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Sustainable livelihoods and livelihood diversification

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: This paper constitutes a preliminary output of the ODA-funded research programme on sustainable \nlivelihoods being carried out by the Institute of Development Studies and the Poverty Research Unit at \nthe University of Sussex, in collaboration with the International Institute for Environment and \nDevelopment. \nThis programme aims to explore the alternative routes to sustainable livelihoods pursued by rural \npeople in contrasting agro-ecological settings in four countries: Bangladesh, Mali, Ethiopia and \nZimbabwe. In relation to this aim, the overall focus is to understand how institutional arrangements \ndetermine rural people’s entitlements, provide the setting within which they construct their livelihoods, \nand determine who gains and loses in the struggle to maintain livelihoods. It is proposed that rural \npeople construct their livelihoods via three main strategies: agricultural intensification; livelihood \ndiversification; and migration. This paper explores the second of these strategies using evidence from \nAsia and Africa.

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Authors: Karim Hussein, John W. Nelson

Language: English

Topic: Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Subfield: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Decent work and economic growth, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

Funders: European Commission, University of Sussex, European Regional Development Fund, Institut Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, National Research, Development and Innovation Office

Award: G5345393340

OpenAlex ID: W34015742

FWCI: 17.12

Cites: 34

Cited by: 158

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