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Determinants of Livelihood Diversification Strategies in Nepal
2021Session ID 4817, Paper ...
Wang, Cong +5 more
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Livelihoods, Diversification, and Policies
2000Abstract This book sets out a livelihoods approach to rural poverty reduction, and locates this framework in a larger context of dimensions of the development process, such as poverty, gender and the environment that concern re searchers, policy makers and development practitioners in rural development.
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Determinants of Livelihood Diversification
2000Abstract The purpose of this part of the book is to explore different dimensions of the livelihoods approach to rural poverty reduction, and of diversification as a key theme within the livelihoods framework. This chapter takes a disaggregated view of the reasons individuals and households pursue diversification as a livelihood ...
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Aspirations and Livelihood Diversification in Rural Africa
Many people in rural Africa still rely on smallholder agriculture as their main source of livelihood. Yet pursuing other economic activities beyond farming to diversify incomes becomes increasingly important. In this paper, we focus on the role of people’s income aspirations in the process of diversification.Guthoff, Jonas +4 more
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Sustainable livelihoods and livelihood diversification
2016This paper constitutes a preliminary output of the ODA-funded research programme on sustainable livelihoods being carried out by the Institutes of Development Studies and the Poverty Research Unit at the University of Sussex, in collaboration with the International Institutes for Environment and Development.
Hussein, K., Nelson, J.
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Livelihoods, Diversification and Agrarian Change
2000Abstract This book is about livelihoods, diversification, and the survival strategies of rural households in developing countries. Its key point of departure is that for many such households farming on its own does not provide a sufficient means of survival in rural areas. For this reason most rural households are found to depend on a
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Livelihood diversification: continuity and change in the Sahel
GeoJournal, 2006Livelihood diversification can be crucial for poor rural households in the African Sahel. Migration is a common diversification strategy during the dry season, but there are also areas with significant strategies on the farm, such as incomes from gum and resins.
Bodil Elmqvist, Lennart Olsson
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The significance of diversification for rural livelihood systems
Food Policy, 2004Abstract There is an increasing awareness that diversification plays a strategic role in rural livelihood systems. The principal question to be addressed in this paper pertains to the conditions and the ways in which rural households diversify their livelihood activities and strategies.
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Protected floriculture for diversification and livelihood security
Annals of Horticulture, 2018Floriculture has become a part of modern lifestyle and is being utilized in floral decorations, floral craft, interior-scaping and commercial premises. Floriculture (includes cut flowers, loose flowers, bedding plants, potted plants, hedges, value added products etc.) has made appreciable growth in the last three decades as commercial venture.
Ajay Kumar Singh +2 more
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Household strategies and rural livelihood diversification
Journal of Development Studies, 1998This article reviews the recent literature on diversification as a livelihood strategy of rural households in developing countries, with particular reference to sub‐Saharan Africa. Livelihood diversification is defined as the process by which rural families construct a diverse portfolio of activities and social support capabilities in order to survive ...
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