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Agricultural shock resilience strategies and their effects on family farms in rural Senegal

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ID22428378
AuthorsAndré Dumas Tsambou (0000-0002-5425-4159, Université de Yaoundé I), Marie Ndeye Gnilane Diouf (Cheikh Anta Diop University), Nelson Sergeo Tagang Tene (0000-0002-7269-4000, Université de Yaoundé I), Simplice Anutechia Asongu (0000-0001-5227-5135, Tashkent State University of Economics), Simplice Asongu (University of Johannesburg School of Economics, , Johannesburg, ; Department of Economics, University of Tashkent for Applied Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Institute of Convergence Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea and Lab for Social and Human Capital, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Year2026
Pages1-34
Publication date2026-03-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-6204 • E-ISSN: 1750-6212
PublisherEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/jec-06-2025-0210
OpenAlexW7138920766
LanguageEN
References cited60

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how family farming serves as a relevant source of income generation for the Senegalese population. In the face of climate change and agricultural shocks, the production of family farms and income generated from family farms are unfavorably affected. Given these hazards and shocks, family farms must adopt strategies of adaptation to climate change and agricultural shocks to prevent and mitigate the negative effects of potential shocks. Design/methodology/approach The objective of this research is to analyze family farms’ resilience strategies in rural Senegal in response to agricultural shocks and examine the impact of these resilience strategies on farms’ productivity and the income of farmers. To do this, the study focuses on three specific objectives. First, the authors identify common resilience strategies to agricultural shocks among family farms in rural Senegal based on a descriptive analysis of the 2018/2019 Senegal Annual Agricultural Survey. Then, the main factors that affect the adoption of resilience strategies by farms are identified using the Probit model. Finally, the study examined the effect of resilience strategies on the productivity of family farms and on the income of rural farmers using an endogenous switching regression technique. Findings It is apparent from the multivariate analysis that climate variables (humidity, temperature, precipitation), the education level of farm owners, the size of the agricultural household and agroecological zone are substantially linked to the adoption of resilience strategies by family farms. The impact evaluation shows that attendant strategies of resilience in rural areas positively impact the productivity of family farms. Policy implications are discussed. Originality/value This research improves existing studies by examining how rural farms in Senegal can enhance their resilience strategies to climate change and agricultural shocks to improve their productivity and income.

Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Descriptive statistics · Household income · Multivariate probit model · Productivity · Psychological resilience · Rural area · Agricultural risk and resilience · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Climate change impacts on agriculture

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