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1. Rural livelihood diversification and household well-being: Insights from Humla, Nepal

Author:
Gautam, Yograj; Andersen, Peter
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.44 pp. 239-249
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; households; humans; livelihood; poverty; social inequality; trade; Nepal;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Diversification of livelihoods is a commonly applied strategy for coping with economic and environmental shocks and instrumental in poverty reduction. In this paper, we have assessed the role of livelihood diversification in household well-being in Humla, a remote mountain district in west Nepal. Employing the data produced from household surveys, we developed a composite household well-being inde ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.02.001

2. Economic dependence on mangrove forest resources for livelihoods in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh

Author:
Mohammad Abdullah, Abu Nasar; Stacey, Natasha; Garnett, Stephen T.; Myers, Bronwyn
Source:
Forest policy and economics 2016 v.64 pp. 15-24
ISSN:
1389-9341
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; forest resources; household income; households; livelihood; mangrove forests; people; social inequality; villages; Bangladesh;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study examines the importance of mangrove resources to the livelihoods of people living beside the world's largest contiguous mangrove forest. Median annual household income was USD 1122, based on household survey data from 264 households in six villages adjacent to the Sundarbans, in Khulna, Bangladesh. Forest income represented 74% and 48% of the total household income for the lower and mid ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.forpol.2015.12.009

3. Using REDD+ Policy to Facilitate Climate Adaptation at the Local Level: Synergies and Challenges in Vietnam

Author:
McElwee, Pamela; Thi Nguyen, Van Hai; Nguyen, Dung Viet; Tran, Nghi Huu; Le, Hue Van Thi; Nghiem, Tuyen Phuong; Thi Vu, Huong Dieu
Source:
Forests 2016 v.8 no.1
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; case studies; climate; climate change; focus groups; forests; households; interviews; issues and policy; livelihood; stakeholders; weather; Vietnam;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Attention has recently been paid to how REDD+ mitigation policies are integrated into other sectoral policies, particularly those dealing with climate adaptation at the national level. But there is less understanding of how subnational policy and local projects are able to incorporate attention to adaptation; therefore, we use a case study in Vietnam to discuss how REDD+ projects and policies addr ...
DOI:
10.3390/f8010011

4. Correlates of wildlife hunting in indigenous communities in the Pastaza province, Ecuadorian Amazonia

Author:
Vasco, C.; Sirén, A.
Source:
Animal conservation 2016 v.19 no.5 pp. 422-429
ISSN:
1367-9430
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; biodiversity; dietary protein; employment; food security; harvesting; households; indigenous peoples; livelihood; meat; opportunity costs; wildlife; Amazonia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wild meat is an important source of dietary protein and fat for many indigenous peoples in Amazonia. However, rates of wildlife harvest are often unsustainable, threatening not only biodiversity but also the food security of indigenous peoples. During the last decades, Ecuadorian Amazonia has undergone profound socioeconomic changes which have significantly altered peoples' livelihood strategies. ...
DOI:
10.1111/acv.12259

5. Urbanization and rural livelihoods: A case study from Jiangxi Province, China

Author:
Tian, Qing; Guo, Liying; Zheng, Lin
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.47 pp. 577-587
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; case studies; households; income; interviews; issues and policy; labor; livelihood; models; rural areas; urbanization; villages; China;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... The livelihoods of Chinese rural households are undergoing a transformation amid urbanization. While participation in the urban economy has improved rural living standards, rural income has consistently lagged behind urban income, and a broader prosperity gap persists between urban and rural areas. How to increase rural income and reduce the rural-urban gap remains a major challenge for the Chines ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.07.015

6. What motivates rural households to adapt to climate change?

Author:
Zheng, Yuan; Dallimer, Martin
Source:
Climate and Development 2016 v.8 no.2 pp. 110-121
ISSN:
1756-5537
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; climate; climate change; cognition; drought; farm income; farmers; farms; households; humans; issues and policy; livelihood; risk perception; villages;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Climate change is likely to raise the frequency and severity of climate variability, rendering smallholder farmers increasingly vulnerable. This necessitates adaptation actions to mitigate potential losses. Based on farm household survey data collected from three Chinese mountain villages, the study examines farmers' adaptation measures in response to drought and factors driving motivations to ada ...
DOI:
10.1080/17565529.2015.1005037

