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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Sam, A S
creators_name: Kumar, R
creators_name: Kächele, H
creators_name: Müller, K
icrisatcreators_name: Kumar, R
affiliation: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) (Müncheberg)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: Germany
country: India
title: Quantifying household vulnerability triggered by drought: evidence from rural India
ispublished: pub
subjects: A1
subjects: s1000
subjects: s32
divisions: CRPS2
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Adaptive capacity, Assessment, Exposure, Natural disaster, Risk, Sensitivity, Drought, Rural India, Household vulnerability
note: We would like to thank the German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD) and Stiftung Fiat Panis for their support
for this research. We are also grateful to Nagesh Barik of
CIFA, Odisha, for the help and support provided during
data collection. We honour the contribution of people in
the research site for their responses and support during
the data collection. We are also very grateful to the
reviewers who provided invaluable comments and
suggestions.
abstract: Drought is a complex, slow-onset phenomenon that imposes serious challenges on human beings and ecosystems. The vulnerability associated with drought may vary at different social, geographical and temporal scales. These differences emphasize the need for regional-level vulnerability assessments, which in turn helps to formulate efficient adaptation policies and strategies that are suitable for the region to mitigate the drought risk. The objective of this paper is to quantify the livelihood and socio-economic vulnerability of rural households that are affected by drought in rural India. The Livelihood Vulnerability Index and Socioeconomic Vulnerability Index were applied to analyse the vulnerability of rural households. A sample size of 157 rural households from the state of Odisha in India was surveyed in 2015. Socio-demographic characteristics such as low literacy rates, high dependency ratios and weak housing structures make people more vulnerable, whereas access to social networks plays a significant role in supporting poor rural households. The research concludes that the impacts of drought make people who are already vulnerable due to poverty, inequality and marginalization even more vulnerable. The outcomes of this study may be considered in formulating effective coping strategies and policies that may help mitigate the drought risk. The findings and recommendations of this study will find applicability in other rural, natural resource-dependent countries with similar socio-economic profiles such as other south Asian countries.
date: 2017
date_type: published
publication: Climate and Development
volume: 9
number: 7
publisher: Taylor & Francis
pagerange: 618-633
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1756-5529
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2016.1193461
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citation:   Sam, A S and Kumar, R and Kächele, H and Müller, K  (2017) Quantifying household vulnerability triggered by drought: evidence from rural India.  Climate and Development, 9 (7).  pp. 618-633.  ISSN 1756-5529     
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