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Title: | Integrating Livelihood Issues in Natural Resource Management through Farming Systems Approach |
Other Titles: | Integrating Livelihood Issues in Natural Resource Management through Farming Systems Approach |
Authors: | ICAR_CRIDA |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2009 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Integrating Livelihood, Natural Resource, Management, Farming Systems |
Publisher: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | The idea of sustainable livelihoods began as an approach to maintain or enhance resource productivity, secure ownership of and access to assets, resources and income-earning activities as well as to ensure adequate stocks and flows of food and cash to meet basic needs. Conceptually, livelihoods connote the activities, entitlements and assets by which people make a living. In particular, the asset dimension is critical to an appreciation of the concept. Assets, in this particular context, are defined as not only natural/biological (i.e., land, water, common-property resources, flora, fauna), but also social (i.e., community, family, social networks), economic (i.e., jobs, savings, credit) political (i.e., participation, empowerment), human (i.e., education, labour, health, nutrition), and physical (i.e., roads, markets, clinics, schools, bridges). The access to, use of, and interaction among these assets serves as the foundation of a livelihood system. One of the ways to understand livelihood systems is to analyze the coping and adaptive strategies pursued by individuals and communities as a response to external shocks and stresses such as drought, civil strife and policy failures. There is, however, an important distinction between coping and adaptive strategies. Coping strategies are often a short-term response to a specific shock such as drought. Actions could include switching to cultivation of drought-resistant crops or reliance on external food aid. Adaptive strategies, on the other hand, entail a long-term change in behaviour patterns as a result of a shock or stress. As such, adaptive strategies move go beyond the immediate impetus for survival, but rather are part of a broader household decision-making process. A common example is that of agro-pastoralists who have adapted to changing conditions of climate, water, land tenure arrangements and vegetation variability by optimizing the mix of cattle, sheep, goats and camels in their herds. An notable corollary to the understanding of adaptive and coping strategies are the relational differences between women and men, whether it be distribution and control of income or access to assets and entitlements. It follows then, that women and men are likely to play different roles in the formulation and implementation of a significant number of coping and adaptive strategies. What is important, therefore, is to explicitly recognize the gendered contributions to overall household well being (however defined) as well as the distinct and heterogeneous adaptive and coping strategies that are pursued at an intrahousehold level. |
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ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Technical Report |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Not Available |
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URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/33001 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CRIDA-Publication |
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