capital opportunities. Average feeding costs significantly decreased across all groups over the trial period. markets in Thohoyandou, Makhado, Malamulele, Giyani and Elim in the Vhembe and org/projects/tonle_sap/tonle-sap-200412.pdf. In addition, the paradigm shift from understanding poverty after it happens to identify the possibility for the poor should be initiated by the government. The concept of sustainable livelihoods The concept of sustainable livelihoods is a reference point for a wide range of people involved in different aspects of development policy formulation and planning. Sustainable Livelihoods from Theory to Conservation Practice 7 Synthesis This section synthesizes the information contained in the annotated bibliography through a review of the sustainable livelihoods approach and a discussion of the potential of the sustainable livelihoods approach to contribute to protected area community research. Dependence on one source of income makes households vulnerable to shock and stress that could potentially affect their lives and difficulties in surviving of life. 0000107415 00000 n The purpose of this study is to confirm the vulnerability factor of B40 household's income group in Southern Region of Kelantan. In particular, the sustainable livelihoods approach stresses, the importance of understanding institutions by mapping the institutional framework and linking the micro to, the macro and the formal to the informal. Contact Olivier Serrat, Head of the Knowledge Management Center, Regional and Sustainable Development Department. It can help plan development activities and assess the contribution that existing activities have made to sustaining livelihoods. The early part of the paper draws considerably on the work which has been co-ordinated and documented by the DFID Sustainable Livelihoods Support Office, and also the DFID Natural Resource Advisors' Conference (1998) which Bu, In the age of the internet, many think libraries are being destroyed. 0000007518 00000 n Seventy of these farms completed the trial and were interviewed post-intervention. 0000004818 00000 n V, external side of shocks, seassonalities, and critical trends; and an internal side of defenselessness caused by lack, of ability and means to cope with these. An overall positive perceived performance of the solar water heaters was found, however residences did experience an abundance of negatives. An anthology of videos, the evolving ADB Sustainable Development Timeline catalogs major sector and thematic landmarks in ADB's operations since 1966. Established in 1966, it is owned by 67 members—48 from the, region. Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA), in addition to defining the research questions and objectives. 0000003113 00000 n The poverty–environment nexus and associated vicious circles cannot be effectively addressed without active local involvement. Empirical field research employing the framework discussed in this paper is currently underway in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Mali (with also some work in Zimbabwe). Government efforts should focused on group either in rural or urban area. This can be attributed to the fisherfolk's level of participation and perceived lack of influence in decision-making, the absence of alternative livelihoods and the questionable ecological effectiveness of the closed season. data and included semi-structured household and key informant interviews. The sustainable livelihoods approach is a way of thinking about the objectives, scope, and priorities for development activities. Presented in accessible “chunks,” it includes more than 120 topics that are essential to high-performance organizations. 0000108235 00000 n The research included is particularly useful to knowledge workers engaged in executive leadership; research, analysis, and advice; and corporate management and administration. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS GUIDANCE SHEETS FRAMEWORK VULNERABILITY CONTEXT 2.2 What is the vulnerability context? However, multiple outcomes analysis is challenging due to not only methodological issues, but alsoquality and availability of time series data. There was a KES 2,380.3 (USD 23.5) increase in average monthly profit/cow in the nutrition group comparing the first and last 6 months of the trial, representing a 68.8% improvement (p = 0.02). 0000008382 00000 n In southern Africa, mopane worms are widely harvested for Agroforestry, using C. calothyrsus and S. sesban shrubs can improve household livelihoods if adopted by SDFs in Kenya. The SLA attempts to understand how skills, social networks, and access to physical and financial assets can impact livelihood outcomes. portunities and shows how they relate to one another. without the express, written consent of ADB. The study found that the solar water heaters had a variety of socio-economic impacts such as providing additional monetary savings that could be used towards livelihood strategies and benefits allowing households to spend more time on productive activities. Additional interviews were conducted with traders at In addition, this book provides scalable tried-and-tested tools, methods, and approaches for improved organizational effectiveness. is article is available at DigitalCommons@ILR: A livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets, and activi-, ties required for a means of living. Applications A detailed investigation of the living conditions of the target population is the starting point of a development project based on the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach. PEFC is focusing on Sustainable Landscapes for Sustainable Livelihoods and exploring the potential for forest certification to expand its impact and scope 0000118287 00000 n grant projects, and technical assistance amounting to $243 million. 