\ . . c : ' . . .. The purpose of this paper is to provide better definition of subsistence use _ . in Alaska by drawing upon research findings in economic anthropology. Findings indicate that subsistence is a system for the local production and distribution of goods, services, and other nonmaterial products. This economic systd, while . often interactive with,larger marke)t ,economies, is a of...

A fact of life for farmers, hunter-gatherers, and fishermen in the rural parts of the world are that crops fail, wild resources become scarce, and winds discourage fishing. In this article we approach subsistence risk from the perspective of "coexistence thinking," the simultaneous application of natural and supernatural causal models to explain subsistence success and failure. In southwestern ...

Background: Studying the influence of geographical factors on child growth is important, especially given the increasing interest in climate change and health in resource-poor settings and the recognized importance of growth faltering as a general marker of population health. We describe patterns in children’s weight and length velocity and relate them to seasonal and spatial factors in rural D...

A defining societal challenge in the era of climate change is ensuring consumption adequacy subsistence communities. To understand intricacies this challenge, we have conducted an ethnographic study a low-income community that relies on fishing to maintain adequacy. Based our data analysis, advance conceptualization livelihood systems models tight coupling among its three constituent subsystems...

agunmukha river is an important water body having plentiful aquatic resources. the fisheries communities in the river are familiar with a diverse range of fishing gear and crafts to catch fish. therefore, the objectives of the present study were to explore fishing gear and fishing crafts, catch composition of the respective gearand identification of fish biodiversity of agunmukha river. a step ...

In a food-limited urban environment, policy can improve or exacerbate existing inequalities in access to natural resources. While marine subsistence fishers the United States (US) commonly provision their diets using local fish, little is known about how relates fisher vulnerability and socioeconomic disadvantage. Further, it unclear US state agencies consider practices vulnerabilities planning...