Revealing the role of livelihood assets in livelihood strategies: Towards enhancing conservation and livelihood development in the Hara Biosphere Reserve, Iran

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 336-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milad Dehghani Pour ◽  
Ali Akbar Barati ◽  
Hossein Azadi ◽  
Jürgen Scheffran
Keyword(s):  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Livelihood Assets ◽  
Hara Biosphere Reserve

scholarly journals Livelihood Assets and Strategies among Rural Households: Comparative Analysis of Rice and Dryland Terrace Systems in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lun Yang ◽  
Moucheng Liu ◽  
Fei Lun ◽  
Qingwen Min ◽  
Canqiang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Factor ◽  
Multinomial Logit Model ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Livelihood Assets ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge ◽  
Agricultural Households ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dynamic Conservation

The livelihood of peasant households is one of the selection criteria of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and a critical factor that affects agricultural heritage system conservation and inheritance. Taking the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces System (HHRTS) and Shexian Dryland Terraces System (SDTS) as examples, we investigated 304 households through a participatory rural appraisal method to discuss the livelihood assets and strategies of households in agricultural heritage systems. From the viewpoint of livelihood strategies, household strategies can be divided into pure agricultural, nonagricultural, and part-time agricultural strategies. The livelihood strategies of households in the HHRTS feature a higher proportion of nonagricultural, while those in the SDTS have a diverse distribution. With respect to livelihood assets, we constructed a livelihood assets accounting framework to highlight the important role of traditional culture and information technology in agricultural activities. The average livelihood assets value in the HHRTS and SDTS was 2.249 and 1.832, respectively. Then, applying the multinomial logit model, we quantitatively analyzed the relationship between livelihood assets and strategies. The results show that in both terrace systems, the understanding of traditional agricultural knowledge is important to suppress the shift of pure agricultural households to nonagricultural or part-time agricultural households. Therefore, in order to achieve dynamic conservation of terrace systems, it is necessary to effectively increase the cultural assets level of households, especially farmers’ understanding of traditional agricultural knowledge.

The theory of social capital in studying immigrant livelihoods

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 185-195
Author(s):  
Thuy Nguyen Thi Bich
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Career Experience ◽  
Livelihood Assets

Social capital is the term that receives lots of attention from Vietnamese and international authors. Social capital reduces the costs of economic transactions. It does not directly produce material and spiritual benefits, but converts it into other types of capital, thereby producing benefits. Social capital is important for immigrants in addition to other types of capital. The paper aims to analyze the theoretical views of different authors on social capital, livelihoods as well as the role of social capital in general and livelihoods of immigrants in particular. Using social capital in livelihood strategies has helped immigrants reduce costs in the addition of information on knowledge, career experience, procurement of livelihood assets; and find work, business cooperation,...

scholarly journals The Nexus between Rural Household Livelihoods and Agricultural Functions: Evidence from China

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Bencheng Liu ◽  
Yangang Fang
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cultural Function ◽  
Livelihood Assets ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Farming Households

Understanding the relationship between households’ livelihoods and agricultural functions is important for regulating and balancing households’ and macrosocieties’ agricultural functional needs and formulating better agricultural policies and rural revitalization strategies. This paper uses peasant household survey data obtained from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) and statistical analysis methods, to analyze the differences in livelihood assets and agricultural functions of households with different livelihood strategies and the relationship between livelihood assets and agricultural functions. Households are categorized based on their livelihood strategies as full-time farming households, part-time farming I households, part-time farming II households, and non-farming households. The agricultural product supply and negative effects of the ecological service function of full-time farming households are higher than those of part-time farming and non-farming households. Part-time farming I households have the strongest social security function, while non-farming households have the weakest social security function. Non-farming households have the strongest leisure and cultural function, while part-time farming I households have the weakest leisure and cultural function. Households’ demand for agricultural functions is affected by livelihood assets. Effective measures should be taken to address contradictions in the agricultural functional demands of households and macrosocieties.

Social capital and livelihood strategies in response after 2013 Kedarnath disaster (India)

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakshi Naithani ◽  
Ashis Kumar Saha
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Detection Analysis ◽  
Post Disaster

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the role of livelihood assets, strategies and local social networks in disaster response and recovery in post-disaster setting of 2013 Kedarnath disaster (India).Design/methodology/approachIt identifies post disaster macro-spaces of Mandakini river valley (India) using change detection analysis and secondary data. Within these macro-spaces, the micro spaces of livelihood and social capital were assessed by selecting two villages for case study.FindingsMost important issues faced by communities were loss of lives, livelihoods and access to relief aid. A shift in economic base of families suffering loss of livelihoods was observed as they switched from pilgrimage-based to skill-based opportunities. Geographical location and isolation play a crucial role in recovery trajectory of villages by influencing the social capital.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper being case study based deals two of the worst-affected villages; livelihood strategies adopted and social network may be influenced by the “victim” status of villages and may not be generalized for each disaster-affected area.Social implicationsBridging and bonding networks were significant in geographically isolated places, while “linkages” were beneficial in bringing new livelihood opportunities. Need to enhance the role of social capital by institutional intervention in form of capacity building was required.Originality/valueThe study suggests focus on human capital-based livelihood diversification programs taking geographical location and disaster context into account.

scholarly journals Livelihood Strategies of Rural Households in Ning’er Earthquake-Stricken Areas, Yunnan Province, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benyong Wei ◽  
Guiwu Su ◽  
Yingkui Li ◽  
Yuling Ma
Keyword(s):  
Rural Households ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Livelihood Strategy ◽  
Livelihood Assets ◽  
Geographical Environment ◽  
Rural Buildings ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Capitals ◽  
The Relationship

Natural hazards not only cause direct losses of household income and assets but also affect the choice and outcome of livelihood strategies. Based on the questionnaire survey from 2007 on Mw 6.1 Ning’er earthquake-hit areas in Southwest China, we analyzed the relationship between livelihood assets (or capitals) and livelihood strategies of local rural households and identified the main factors influencing the choice of livelihood strategy. The results indicate that statistically significant differences exist in livelihood assets among livelihood strategies. The choice of livelihood strategies is affected significantly by the status of livelihood assets. High financial capitals enable households to engage in higher-returns or capital-intensive livelihood activities. Improving vocational education and skills training for rural residents, especially for the youth, is also important in developing new livelihood strategies beyond their traditional lifestyle. Higher social capitals provide households the opportunity to select a higher return and income livelihood strategy. In addition, as part of efforts to enhance physical capitals, housing construction planning and technical guidance are of critical importance to improve the anti-seismic performance of rural buildings and decrease their livelihood risk in earthquake-prone areas. It is important for farmers to improve and diversify their livelihood strategies according to regional geographical environment and the comparative advantages of their own livelihood assets.

Gender Relations and Household Economic Planning in the Rural Philippines

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Eder
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Economic Planning ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Livelihood Diversification ◽  
The Future ◽  
Household Livelihood ◽  
Role Of Women

This paper lies at the intersection of the considerable scholarly literatures on household livelihood strategies and on the role of women in Southeast Asia. Focused ethnographically on rural Philippine households engaged primarily in various combinations of fishing and farming activities, and analytically on how gender relations figure in the decisions that the co-heads of these households make regarding their economic plans for the future, it considers how the livelihood diversification that characteristically accompanies rural development affects – and is in turn affected by – the conjugal relationship.

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