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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2019
Publisher: ResearchersLinks Ltd
Date: 2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-03-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-05-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S11356-023-27638-2
Abstract: Livelihood ersification is an essential strategy for managing economic and environmental shocks and reducing rural poverty in developing countries. This article presents a comprehensive two-part literature review on livelihood capital and livelihood ersification strategies. Firstly, it identifies the role of livelihood capital in determining livelihood ersification strategies, and secondly, it assesses the role of livelihood ersification strategies in reducing rural poverty in developing countries. Evidence suggests that human, natural, and financial capitals are the primary determining assets of livelihood ersification strategies. However, the role of social and physical capital with livelihood ersification has not widely been studied. Education, farming experience, family size, land holding size, access to formal credit, access to market, and membership in village organizations were the major influencing factors in the adoption process of livelihood ersification strategies. The contribution of livelihood ersification in poverty reduction (SDG-1) was realized through improved food security and nutrition, increased income level, sustainability of crop production, and mitigating climatic vulnerabilities. This study suggests enhanced livelihood ersification through improved access to and availability of livelihood assets is vital in reducing rural poverty in developing countries.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-09-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S11356-022-23040-6
Abstract: Sustainable livelihoods in less developed countries are threatened by human, natural, physical, social and financial factors. Pakistan is also facing severe negative impacts of these factors in the form of climate shocks, market imperfections and insufficient formal credit availability on rural livelihoods. This study explores rural Pakistani’s adaptation to these threats by ersifying income sources and explores the determining factors for adopting specific livelihood ersification strategies. The study is based on a quantitative survey of 295 households in three districts of rain-fed rural regions of Pakistan’s Punjab with differing annual rainfall. Results showed that households mitigated against threats to their livelihood by having a ersity of income sources (Simpson Diversity Index = 0.61). Moreover, fractional multinomial regression modelling revealed that greater education was associated with a more ersified livelihood strategy, where income was predominantly derived from off-farm and non-farm livelihood activities. On the other hand, households with older members, more livestock and larger farm size focused their livelihoods on their own farms, or primarily ersified into an off-farm strategy by working on other farms. These findings underscore the importance of improved access to education and infrastructure for livelihood ersification. A policy that focuses on reducing low literacy rates in rural Pakistan may also provide new avenues of livelihood ersifications with enhancement of rural literacy rate to mitigate the risks associated with livelihood strategies of smallholders.
Publisher: University of Queensland Library
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.14264/793C0EA
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 09-12-2022
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-2228191/V1
Abstract: Livelihood ersification is an essential strategy for managing economic and environmental shocks and reducing rural poverty in developing countries. This article presents a comprehensive two-part literature review on livelihood capital and livelihood ersification strategies. Firstly, it identifies the role of livelihood capital in determining livelihood ersification strategies, and secondly, it assesses the role of livelihood ersification strategies in reducing rural poverty in developing countries. Evidence suggests that human, natural and financial capitals are the primary determining assets of livelihood ersification strategies. However, the role of social and physical capital with livelihood ersification have not widely been studied. Education, farming experience, family size, land holding size, access to formal credit, access to market and membership in village organizations were the major influencing factors in the adoption process of livelihood ersification strategies. The contribution of livelihood ersification in poverty reduction (SDG-1) was realized through improved food security and nutrition, increased income level, sustainability of crop production and mitigating climatic vulnerabilities. This study suggests enhanced livelihood ersification through improved access to and availability of livelihood assets is vital in reducing rural poverty in developing countries.
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