@techreport{icrisat11753,
          series = {Analysis of climate change vulnerability},
           title = {Towards gender-informed
adaptation planning in
the Sudanian zone of Mali},
       publisher = {CGSpace},
         address = {The Netherlands},
     institution = {CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)},
            year = {2020},
          author = {M Magassa and S T Partey and P Houessionon and S Dembele and M Ou{\'e}draogo and R B Zougmor{\'e}},
            type = {Working Paper},
            note = {Funding for the research work in this report was provided by the European Union, as part of the European Commission?s support to AR4D for the year 2019. The funds are administered by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome Italy while the project is implemented by Alliance Bioversity-CIAT.},
        keywords = {Africa, Climate risk management, Food security, Livelihood analysis Women},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/11753/},
        abstract = {Understanding the linkages between gender and vulnerability is crucial for proposing
sustainable gender-responsive climate-smart solutions. This study compared the vulnerabilities of male (MHHH) and female household heads (FHHH) in the Sudanian zone
of Mali using Cinzana in the Segou region as a case study. We used semi-structured questionnaire interviews and focus group discussions for data collection. The questionnaires were randomly administered to 233 household heads (23\% women). The Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) method was used to assess vulnerability to climate change. The results showed that livelihoods in the Sudanian zone of Mali are vulnerable to climate change.
Female household heads (FHHH) were found to be more vulnerable. FHHH recorded higher
values for six out of the eight LVI major components used in the vulnerability assessment:
socio-demographic index, livelihood strategies index, social network index, food index, natural disasters and climate variability index and agricultural production system index. The study proposes a number of interventions for improving the adaptive capacity of FHHH to climate change and variability: improving access to financial resources, improving access to
radio for receiving weather information, encouraging FHHHs involvement in farmer-based
groups for peer-learning; and promoting the development of policy initiatives that ensure the
mainstreaming of gender into agricultural development programs.}
}