Household level coping strategies for flood disaster

2018 ◽  
pp. 96-112
Author(s):  
Rumana Sultana ◽  
Md. Shafiul Alam ◽  
Samiya Ahmed Selim
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Flood Disaster ◽  
Household Level

scholarly journals Determinants of Household-Level Coping Strategies and Recoveries from Riverine Flood Disasters: Empirical Evidence from the Right Bank of Teesta River, Bangladesh

Climate ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Md. Sanaul Haque Mondal ◽  
Takehiko Murayama ◽  
Shigeo Nishikizawa
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Flood Disaster ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Consumption Reduction ◽  
Physical Assets ◽  
The Right

Although recurrent floods cause detrimental impact for the people living in riverine floodplains, households are taking up various risks management strategies to deal with them. This paper examined household’s post-disaster coping strategies to respond and recover from riverine floods in 2017. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey from 377 households from the right bank of Teesta River in Bangladesh. Households employed different coping strategies including borrowing money, assets disposal, consumption reduction, temporary migration, and grants from external sources, to cope with flood. Results from logistic regression models suggested that increasing severity of flood reduced households’ consumption. Exposed households were more likely to borrow money. Consumption reduction and temporary migration were mostly adopted by agricultural landless households. Income from nonfarm sources was found to be an important factor influencing household’s decisions on coping. Furthermore, households that recovered from the last flood disaster seek insurance through their own savings and available physical assets, highlighting the role of disaster preparedness in resilient recovery. This study calls for the policy intervention at the household-level to enhance the adaptive capacity of riverine households so that people at risk can cope better and recover from flood disaster using their resources.

Farmer’s Drought Response and Coping Strategies at Household Level in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eskinder Gidey ◽  
Tirhas Gebregergis ◽  
Woldegebrial Zeweld ◽  
Haftamu Gebretsadik ◽  
Ogaile Dikinya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Multinomial Logit Model ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Drought Severity ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Household Heads

Abstract Background Drought is one of the most damaging climate-induced threats impacting the lives of many people every year. The purpose of this study was to determine farmer’s drought coping strategies both proactive and reactive responses at household level based on the field survey in Raya Azebo and Raya Chercher districts, southern Tigray, Ethiopia. Agro–climatological based 246 households were sampled from the lowlands (36), midlands (202) and highlands (8). Multinomial logit model was used to identify best drought coping strategies. Results about 24.8% of female headed and 75.2% of male headed respondents have experienced mild to extremely severe drought in the last three decades. A significant association between the various drought severity and household heads (chi–square = 9.861, df = 3, p–value < 0.05) observed. Conclusions this study concluded that collection and saving of pasture, soil and water conservation practices, and use of weather prediction information to adjust saving and farming system are best proactive drought coping strategies. Whereas, feeding of roasted cactus for livestock, borrowing loans for running small business, selling of household assets and reduction of food consumptions are the major reactive or off–farm drought coping strategies in the study area. If the responses of smallholder farmers are not well supported by the concerned bodies, the existing disaster preparedness and early warning systems in the area might be significantly affected and its impacts will be very serious on both the livelihood of local people and natural resources in the area.

scholarly journals Aligning Programs and Policies to Support Food Security and Public Health Goals in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary K. Seligman ◽  
Seth A. Berkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Food System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Food Insecure Households ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Access To Food

Food insecurity affects 1 in 8 US households and has clear implications for population health disparities. We present a person-centered, multilevel framework for understanding how individuals living in food-insecure households cope with inadequate access to food themselves and within their households, communities, and broader food system. Many of these coping strategies can have an adverse impact on health, particularly when the coping strategies are sustained over time; others may be salutary for health. There exist multiple opportunities for aligning programs and policies so that they simultaneously support food security and improved diet quality in the interest of supporting improved health outcomes. Improved access to these programs and policies may reduce the need to rely on individual- and household-level strategies that may have negative implications for health across the life course.

scholarly journals Household food insecurity and coping strategies in Southern Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mesfin Melese ◽  
Minyahel Tilahun ◽  
Mebratu Alemu
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Food Shortage ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Household Food Insecurity ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Household Food ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Background Hunger and undernourishment are the main challenges of today’s world and 960 million people are hungry and undernourished. Food insecurity is an enduring, critical challenge in Ethiopia. Majority of the previous studies overlooked relevant determinant factors which affect the occurrence of food insecurity. This study aims to investigate household level food insecurity determinate factors and coping strategies used in the study area. Method Explanatory and descriptive research was designed to assess household food insecurity and coping strategies in Analemmo district of southern Ethiopia. A multi-stage purposive sampling technique was used for the purpose of this study. Two hundred households were selected systematically following list of food insecure households. Econometric models were employed using binary logit model. Household calorie acquisition was calculated to categorize households into food secure and food insecurely status. Results The survey result showed that 64% of the respondents were food insecure. Variables such as agro-ecology, age and education status, number of oxen, soil and water conservation, amount of credit, cultivated land size and receiving remittance were negatively but significantly (P < 0.05) affected households' food insecurity level. Female and young groups of the community were more food insecure as compared to others groups. The community was coping food shortage by relying on less preferred and less expensive food followed by participating in off-farm activities and borrowing food. Housesholds in the study area were utilizing less preferred foods to cope up food shortage and starvation. Conclusion Efforts of different developmental organizations should give due emphasis to household's wealth level, female-headed household and young and old-aged members of the community. Crop land production supported by modern agricultural technologies and information can reduce agricultural risks, and enhance productivity per unit land.

