Foodgrain disposals as early warning famine signals
A case from Burkina Faso
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3898705 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Constance M Mccorkle (University of Missouri, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1987 |
| Volumen | 11 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 273-281 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1987-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1987.tb00649.x |
| OpenAlex | W2034171454 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 16 |
| Referencias citadas | 9 |
Recent research suggests that monitoring key events in social, economic, cultural and political systems may provide more timely, frequent, and reliable warnings of impending famine than monitoring physical processes alone. But empirical data on early warning distress signals in these arenas are slim. Based on anthropological investigations in a southern Volta Noire community of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) during the drought of 1983-1984, this paper outlines a variety of possible early warning signals in disposal systems for staple foodgrains - the nutritional "bottom line" for farmers and herders in the West African savannah. Pre-famine distress signals in five broad categories are discussed: changes in marketing patterns, non-market exchanges, dietary practices, utilization of agricultural and pastoral labour, and ideological and sociopolitical behaviours. Data consist of both quantitative and qualitative comparisons of cereal disposals in these categories between 1983 and preceding years
Agriculture · Distress · Early warning system · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Famine · Geography · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Warning system · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Engineering · Psychology
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Famines, Markets and Intervention
Experiences and Lessons
The Economy, the State and the Public
Nutrition and Capability
Strategies of Entitlement Protection
Production, Entitlements and Nutrition
Entitlement and Deprivation
Economic Growth and Public Support
Experiences of Direct Support
Famines and Social Response
Society, Class and Gender
Hunger and Public Action
Community-based strategies for coping with food scarcity
The Food and Nutrition Surveillance Systems of Chad and Mali
Composite Indicators for Famine Early Warning Systems
Social science research on famine
The Politics of Natural Disaster
The Harvey Lecture Series. In Good Years and in Bad
Response to drought among farmers and herders in southern Kajiado District, Kenya
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Anthropological Studies in Hazardous Environments
Political and Economic Origins of African Hunger
Bureaucracy, Community, and Natural Disasters
| Obras citantes distintas | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,43 |
| Intervalo de citas | 1989 - 1992 (4) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 16 |