SL Framework
Livelihood Capital Assets
Human
Social
Physical
Financial
Natural
Vulnerability Context
•
Livelihood Strategies
Policies & Institutions
• Government-
• Socio-Cultural-
Livelihood Outcomes
• + Sustainable use of NR base • + Income• + Well-being• - Vulnerability• + Food security
The SL Framework
Livelihood Systems
Reconnaissance SurveyReconnaissance Survey
• Familiarize with project Area
• Identify candidate project sites
• Identify logistics that we may need for effective research implementation
• Identify potential stakeholders
Study RegionStudy Region
Livelihood SystemsLivelihood Systems
Rural livelihood structures in the Sahel are heavily reliant on the natural resource base.
• Formal– Agriculture– Non-Agricultural
• Informal– Wildlife– Fuel wood gathering– Tourism?
Formal LivelihoodFormal Livelihood• Agriculture
– Arable farming• Rain fed• Irrigation/Fadama
– Pastoralism• Commercial• Domestic
– Fishing
• Non-Agriculture– Handicrafts– Small scale manufacturing and processing
AgricultureAgriculture
• Main stay of Nigeria’s economy, employing over 70% of active labour and accounting for over 90% of non-oil export earnings.
• Over 90% of agricultural production comes from rural areas.
Index of Agricultural Production in Nigeria, 1970-1998
050
100150200
250300
Years
Crops
Livestock
Fishery
PastoralismPastoralism• In the Sahel, pastoralism is the dominant livelihood. The
Sahel of Nigeria is estimated to support about:– 15 million cattle– 10 million sheep– 18 million goats– All the donkeys in Nigeria, etc
• Here, nomadic herdsmen graze their livestock and are constantly in search of suitable pasture.
• Two major pastoral corridors in Nigeria: The Northwest and Northeast.
• 3 million hectares of wetlands dot these corridors, with an average livestock density of 13/ha, well above the carrying capacity.
Livestock in Mali: 1960-1992Livestock in Mali: 1960-1992
PastoralismPastoralism
FishingFishing
A dry river valley in the dry season, a major source of fish in the rainy season
Fishing in a pond in Arid Northern Nigeria
Informal SectorInformal Sector
Utensil makers Mat makers
Anticipated ProblemsAnticipated Problems
• Deciding on what livelihood systems to include or exclude
• Scale of analysis
• Integrating local knowledge with western scientific knowledge in model specification
• Coordinating the project across two countries with very different languages