Conflict, agroclimatic vulnerability, and food insecurity in the Sahelian region of Liptako-Gourma
Abstract
Recent violent conflicts in the Sahelian region of Liptako-Gourma (shared by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger), along with other more structural factors (hostile climatic conditions, weak agricultural productivity, rapid population growth, poverty), are having serious food insecurity effects in that region. After examining those factors and their effects, the aim of this article is to briefly assess the humanitarian response to this situation, as well as to outline some orientations for overcoming it in the longer term. In order to gradually emerge from the current multifaceted crisis, strategies are deemed necessary to address the various adverse factors mentioned above, while also anticipating the impact of some of them (demography, climate change) in the future. With regard specifically to violent conflict, beyond security deployment, changes in national and local governance seem essential.
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