<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Diversity in perception and management of farming risks in southern Mali"^^ . "A deeper understanding of how smallholder farmers perceive and manage risks is crucial to identify options that\r\nincrease farmers' adaptive capacity. We investigated a broad range of risks that play a role in farmers' decision making processes. In the cotton zone of Mali opportunities and constraints vary with the resource endowment of\r\nfarms. Furthermore, as households are large in this region, often comprising 20–50 family members, intra household\r\ndiversity may influence perceptions and risk management. For this reason, we analysed diversity both\r\namong and within farms. Information was gathered through focus group discussions and a survey with 250\r\npeople from 58 households. Risk was assessed as the combination of the perceived frequency of occurrence of\r\nhazards and the impact on food availability and income. Farmers faced a diversity of risks, with hazards related\r\nto animal and personal health, and climate variability of highest concern. Resource endowment of farms was\r\nrelated to risk perception to a limited extent. Differences within the household were related to the generational\r\nfactor and decision power, and not to gender. Household members with decision power worried most about\r\nrisks. Almost a quarter of described hazards occurred with a high frequency and led to a high impact on food\r\navailability and income. Low resource-endowed farms were more often exposed to high risks than other farm\r\ntypes. Farmers applied a variety of actions to cope with hazards, yet in many cases farmers lacked a response.\r\nMedical actions were targeted to human and animal health hazards. Changes in field and animal management\r\npractices, adapted consumption rates and calls on social interactions, were combined for a diversity of hazards.\r\nBy assessing the diversity of risks encountered by farmers and the diversity of risk management actions taken by\r\nfarmers, this study goes beyond common risk research that focuses on a single hazard. Our results suggest that\r\ndevelopment interventions should not focus on either agronomic or economic options separately, but combine\r\nboth to strengthen social well-being and agricultural production."^^ . "2020-08" . . . "184" . . "Elsevier"^^ . . . "Agricultural Systems (TSI)"^^ . . . "0308521X" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "K"^^ . "Descheemaeker"^^ . "K Descheemaeker"^^ . . "K E"^^ . "Giller"^^ . "K E Giller"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Adam"^^ . "M Adam"^^ . . "E K"^^ . "Huet"^^ . "E K Huet"^^ . . . . . . "Diversity in perception and management of farming risks in southern Mali (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "1-s2.0-S0308521X20307666-main.pdf"^^ . . . "Diversity in perception and management of farming risks in southern Mali (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11641 \n\nDiversity in perception and management of farming risks in southern Mali\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Smallholder Farmers"@en . . . "African Agriculture"@en . . . "Mali"@en . .