0000080898 00000 n households and traders. It does not replace other tools, such as participatory development, sector-wide, approaches, or integrated rural development. The goal of policy should be to support existing and develop new livelihood systems. DFID’s SL framework Boxes Box 1. Urban communities have to change their behaviour and attitudes, be willing to accept change, The findings show that all the vulnerability in Southern Region of Kelantan verified through the aspects of vulnerability economic, social / physical and environmental except three items are EK10 (from economic construct), SF1 (from the social/physical construct) and AS1 (from the environmental construct) are eliminated due to lower factor loading values. work by DN and DMI has highlighted the links between levels of livelihood security and levels of vulnerability to disasters. In South Africa, the main source of greenhouse gases is the burning of coal for electricity gener-ation. This book is a valuable resource for those working in the public, private, and third sectors, both in industrialized and developing countries; it will be of interest in academia too, for instance in Master of Business Administration programs around the world. The sustainable livelihoods approach is a holistic approach that tries to capture, and provide a means of understanding, the fundamental causes and dimensions of poverty without collapsing the focus onto just a few factors (e.g. the “landscape approach”—seeing the need to look beyond individual stands to the larger landscapes in terms of sustainable management, planning, ecosystem services, etc. Sustainable rural livelihoods: A framework for analysis Figure 2. 82 0 obj <>stream Figure: The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, All figure content in this area was uploaded by Olivier Serrat, All content in this area was uploaded by Olivier Serrat on Sep 30, 2014, is Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Key W, {Excerpt} e sustainable livelihoods approa, help plan development activities and assess the contribution that existing activities have made to s, e sustainable livelihoods approach facilitat, based on the views and interests of those concerned but they ar, such as participatory development, sector-wide approaches, or int, makes the connection between people and the over, social networks, access to physical and nancial res, is article was rst published by the Asian Development Bank (. Appreciative inquiry is a, highly inclusive process that maximizes the positive (as opposed to minimizing the nega-, tive) in which a community takes responsibility for generating and gathering information. forms of environmental change which have significantly affected mopane worm availability and outbreak events. 0000012458 00000 n When thinking about livelihood outcomes, the aims of a particular group as well as the extent to which these are already being achieved has to be understood. They enable people to transform one type of asset into an-, poor and vulnerable face is that the processes which frame their livelihoods may systematically restrict them, Livelihood strategies aim to achieve livelihood outcomes. Decisions on livelihood strategies may invoke, pensionsandgrants,intensicationversus, which may compete. You might, therefore, find it helpful to ‘test’ the livelihoods framework by trying to assess your own personal situation. Use of the sustainable livelihoods concept in development studies The concept of sustainable livelihoods can be usefully applied in development studies, given that it contributes to understanding individuals’ livelihoods and has mainly been utilized for poverty … Source: Department for International Development of the United Kingdom. Users are restricted from reselling, redistributing, or creating derivative works for commercial purposes. The Department for International Development's sustainable livelihoods approach . An agroforestry land use system aimed at improving the productivity of smallholder dairy farms using Calliandra calothyrsus and Sesbania sesban shrubs as feed supplements was introduced to semi-commercial SDFs in Meru, Kenya, as part of a field trial. ADB encourages printing or copying, information exclusively for personal and noncommercial use with. %%EOF UNDP’s approach to promoting sustainable livelihoods Figure 3. Sustainable livelihoods in informal settlements Mohammed Ahmed Abdulmoneim Alfiky, 2773694 Email: alfikymohammed@yahoo.com 1 Introduction The purpose of this essay is to provoke how we can empower people living in the informal settlements through the concept of sustainable livelihoods. CARE’s programming principles for livelihood projects Figure 5. The need to address this consequently becomes apt in view of empirical declaration that existing models of sustainable development forged from economic or environmental concern are unlikely to be successful without cultural considerations. Land tenure type was found to be the primary determinant of resource management and access regimes in the harvesting areas. 