TY - JOUR
T1 - Empirically based analysis of households coping with unexpected shocks in the central Himalayas
AU - Møller, Lea Ravnkilde
AU - Smith-Hall, Carsten
AU - Meilby, Henrik
AU - Rayamajhi, Santosh
AU - Herslund, Lise Byskov
AU - Larsen, Helle Overgaard
AU - Nielsen, Øystein Juul
AU - Byg, Anja
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Climate change may significantly impact the large number of households in developing countries depending on agricultural production, not least through changes in the frequency and/or magnitude of climatic hazards resulting in household income shocks. This paper analyses rural households’ responses to past experiences of and future expectations to substantial and unexpected negative and positive agricultural income shocks. Empirical data is derived from an environmentally-augmented structured household (n = 112) survey in the high mountains of central Nepal. Multinomial logit regression, using data on rural household demographics, assets (agricultural land, livestock), value of other assets such as furniture, bicycles, and agricultural implements, and income sources showed that household coping choices are determined by opportunities to generate cash. We argue that public policies should enhance the ability of rural household to generate cash income, including through environmental products.
AB - Climate change may significantly impact the large number of households in developing countries depending on agricultural production, not least through changes in the frequency and/or magnitude of climatic hazards resulting in household income shocks. This paper analyses rural households’ responses to past experiences of and future expectations to substantial and unexpected negative and positive agricultural income shocks. Empirical data is derived from an environmentally-augmented structured household (n = 112) survey in the high mountains of central Nepal. Multinomial logit regression, using data on rural household demographics, assets (agricultural land, livestock), value of other assets such as furniture, bicycles, and agricultural implements, and income sources showed that household coping choices are determined by opportunities to generate cash. We argue that public policies should enhance the ability of rural household to generate cash income, including through environmental products.
KW - Former LIFE faculty
U2 - 10.1080/17565529.2018.1518812
DO - 10.1080/17565529.2018.1518812
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 597
EP - 606
JO - Climate and Development
JF - Climate and Development
SN - 1756-5529
IS - 7
ER -