Rural livelihoods in developing countries are disproportionately vulnerable to multiple
shocks and stresses that exacerbate vulnerability, which can result in increased …

South African households live in an environment characterized by risks, and many face a
significant probability of experiencing economic losses that threaten their daily subsistence …

Recent scholarships conceptualise resilience as capacities that are driven by a set of
capitals to produce outcomes such as influencing preparedness (pre-disasters), mitigating …

In the absence of adequate support from formal social safety nets, rural households in
Ethiopia have developed collective risk‐sharing strategies to buffer them against adverse …

This paper examines the impact of agriculture-related shocks on consumption patterns of
rural farming households using 3 years of data from South Africa. We make two key …

We investigate household outcomes arising from economic shocks in rural Uganda,
focusing on patterns of income diversification and forest use, and the role of assets in …

The Household Economy Approach (HEA) is a tool routinely used to monitor household-
level vulnerability to food security shocks in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts are now …

Pressure of freshwater resources has intensified in recent decades, stressing agricultural
communities worldwide. Research is needed to advance our understanding of the factors …

We use data from 500 households in Samburu County (Kenya) to explore how natural
environment and market accessibility affect coping and adaptation strategies of pastoralists …

Rapid and widespread land cover change and the subsequent loss of the buffering capacity
provided by healthy ecosystems against natural hazards has resulted in increased …