scholarly journals Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vidya Venkataramanan ◽  
Shalean M. Collins ◽  
Kathleen A. Clark ◽  
Julia Yeam ◽  
Virginia G. Nowakowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Water Insecurity ◽  
Household Level

scholarly journals Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability on Food Security in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisii County

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moranga P. Samwel ◽  
Beatrice A. Abutto ◽  
Vincent Otieno
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

Climate variability and change has been found to be one of the factors that affect economies leading to food insecurity in various parts of the world. Kenya is no exception. This study looks at how climate variability has contributed to food insecurity in Kisii County, Kenya. The objectives of this study is therefore to, (i) to examine the rainfall and temperature trends in Kisii County for a period of approximately 30 years, (ii) to examine the effect of climate variability on food production and (iii) to assess the perception of local farmers on weather and climate information, (iv) to evaluate the coping strategies adopted at to bridge the gap on food deficit at different household level and (v) to assess the nutritional status of children and the elderly. The study was conducted in two sub-counties of Kisii County; Marani and Bomachoge Chache. The data used was mainly rainfall and temperature data from meteorological stations and sample data gathered from selected groups. The study population comprised of children between 6 months and 59 months, household heads, elderly people and agricultural officers. Purposive sampling was used to select agricultural officers while multistage sampling was used to select respondents at household level. Data was collected by use of a pre-tested questionnaire. The MUAC tape was used to collect nutritional status of children while BMI data was obtained from elderly people. Mann Kendall statistic was used to determine whether the trend of rainfall and temperature observed is significant while Chi-square test was used to determine whether the coping strategies observed varied significantly at household level. From the analysis, rainfall has not shown any significant change in Kisii County while temperature trend has been significantly increasing over the years at 95% confidence level. This could explain the observed reduction in river levels. Analysis of crop production and price trends of major food crops in Kisii County showed a decreasing trend of food production leading to increase in price over the years. This meant that farmers could not produce enough to take them to the next harvesting season making farmers to adopt different coping strategies at household level which differed significantly according to Chi-Square test. Malnutrition status of both elderly people above 59 years and children between 6-59 months were similar with 23% of both children/elderly being severely malnourished/malnourished. This study has only looked at climatic factors such as rainfall and temperature. Other aspects such as depth of underground water, ph level of soil and the effects of land fragmentation also need to be looked at. This study is important to both farmers in choosing the right crop to plant, and policy makers and planners in formulating the best mitigation and intervention strategies for Kisii County food insecurity problem. This will further contribute to national efforts towards achievement of vision 2030.

scholarly journals Food security and livelihoods of post-resettlement households around Kanha National Park

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243825
Author(s):  
Amrita Neelakantan ◽  
Ruth DeFries ◽  
Jessica Fanzo
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
National Park ◽  
Central India ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Forest Dependency

Globally, conservation efforts have moved millions of people out of protected areas since the 1970s, yet quantitative studies on post-resettlement well-being remain a challenge due to poor documentation. Since 2008, the Indian forest department records demographic and financial details at the household level under standardized guidelines for resettlement. Here, we examine the food security of approximately 600 households’ post-resettlement from Kanha National Park (KNP) in central India between 2009 and 2014. We compare food security of resettled households with host community households with a total of 3519 household surveys, conducted over three seasons within one year. We measure food security using food consumption scores (FCSs), coping strategies index (CSI) and household hunger scale (HHS). Food insecurity is widespread in the landscape, with over 80% of households reporting poor or borderline FCSs year-round. Additionally, we recorded food insecurity increases in monsoon for all households regardless of resettlement status. Results indicate that resettled households are comparable to their host community neighbors in FCS and all households use mild coping strategies to combat food insecurity. While widespread, food insecurity in the KNP landscape is not acute with very few (<10) reports of severe hunger (as measured by the HHS). Almost all foods are market bought (>90%) and sometimes supplemented by gathering locally prevalent greens or from kitchen gardens (forest dependency for food was negligible). Accruing assets and diversifying incomes from non-labor avenues would alleviate food insecurity for all households. The patterns of market dependence and food security associated with diversified stable incomes around protected areas is in contrast with many studies but is likely to occur in similar human-dominated landscapes.

scholarly journals Determinants of Poverty, Self-Reported Shocks, and Coping Strategies: Evidence from Rural Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1790
Author(s):  
Narayan Prasad Gautam ◽  
Nirmal Kumar Raut ◽  
Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri ◽  
Nirjala Raut ◽  
Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Factor Endowments ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
And Migration ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Rural Nepal

This paper assesses the interrelationship between poverty, climatic and non-climatic shocks, and shock coping strategies adopted by farm-based rural households in Nepal. An analysis is based on a comprehensive data set collected from 300 randomly selected households from three purposively chosen villages of Gandaki province. The study utilizes binary and ordered probit regression models to analyze the determinants of poverty, shocks, and coping strategies. Findings reveal that the Dalit (ethnic group), large-sized, and agricultural households are more likely to be characterized as poor. The study further shows that majority of the households are exposed to the severe shock of climatic types. Patterns of shock exposure vary with the household’s characteristics. In particular, poor households in the hills primarily dependent on forest for livelihood are more likely to experience severe shocks. Further analyses indicate that the households ex-post choose dissaving, borrowing, shifting occupation, and migration to cope with severe climatic shocks. The analyses also reveal that the nature of shocks, socio-economic, demographic, geographic contexts, and factor endowments effect adopting a particular coping strategy. Findings suggest household level-specific support should be provided to mitigate the effects of shock, and appropriate measures are taken to protect their means of living.

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