7. Milking the data: Measuring milk off-take in extensive livestock systems. Experimental evidence from Niger

Author:
Zezza, Alberto; Federighi, Giovanni; Kalilou, Amadou Adamou; Hiernaux, Pierre
Source:
Food policy 2016 v.59 pp. 174-186
ISSN:
0306-9192
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; developing countries; exercise; households; humans; livelihood; livestock; milk; milk production; milking; monitoring; nutrients; questionnaires; sales; value added; Niger;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Milk is an important source of cash and nutrients for many households in developing countries. Yet, our understanding of the role of dairy production in livelihoods and nutritional outcomes is hindered by the lack of decent quality household survey data. Data on milk off-take for human consumption are difficult to collect in household surveys for a number of reasons which make accurate recall chal ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.01.005
PubMed:
26973375
PubMed Central:
PMC4784724

8. Agroecosystem specific climate vulnerability analysis: application of the livelihood vulnerability index to a tropical highland region

Author:
Simane, Belay; Zaitchik, Benjamin F.; Foltz, Jeremy D.
Source:
Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change 2016 v.21 no.1 pp. 39-65
ISSN:
1381-2386
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; United Nations; agroecosystems; climate; climate change; environmental factors; farming systems; highlands; households; livelihood; socioeconomics; topographic slope; Ethiopia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... In topographically diverse highland terrain, socio-economic and environmental conditions can vary dramatically over relatively short distances. This presents a challenge for climate resilient development strategies, as exposure to climate variability and change, climate impacts, and adaptive capacity differ between communities located within common cultural and administrative units. The Livelihood ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11027-014-9568-1
PubMed:
30197559
PubMed Central:
PMC6108063

9. Role of capitals and capabilities in ensuring economic resilience of land conservation efforts: A case study of the grain for green project in China’s Loess Hills

Author:
Li, Qirui; Amjath-Babu, T.S.; Zander, Peter
Source:
Ecological indicators 2016 v.71 pp. 636-644
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; agricultural land; capital; case studies; farming systems; farms; households; humans; land management; livelihood; loess; principal component analysis; regression analysis; riparian areas; valleys; China;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... The article describes how economic resilience of farming households can be measured using a composite indicator of revealed adaptive actions, and investigates how capabilities of farm households to recombine human, financial, natural and physical capitals are linked to observed economic resilience to land set-aside interventions. The land set-aside intervention known as the Grain for Green Project ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.027

10. Land-use response to drought scenarios and water policy intervention in Lijiang, SW China

Author:
Yang, Hua; Villamor, Grace B.; Su, Yufang; Wang, Mingcheng; Xu, Jianchu
Source:
Land use policy 2016 v.57 pp. 377-387
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; agricultural land; climate change; crops; drought; employment; farmers; farming systems; highlands; households; land use; leasing; livelihood; socioeconomic factors; tourism; water management; water policy; China;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... As a part of the Asian highlands, Lijiang, in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China, is threatened by climate-induced drought and an increasing water demand by tourism development. Understanding local farmers’ land-use options in response to drought and policy intervention is crucial for future adaptation strategies. We assessed farmers’ land-use options and the socio-economic factors affecting ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.05.027

11. Pro-poor? Inclusion and exclusion in native potato value chains in the central highlands of Peru

Author:
Tobin, Daniel; Glenna, Leland; Devaux, Andre
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2016 v.46 pp. 71-80
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; Solanum tuberosum; case studies; growers; highlands; households; interviews; issues and policy; livelihood; markets; potato chips; potatoes; risk; social benefit; socioeconomic status; supply chain; Peru;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Including smallholding farmers in high value markets has emerged as a pro-poor development strategy. Through a case study of a project that intended to incorporate native potato growers in the central Peruvian highlands into corporate potato chip value chains, this study investigates social differentiation among participants and nonparticipants, as well as reasons for households’ inclusion or excl ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.002

12. The direct impact of landslides on household income in tropical regions: A case study from the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda

Author:
Mertens, K.; Jacobs, L.; Maes, J.; Kabaseke, C.; Maertens, M.; Poesen, J.; Kervyn, M.; Vranken, L.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2016 v.550 pp. 1032-1043
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; agricultural income; case studies; employment; household income; households; issues and policy; landslides; livelihood; mountains; risk; risk reduction; spatial data; tropics; villages; Uganda;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Landslides affect millions of people worldwide, but theoretical and empirical studies on the impact of landslides remain scarce, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study proposes and applies a method to estimate the direct impact of landslides on household income and to investigate the presence of specific risk sharing and mitigation strategies towards landslides in a tropical and rural enviro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.171

13. Coping with weather adversity and adaptation to climatic variability: a cross-country study of smallholder farmers in South Asia

