Prosper Turimubumwe, CASAS’ member, has published an article with Saidi VianeyBaseka in African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Abstract: Climate change in Africa complicates the existing problems related to improving the livelihood of rural settlers who rely on land as major capital. Drought, floods, pests, and crop diseases are among the major climate change shocks observed in rural areas of Africa which negatively affect people’s livelihoods. All these shocks disturb in one way or another land resources performance in the production and sustenance of people’s livelihoods. In contrast, there is no one-size-fits-all approach for reconstructing the people’s livelihoods, the induced pitfalls and promises facilitate or harden the reconstruction of livelihood. This paper tried to identify the pitfalls and promises that hinder or contribute to the reconstruction of the livelihoods of people after aftershocks of drought and floods. The paper used a mixed research approach to include qualitative and quantitative data. A sample size of 576 was determined by using the Cochran method for determining sample size when there is a large population. Desk review, questionnaire, and Focus Group Discussion were applied as tools for data collection. Data were analysed by using content analysis for desk review and FGD data, whereas the descriptive data analysis technique was used for quantitative data. The findings reveal the majority of rural people may prefer floods rather than draught when it comes to livelihood reconstruction. The reasons cited are that drought destroys the natural resources (land, water, and forest) which are the basic assets for rural livelihoods whereas floods improve soil fertility, watersheds, and forests. Drought presents many pitfalls and fewer promises whereas floods are associated with many promises and some pitfalls while reconstructing livelihood in rural areas. The paper recommends that governments in sub-Saharan countries should arrange all preparedness strategies that can minimise pitfalls of draught to help people reconstruct their livelihoods aftershocks.
Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v7i6.52588
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