scholarly journals Towards assessing the resource criticality of agricultural livelihood systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 107385
Author(s):  
Grégoire Meylan ◽  
Boundia Alexandre Thiombiano ◽  
Quang Bao Le
Keyword(s):  
Livelihood Systems

Policy Brief: Socioeconomic impacts of FMD at the household level in Cambodia

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Dy
Keyword(s):  
Australian Government ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
Livelihood Systems ◽  
Oriented Research

Funded by the Australian Government through the Stop Transboundary Animal Diseases and Zoonoses (STANDZ) Programme managed by the OIE SRR-SEA, the study was conducted by the Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture and Livelihood Systems (CENTDOR) in 12 villages of Kampong Speu and Takeo provinces in September 2013.

Resilience through Adaptation: Innovations in Maasai Livelihood Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-311
Author(s):  
Jacques Pollini ◽  
John G. Galaty
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Economic Stress ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Land Loss ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Territorial Expansion ◽  
Livelihood Systems ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
Adaptive Cycles

This article examines strategies adopted by Maasai and other pastoralists in Kenya to adapt to climate change, population growth, land loss, decreasing livestock holdings and land degradation, aimed at achieving greater socio-economic resilience. Using case studies mostly from Narok County and reviewing the increasingly rich literature on pastoralism and conservation in East Africa, we show that pastoralists employ three main strategies to adapt their livelihood systems: intensification (changes in land use systems to increase productivity per hectare); extensification (through territorial expansion into unoccupied areas or territories of neighbouring communities in our cases); and diversification (the combination of pastoralism with other livelihood strategies, mainly farming, conservation, tourism, business and wage jobs, often through migration to small towns or urban centres). Maasai communities have been quick to adopt these strategies, individually or in combination, in order to overcome ecological and socio-economic stress and to pursue opportunities as they arise. Since these strategies are generally compatible with extensive pastoralism, this land use will continue to play a key role in sustaining the livelihoods of people living in semi-arid and arid rangelands. However, when intensification and diversification through the adoption of ranching and farming occur, the rangeland becomes fragmented, with severe impacts on wildlife. In such cases, incentives for sustaining conservation and wildlife tourism will need to increase to compensate land holders for foregoing these more intensive land uses, thus moving towards reconciliation of ecological sustainability and strengthened livelihoods. These findings are illuminated by Gunderson and Holling's (2002) panarchy model and its nested adaptive cycles, where resilience is achieved by providing for change through loosening and reorganising connections between elements in the system.

scholarly journals NILAI TANGGUNG JAWAB DALAM NOVEL LASKAR PELANGI KARYA ANDREA HIRATA: TINJAUAN STRUKTURALISME GENETIK

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
Siti Rukiyah
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Novel Structure ◽  
Livelihood Systems ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

This study discusses in depth about the moral values of responsibility in the novel Laskar Pelangi. Furthermore, the proposed related to the socio-cultural background of the authors in the creation of novel Laskar Pelangi effect on moral values. In addition, also discussed the author's view of the world related to the teachings of the value of responsibility. This research uses a qualitative approach with content analysis method. The results showed that the value of responsibility based on the novel structure consisting of man's relationship to himself, namely in terms of character and characterization. The characters are displayed Andrea Hirata bring the characters responsible for the thoughts, attitudes, and behavior. From a review of genetic structuralism, the value of responsibility based on social and cultural background, knowledge systems also influence the social and cultural life. Belitung people's livelihood systems are revealed also shape the character responsible. The author's world view of morals includes the value of self-existence, self-esteem, self-confidence, fear, longing, and responsibility.

14. Urban African Livelihood Systems: Straddling the rural-urban divide

1999 ◽  
pp. 160-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Beall ◽  
Nazneen Kanji ◽  
Cecilia Tacoli
Keyword(s):  
Livelihood Systems

scholarly journals A Typology-Based Approach for Assessing Qualities and Determinants of Adoption of Sustainable Water Use Technologies in Coping with Context Diversity: The Case of Mechanized Raised-Bed Technology in Egypt

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5428
Author(s):  
Quang Bao Le ◽  
Boubaker Dhehibi
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Crop Productivity ◽  
Livelihood Systems ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Raised Bed ◽  
Farming Households ◽  
Water Uses

Mechanized raised-bed technology (MRBT) is recognized as an important measure to achieve higher crop productivity and water-use efficiency in intensive irrigated systems. Development efforts on spreading this technology require adequate understanding of the qualities and drivers of farmers’ adoption of MRBT. Research in agricultural innovation adoption has identified the importance of the socio-ecological context (SEC) that influences the livelihood of farmers adopting new technologies. This study introduces an agricultural livelihood systems (ALS) typology-based approach for guiding concrete analytical steps and statistical methods in evaluating the effects of system SEC diversity in two Egyptian governorates. We objectively classify a population of sampled farming households into a limited number of ALS types and use inferential statistics for the whole sampled population and individual ALS types to discover adoption drivers. Values added by the ALS approach confirm the widespread role of common determinants of MRBT adoption across ALS types, household groups subject to the effects MRBT, and show new causal effects. The presented advanced approach and empirical findings will be useful for enhancing targeting and out-scaling of MRBT practices toward achieving sustainable agricultural water uses at scale.

Livelihoods and Mobility in the Border Regions of Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
pp. 268-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Economic Pressure ◽  
Population Mobility ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Livelihood Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pressure Impact ◽  
Key Sites ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Political Turmoil ◽  
Wealth Group

Ethiopia’s borderlands are key sites of population mobility and migration. Not only do these areas host most of the 800,000 refugees who have entered Ethiopia from neighbouring countries, they also are home to populations whose movements are heavily influenced by the livelihoods, trade, environment, and border management regimes working in their areas. These systems create opportunities for, and blockages to, movement within borderlands and across the country’s borders. This chapter analyses the social, political, and economic influences on mobility decisions in the border regions of Ethiopia. It considers the ways that these decisions are undertaken differently according to gender, youth, and wealth group, given the different resources and constraints that people face at individual and group levels. The chapter also considers the ways in which shocks—including natural hazards, violence, political turmoil, or economic pressure—impact upon livelihood systems and influence mobility decisions.

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