Author:
Bhatta, Gopal Datt; Aggarwal, Pramod Kumar
Source:
Climate and Development 2016 v.8 no.2 pp. 145-157
ISSN:
1756-5537
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; climate change; coping strategies; credit; cropping systems; cultivars; farm families; farmers; households; issues and policy; livelihood; markets; plant breeding; rain; Bangladesh; India; Nepal;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Concerns over climate change and climatic variability are growing in South Asia because of the potential detrimental impacts of these phenomena on livelihoods. Such growing concerns demonstrate a need to assess how farmers simultaneously cope with extreme events and adapt to climatic variability. Based on household surveys of 2660 farm families conducted in Nepal's Terai, coastal Bangladesh, and t ...
DOI:
10.1080/17565529.2015.1016883

14. Mopane worm (Imbrasia belina) and rural household food security in Limpopo province, South Africa

Author:
Baiyegunhi, L. J. S.; Oppong, B. B.; Senyolo, G. M.
Source:
Food security 2016 v.8 no.1 pp. 153-165
ISSN:
1876-4517
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; Imbrasia; food security; household consumption; households; income; insect larvae; issues and policy; land use; livelihood; moths; regression analysis; trade; woodlands; South Africa;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Rural households in South Africa are vulnerable to food and income adversity. As a result, they adopt a range of livelihoods strategies, including consumption and trade of woodland resources to improve their living standards. Mopane worms (caterpillars of the Emperor Moth Imbrasia belina) have been identified as important to rural livelihoods, as an alternative land-use option as well as in fulfil ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12571-015-0536-8

15. Socio-economic impacts of private land use investment on rural communities: Industrial forest plantations in Niassa, Mozambique

Author:
Bleyer, Maja; Kniivilä, Matleena; Horne, Paula; Sitoe, Almeida; Falcão, Mário Paulo
Source:
Land use policy 2016 v.51 pp. 281-289
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; business enterprises; employment; forest plantations; households; land use; livelihood; people; private forestry; private lands; regression analysis; rural communities; socioeconomics; villages; Eastern Africa; Mozambique;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... East Africa has experienced an increase of private land use investments in the past years. Rural households have consequently faced crucial changes in their livelihoods. This paper explores the socio-economic impacts of industrial forest plantations on rural communities in Niassa, Mozambique. According to our results private forest plantations have the potential to positively impact local people’s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.11.011

16. Operationalizing analysis of micro-level climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity

Author:
Jiao, Xi; Moinuddin, Hasan
Source:
Climate and Development 2016 v.8 no.1 pp. 45-57
ISSN:
1756-5537
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; climate; climate change; coping strategies; drought; floods; households; livelihood; natural resource management; natural resources; risk; rural communities; villages; Laos;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper explores vulnerability and adaptive capacity of rural communities in Southern Laos, where households are highly dependent on climate-sensitive natural resources and vulnerable to seasonal weather fluctuations. The speed and magnitude of climate-induced changes may seriously challenge their ability to adapt. Participatory group discussions and 271 household surveys in three villages high ...
DOI:
10.1080/17565529.2014.989191

17. Role of income diversification in reducing forest reliance: Evidence from 1838 rural households in China

Author:
Wei, Duan; Chao, He; Yali, Wen
Source:
Journal of forest economics 2016 v.22 pp. 68-79
ISSN:
1104-6899
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; farmers; forest resources; forestry; forests; harvesting; households; issues and policy; livelihood; low income households; opportunity costs; regression analysis; China;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Among a number of households worldwide, forest use and income diversification have been seen as substitute livelihood strategies: farmers with more diverse income sources face a higher opportunity cost in harvesting forests and so tend to rely less on forestry resources. The current study uses rural household survey data captured in the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Shaanxi, Hunan, and Jiangxi. It ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfe.2015.12.002

18. Environmental awareness and vulnerability in the Yellow River Delta: Results based on a comprehensive household survey

Author:
Wolters, Michel L.; Sun, Zhongchang; Huang, Chong; Kuenzer, Claudia
Source:
Ocean & coastal management 2016 v.120 pp. 1-10
ISSN:
0964-5691
Subject:
household surveys,   etc   ; aquaculture; attitudes and opinions; climate; corn; cotton; crops; drought; households; livelihood; low educational status; oil spills; pollution; public utilities; questionnaires; river deltas; sea level; spatial data; China; Yellow River;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this paper, we present the results of a comprehensive survey concerning environmental awareness and vulnerability, conducted in October 2013 in the Yellow River Delta, China. The purpose of this survey is to provide insight to the vulnerability of rural households and their livelihoods to internal and external threats, such as flooding, oil spills, droughts, erosion, and salinization. Education ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.11.009