[just to show I do practise what I preached in my last message to this list!]
There is a new joint publication by ACF International, Tearfund and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) entitled “Changing Climates, Changing Lives: adaptation strategies of pastoral and agro pastoral communities in Ethiopia and Mali.”
Available online atwww.actionagainsthunger.org.uk/resource-centre/online-library
www.tearfund.org/changingclimates
www.ids.ac.uk/go/idspublication/changing-climates-changing-lives-adaptation-strategies-of-pastoral-and-agro-pastoral-communities-in-ethiopia-and-mali
The report shows how people perceive climate variability and other shocks, as well as which strategies they use to respond to these changes. It also explores the role of local institutions, both formal and informal, in determining what options people have to adapt and their role in ensuring food security. The report recommends that we need to focus more on risks, response strategies and support structures at different levels, which are all changing and together determine people’s resilience to shocks.
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