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Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and Women's Access to Resources in a Southern Ghanaian' Forest Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This thesis examines the organization of livelihoods in a forest reserve fringe community in south western Ghana. Livelihoods in these communities have been organized within three main contexts.
Abane, Henrietta
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Youth, AIDS and rural livelihoods in southern Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the post-print version of the final published article that is available from the link below. Copyright © 2008 The Authors.AIDS, in interaction with other factors, is impacting on the livelihood activities, opportunities and choices of young ...
Chipeta, L.   +14 more
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Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches - Can they transform development? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
YesThis paper critically examines the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) in the context of broader development debates, using a literature review as a tool to explore the origins, concepts and uses of the `approach¿.
Mdee (nee Toner), Anna L.
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Determinants of rural household livelihood dependence on non-timber forest products: A case study from Inanda Community, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
Natural forest resources are the most accessible sources of services, products and incomes for many adjacent rural communities. However, the declining resilience of forests and agricultural sectors particularly in South Africa is concerning and a real ...
Edilegnaw Wale   +2 more
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Evaluating the capacity of rural-based South African stakeholders in the transformation of small, medium-sized and micro-enterprises

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2022
Background: The South African job creation challenges have been well documented by different scholars. The knowledge gap is what the transformational role of rural stakeholders is in securing sustainable livelihoods through small, medium-sized and micro ...
Tshililo R. Farisani
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Putting livelihoods thinking into practice: implications for development management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
YesThe failure of `blueprint¿ development interventions to deliver substantive improvements in poverty reduction has been well recognised over the last twenty years.
Mdee (nee Toner), Anna L.   +1 more
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Antenatal Care Service Utilization Among Adolescent Pregnant Women–Evidence From Swabhimaan Programme in India

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2019
Purpose: Pregnant adolescent girls (15–19 years) are more vulnerable to poor health and nutrition than adult pregnant women because of marginalization and lack of knowledge about the antenatal care (ANC) services.
Prakash H. Fulpagare   +16 more
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Agricultural Extension Needs of Spinach (Basella spp.) Farmers in Rivers State, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Extension, 2018
This study examined the agricultural extension needs for spinach (Basella spp.) production by farmers’ in Rivers state, Nigeria.  Multi-stage sampling procedure involving purposive technique was used to select 110 respondents’ from 10 communities in
Angela Izukanne Emodi
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Use of a Bayesian belief network to predict the impacts of commercializing non-timber forest products on livelihoods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as a means of sustainably developing tropical forest resources, in a way that promotes forest conservation while supporting rural livelihoods.
Marshall, Elaine   +6 more
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Planning for sustainable livelihood development in the context of rural South Africa: A micro-level approach

open access: yesTown and Regional Planning, 2020
In South Africa, different spheres of government (national, provincial and municipal) have different responsibilities with respect to rural planning and development.
Menini Gibbens , Carel Schoeman
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