0000012389 00000 n contribution of mopane worm harvesting to rural livelihoods, and the effects of The findings of this research can inform policy and climate change adaptation measures in other similar atoll islands in the Pacific. As a result, a top-down approach is often adopted in adaptation projects that may not meet the real needs of communities, endangering the long-term sustainability and viability of interventions. Asia and Pacific region through inclusive economic growth. The results support the effectiveness of our approach by clearly identifying four groups of countries with emblematic characteristics of the agricultural systems: mature and sustainable, mature but with weak social sustainability, developing withand without clear sustainable objectives. The sustainable livelihood framework appreciates the contexts and relationships that exist and thus influence and shape communities and households. A sustainable livelihoods approach provides a methodology for policy makers that recognizes, and takes advantage of, the complex nature of livelihood systems. Research Tools for SL Analysis in Urban Areas 35 sustainable livelihoods approach, and also how future transport research might adopt and integrate the ideas embedded in SRL. The data analyzed using IBM-SPSS-AMOS through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in combination (pooled). The South African government has implemented a solar water heater initiative into the Reconstruction and Development Programme, a programme established by the African National Congress government to construct low cost housing for previously disadvantaged citizens. The outcomes of this research show environmental risks and hazards faced by communities are strongly associated with climate projections. However, a major challenge associated with conservation initiatives concerns the lack of participation and broader consultation of relevant local resource users, as well as restricted access to vital community resources. In addition, it tries to sketch out the The livelihood assets. Vulnerability also linked to poverty.The government's efforts to help lower income households or B40 group before they become poor can reduce the problems of poverty. While there is a considerable body of literature on the scale of the problem, there is very little research on the lived experiences of communities, their concerns and priorities, and how they are coping with environmental and climate hazards. It helps formulate development, • Conductedinpartnershipwiththepublicandprivatesectors, for actions that are based on the views and interests of those concerned but they are not a, panacea. Its existence underlines the need to give choice and opportunities to the poor and build their ability to. 0000009122 00000 n 0000044594 00000 n sustainable livelihoods approach. Therefore, it calls for a new style of policy appraisal that moves from, universalprescriptionstocontext-specicapproachesthatallowalternative,. Farms were visited every 1-2 months during the trial to collect data on milk production and feeding practices during the previous day. household consumption and traded for income generation. 0000106859 00000 n 42 41 This study investigated the The decline in mopane tree density, vegetation change, Vulnerability is characterized as insecurity in the well-being of individuals, households, and communities in, ability captures the processes of change better than poverty line measurements. e capture and storage. The sustainable livelihoods approach improves understanding of the livelihoods of the poor. The call for emphasis on sustainable livelihoods was Specifically, the paper investigates the community knowledge and attitude towards Museums and its implication on sustainable livelihood in Ile-Ife City, with particular focus on Ife National Museum. It must also be made appropriate to local circumstances and local priorities. It is based on evolving thinking about the way the poor and vulnerable live their lives and the importance of policies and institutions. Sustainable Livelihoods: A Framework for Indicator Development Background and Overview Sustainable livelihoods is a systemic and adaptive approach that links issues of poverty reduction, sustainability and empowerment processes (e.g., participation, gender empowerment, and good governance). Main factor vulnerability of economic is loss of main sources of income. which the poor must often make trade-offs and choices about, comprise: mutual understanding and support, formal and informal groups, shared values and behaviors, common rules, and sanctions, collective representation, mechanisms for participation in decision-making, leadership, wildfoodsandbers,biodiversity,environmentalservices, fertilizer, pesticides, traditional technology). The vulnerability factor of B40 household income group in the Southern Region of Kelantan is determined through three factors, namely vulnerability of economic, vulnerability of social/physical, and vulnerability of environmental. They were developed in a broad two-year consultation process during which civil society, citizens, academics, scientists, and the private sector of all countries had the opportunity to contribute. e.g., land and produce, water and aquatic resources, trees and forest products, wildlife, e.g., infrastructure (transport, roads, vehicles, secure shelter and buildings, water supply. The research was conducted in the villages of Bokmakierie, Matiyani, Ha Gumbu, Masisi, Mopane districts, Limpopo Province. As part of fisheries governance initiatives, conservation has been deployed as an important management strategy in the rebuilding of depleted marine fish stock. Differences between Urban and Rural Contexts 4 3. 