Across the tropics, smallholder farmers already face numerous risks to agricultural production. Climate change is expected to disproportionately affect smallholder farmers and make their livelihoods even more precarious; however, there is limited information on their overall vulnerability and adaptation needs. We conducted surveys of 600 households in Madagascar to characterize the vulnerabilit...

Conservation of marine resources is critical to the wellbeing of human communities. Coastal artisanal fishing communities are particularly reliant on marine resources for food and for their livelihoods. Management actions aimed at marine conservation may lead to unanticipated changes in human behavior that influence the ability of conservation programs to achieve their goals. We examine how mar...

This paper reviews the importance of African lakes and their management challenges. African inland lakes contribute significantly to food security, livelihoods and national economies through direct exploitation of fisheries, water resources for irrigation and hydropower generation. Because of these key contributions, the ecosystem services provided are under significant stress mainly owing to h...

In this paper, we explore the resilience and vulnerability of livelihoods within two different socio-ecological dryland contexts of Botswana over the last 30 years. We draw on primary field data sources, including oral histories, livelihood surveys, ecological surveys, as well as documented evidence of environmental, socioeconomic and institutional dynamics, to identify a broad range of activit...

2013;26(1) S Afr J Clin Nutr Oldewage-Theron WH, PhD, Director; Egal AA, PhD, Senior Researcher Centre of Sustainable Livelihoods,Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark Correspondence to: Wilna Oldewage-Theron, e-mail: [email protected]

Bovine tuberculosis destroys livelihoods and is hampering efforts to achieve the End TB Strategy goal of tuberculosis elimination by 2030. Sophie Cousins reports on efforts to stamp out this neglected infectious disease.

OBJECTIVES To identify groups within Dhaka slums that report similar patterns of livelihood, and to explore nutritional and health status. DESIGN A random sample of households participated in a longitudinal study in 1995-1997. Socio-economic and morbidity data were collected monthly by questionnaire and nutritional status was assessed. Cluster analysis was used to aggregate households into li...

A livelihoods approach places households and their members at the centre of analysis and decision making, with the implication that household-centred methods of analysis must play a central role in developing an understanding of livelihood strategies and in programme and project planning and evaluation. Knowledge is needed about the situation of and strategies adopted by poor households, in rel...