This study assessed the livelihood strategies adopted by husbands and wives within the same households for coping with climate-induced food insecurity in Southeast Nigeria. Collective and bargaining approaches were used in collecting individual and intra-household-level data of 120 pairs of spouses in Southeast Nigeria; husbands and wives were interviewed separately. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and household surveys were used to elicit responses from the respondents. Quantitative data for the study were analyzed using percentage, mean scores, and multinomial logit regression analysis. Results of the study revealed that 90% of the wives were more food insecure than their husbands (79.2%). The respondents noted that the observed changes in the climate contributed immensely to their food insecurity situation. To cope with food insecurity, a slightly higher proportion (47.3% and 14.2%) of wives adopted on-farm and non-farm strategies, respectively, while men (39.8%) adopted more off-farm strategies (38.5%). Additionally, results of the multinomial logit regression revealed that market distance and credit access significantly influenced the choice of husbands’ and wives’ engagement in off-farm livelihood strategy; sourcing information on climate change issues significantly influenced women’s choice of engagement in off-farm/non-farm strategy; and receiving remittances significantly influenced men’s choice of engagement in non-farm strategy. The study concluded that, although women play crucial roles in addressing food insecurity within their households, gender-specific obstacles typically impede their abilities to cope with climate-induced food insecurity.

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应对尼日利亚东南部气候变化导致的粮食不安全的针对性别的生计战略

本研究评估了同一家庭内的丈夫和妻子为应对尼日利亚东南部气候引起的粮食不安全而采取的生计策略。使用集体和谈判方法收集尼日利亚东南部 120 对配偶的个人和家庭内部数据；丈夫和妻子分别接受采访。使用焦点小组讨论、关键知情人访谈和家庭调查来引起受访者的反应。使用百分比、平均分数和多项 logit 回归分析来分析研究的定量数据。研究结果显示，90% 的妻子比丈夫 (79.2%) 更缺乏食物保障。受访者指出，观察到的气候变化极大地加剧了他们的粮食不安全状况。为应对粮食不安全，采取农场和非农场策略的妻子比例略高（47.3% 和 14.2%），而男性（39.8%）采用更多的非农场策略（38.5%）。此外，多项logit回归结果显示，市场距离和信贷渠道显着影响丈夫和妻子参与非农生计策略的选择；获取有关气候变化问题的信息极大地影响了妇女参与非农/非农战略的选择；和接收汇款显着影响了男性参与非农战略的选择。该研究得出的结论是，尽管妇女在解决家庭粮食不安全问题方面发挥着关键作用，