0 dfid-sustainable-livelihoods-guidance-sheet-section1.pdf (PDF, 123kb) section2.pdf (PDF, 236kb) section3.pdf (PDF, 164kb) section4-1.pdf (PDF, 174kb) section4-2.pdf (PDF, 154kb) section5.pdf (PDF, 123kb) 0000006923 00000 n People’s livelihoods and the wider availability of assets are fundamentally affected by critical trends as well as by shocks andseasonality – over which they have limited or no control. Rural livelihoods, food security and rural transformation under climate change 3 Taken together, implementing these elements for action simultaneously would constitute a new approach to innovation and enabling it: co-creating new knowledge, “renovating” existing but as-yet under-utilized scientific and trailer 0000003678 00000 n It is based on evolving thinking about the way the poor and vulnerable live, their lives and the importance of policies and institutions. Small island developing states such as Kiribati in the Equatorial Pacific are among the most climate vulnerable places on Earth. While there is a degree of spontaneous adaptation occurring, these problems are insurmountable without solving present challenges in Kiribati, such as access to better technology and markets without becoming over-reliant. economic issues, food security, etc.). 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The sustainable livelihoods approach incorporates a … Box: Sustainable Livelihoods Frameworks—Strengths and W, Seeks to understand changing combinations of modes of, livelihood in a dynamic and historical context. the attainment of sustainable livelihood. It organizes the factors that constrain or enhance livelihood opportunities, and shows how they relate. 0000006387 00000 n This holistic perspective involves taking into account: Context. Pro-poor livelihoods: addressing the market/private sector gap. The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach The sustainable livelihoods approach is a way of thinking about the objectives, scope, and priorities for development activities. Assessing the impact of disasters on the livelihoods of people and the capacity and opportunities for recovery and increased resilience to future events is an CARE’s Livelihood Model Figure 4. 0000005586 00000 n e.g., savings, credit and debt (formal, informal), remittances, pensions, wages. rural areas in Limpopo Province, South Africa. 0000008710 00000 n However, it makes the connection between, strategies. The sustainable livelihoods approach is only one way of organizing the complex issues that surround poverty. livelihoods; to gauge the perceptions of harvesters and traders on forms of environmental The (One of the many problems of development is that projects and programs, while favoring, reduced vulnerability, improved food security. 0000007869 00000 n The primary data was collected using questionnaires which yielded qualitative and quantitative data. sustainable livelihood approach (SLA). %PDF-1.4 %���� Survey method using questionnaire instrument was conducted for this study. proper acknowledgment of ADB. For centuries, nontimber forest products have been key aspects of household diets throughout the world. 42 0 obj <> endobj change which have affected mopane worm availability and how consumption and trade They, may also appeal to the development community and people having, The views expressed in this publication are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the, Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the, governments they represent. This poor patronage was traced to poor appreciation of culture, which inherently has implication on sustainable livelihood and developmental processes. andpracticesthat,inturn,determinethe. The limited availability of mopane worms presented a key constraint for the Copublished by Springer and the Asian Development Bank, the book was made available on open access as well as print on demand in May 2017. ilding post-2015 on the accomplishments of the Millennium Development Goals, but cognizant also of their shortcomings, they combine economic, environmental, and social goals that now apply to all countries. Trading was found to be important form of employment for rural people who have limited 0000001491 00000 n 0000004307 00000 n It is based on evolving thinking about the way the poor and vulnerable live their lives and the importance of policies and institutions. Physical and financial capital were found to have greatest threat to ent access livelihood assets, which the sustainable livelihood approach aims to expand. 0000143857 00000 n current significance and contribution of mopane worm harvesting and trading to rural It, compels them to look for multiple entry points and to move beyond a homogenous “community” view and a, narrow sectoral perspective. Paper presented at the Sustainable Livelihoods Seminar on 'Private Sector and Enterprise Development', Crown Plaza Hotel, Manchester, UK. These Reconstruction and Development Programme houses have been retrofitted with solar water heaters as part of an energy-saving initiative which reduces de-pendency on the grid and provides additional socio-economic benefits to improve the lives of its users. 0000044168 00000 n Natural disaster such as floods also can affect households income and activities especially households who do agriculture activities as a main job. 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