Livelihood strategies, environmental dependency and rural poverty: the case of two villages in rural Mozambique

Sunflower commercialisation in Singida Region, Tanzania has been successful. The successes include increased oilseed production, expanding processing capacity and declining rural poverty. Policies and efforts by development agents to promote sunflower commercialisation have increased the number of actors and service providers. Accumulation from sunflower and other enterprises, including livestock, have not only improved livelihoods, but also contributed to household economic diversity. This paper examines the interactions between activities involved in sunflower production and other livelihood strategies. For example, the paper examines local dynamics in policy and business contexts that have shaped livelihood options available and people’s choices of which option they undertake, and the corresponding outcomes, and reasons for such commercialisation trajectories. The study aims to inform local, regional, and national strategies, to pursue more inclusive and sustainable agriculture development, and widen options and pathways for men and women in Mkalama and Iramba districts of Singida Region.

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Health and Health Care Problems Among the Kumiai of San Antonio Necua and Their Indigenous Relatives in Baja California

Californian Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.32398/cjhp.v1i1.389 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 140-157 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K. Jill Fleuriet

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Baja California ◽

San Antonio ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Traditional Healers ◽

Medical Pluralism ◽

Indigenous Groups ◽

Health And Illness ◽

Care Problems

The rural Kumiai community of San Antonio Necua is one of the few remaining indigenous communities in Baja California, Mexico. Necuan health and health care problems are best understood through a consideration of the effects of colonialism and marginalization on indigenous groups in northern Baja California as well as a tradition of medical pluralism in Mexico. The lack of traditional healers and biomedical providers in the community, high rates of preventable or manageable illnesses, and a blend of biomedical, folk mestizo, and traditional indigenous beliefs about health and illness reflect current conditions of rural poverty and economic isolation. Descriptions of health and health care problems are based on ethnographic fieldwork among the Kumiai, their Paipai relatives, and their primary nongovernmental aid organization.

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On Estimates of Rural Poverty in India: An Assessment

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.1989.29.7.01p0289b ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 29 (7) ◽

pp. 687-697 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Raghav Gaiha

Keyword(s):

Rural Poverty

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A Donor Influenced by Local Dynamics

Sociology of Development ◽

10.1525/sod.2016.2.1.51 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 51-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Setsuko Matsuzawa

Keyword(s):

Poverty Alleviation ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Unintended Consequences ◽

Local Dynamics ◽

Grant Program ◽

Local Actors ◽

Research Interviews ◽

National Model ◽

Management Project ◽

Development Discourses

This article explores the relations between a foreign aid donor and local actors in the context of the dissemination of development discourses and practices in an authoritarian context. It addresses the question “To what extent may the local dynamics alter the original goals of a donor and lead to unintended consequences?” Based on archival research, interviews, and secondary literature, this case study examines the Yunnan Uplands Management Project (YUM) in 1990–95, the Ford Foundation's first grant program on rural poverty alleviation in China. While the Foundation did not attain its main goal of making YUM a national model for poverty alleviation, the local actors were able to use YUM to develop individual capacities and to build roles for themselves as development actors in the form of associations and nongovernmental organizations, resulting in further support from the Foundation. The study contributes to our understanding of donor-local actor dynamics by highlighting the gaps between the original goals of a donor and the perspectives and motivations of local actors. The study suggests that local dynamics may influence the goals of donors and the ways they seek to disseminate development discourses and practices to local actors, despite the common conception of donors as hegemonic or culturally imperialistic.

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A Study of the Urban-Rural Poverty Gap by Applying Definition of Multidimensional Poverty to Korean Welfare Panel Data, 2005-2011

Health and Social Welfare Review ◽

10.15709/hswr.2014.34.1.5 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 5-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Kim Heyei-ja ◽

김정은 ◽

고난난 ◽

박지영 ◽

진나연

Keyword(s):

Panel Data ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Multidimensional Poverty ◽

Urban Rural ◽

Definition Of

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Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia

10.1596/30479 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Michelle Poulin ◽

Allan Bomuhangi

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Livelihood Strategies ◽

Household Livelihood

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A Case Study of Rural Development Programmes In India

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ◽

10.24113/ijellh.v1i5.3051 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Farooq Ahmad Ganiee

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Water Conservation ◽

Labour Force ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Road Construction ◽

Development Effort ◽

Alternative Source ◽

Productive Assets ◽

Employment Guarantee

The Rural development generally refers to the process of improving the quality of life and economic welfare of people living in relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is considered as a “Silver Bullet” for eradicating rural poverty and unemployment, by way of generating demand for productive labour force in villages. It provides an alternative source of livelihood which will have an impact on reducing migration, restricting child labour, alleviating poverty, and making villages self-sustaining through productive assets creation such as road construction, cleaning up of water tanks, soil and water conservation work, etc. For which it has been considered as the largest anti-poverty programme in India. In this paper, based on the secondary data, an attempt has been made to comprehensively understand the development effort to rebuild the rural life and livelihood on the basis of various secondary data.

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