A Capital Assets Framework for Analysing Household Livelihood Strategies: Implications for Policy

Rakodi, Carole

doi:10.1111/1467-7679.00090

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“…Fertile clay soils are also found in the southwest of the Nebbi district and around Jinja and central Uganda. Around the, 'Fertile Crescent', some 40-48 km wide around Lake Victoria from Jinja to Masaka, deep red loams occur [19,90]. In the north, most of the districts ranging from Gulu, Kitgum to Moroto and most of Kotido, Kumi and Soroti have mostly soils that are shallow and sandy with low productivity [19,60,90].…”

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“…Around the, 'Fertile Crescent', some 40-48 km wide around Lake Victoria from Jinja to Masaka, deep red loams occur [19,90]. In the north, most of the districts ranging from Gulu, Kitgum to Moroto and most of Kotido, Kumi and Soroti have mostly soils that are shallow and sandy with low productivity [19,60,90]. With threats of desertification and low average annual precipitation, the problems of food security are only likely to be accentuated in the north of Uganda.…”

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Vulnerability of Maize Yields to Droughts in Uganda

Epule

Ford

Lwasa

et al. 2017

Water

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Climate projections in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) forecast an increase in the intensity and frequency of droughts with implications for maize production. While studies have examined how maize might be affected at the continental level, there have been few national or sub-national studies of vulnerability. We develop a vulnerability index that combines sensitivity, exposure and adaptive capacity and that integrates agroecological, climatic and socio-economic variables to evaluate the national and spatial pattern of maize yield vulnerability to droughts in Uganda. The results show that maize yields in the north of Uganda are more vulnerable to droughts than in the south and nationally. Adaptive capacity is higher in the south of the country than in the north. Maize yields also record higher levels of sensitivity and exposure in the north of Uganda than in the south. Latitudinally, it is observed that maize yields in Uganda tend to record higher levels of vulnerability, exposure and sensitivity towards higher latitudes, while in contrast, the adaptive capacity of maize yields is higher towards the lower latitudes. In addition to lower precipitation levels in the north of the country, these observations can also be explained by poor soil quality in most of the north and socio-economic proxies, such as, higher poverty and lower literacy rates in the north of Uganda.

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Vulnerability of Maize Yields to Droughts in Uganda

Epule

Ford

Lwasa

et al. 2017

Water

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“…SLF highlights five types of livelihood assets namely human, physical, financial, natural, and social capital [22,34,38]. Households combine these assets together with activities and choices and construct a portfolio of activities (such as agriculture, migration, livelihood diversification, etc.)…”

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Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

Khatiwada

Deng

Paudel³

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Sustainability

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Abstract:Understanding household livelihood strategies is pivotal to minimize rural poverty in the least developed countries like Nepal. This study is an attempt to assess livelihood strategies pursued by rural households, investigate the most remunerative strategy, and identify the factors that influence a household's choice of better strategies in rural Nepal. Primary data collected in 453 households from three villages of central Nepal are analyzed quantitatively within a sustainable livelihood framework. This study categorized households into five main livelihood strategy groups. The results showed that the majority (61%) of the households diversified their income to non-farm sources. Livelihood diversification to business/enterprise strategies adopted by 16% of the households is the most remunerative strategy followed by commercial farming that includes 13% of the sample and are more relevant to poverty reduction. Land holding, education, agriculture and skill training, access to credit, and proximity to the road and market center are the major influencing factors on the adoption of higher returning livelihood strategies. Stimulating poor households to follow market-oriented farm and non-farm activities by improving access to education, vocational training, rural credit, and rural infrastructures is momentous for reducing poverty in the rural areas of central Nepal.

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“…• the effects of power and gender relations on the lives of specific groups of people (e.g., women) (Canagarajah et al 2001;Mandel 2004;Oberhauser and Pratt 2004), • the diversity of the strategies used by the rural poor to make a living (Abdulai and CroleRees 2001;Batterbury 2001;Smith et al 2001;Manvell 2006;Yaro 2006), • the success of climate change adaptation strategies Jones et al 2010;Osbahr et al 2010), • the effects of policies on the lives of the poor (Rakodi 1999;Barrett et al 2001), • issues of food security (Sutherland et al 1999;Gladwin et al 2001;Hesselberg and Yaro 2006;Codjoe and Owusu 2011), and • the effects of global environmental change on the poor (Hahn et al 2009). …”

Section: Sustainable Livelihoodsmentioning

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Climate change, food security, and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa

2015

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Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Multiple biophysical, political, and socioeconomic stresses interact to increase the region's susceptibility and constrain its adaptive capacity. Climate change is commonly recognized as a major issue likely to have negative consequences on food security and livelihoods in the region. This paper reviews three bodies of scholarship that have evolved somewhat separately, yet are inherently interconnected: climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, food security, and sustainable livelihoods. The paper develops a conceptualization of the relationships among the three themes and shows how food security's vulnerabilities are related to multiple stresses and adaptive capacities, reflecting access to assets. Food security represents one of several livelihood outcomes. The framework shows how several research paradigms relate to the issue of food security and climate change and provides a guide for empirical investigations. Recognizing these interconnections can help in the development of more effective policies and programs. The framework is applied here to synthesize findings from an array of studies in subSaharan Africa dealing with vulnerability to climate change, food security, and livelihoods.

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A Capital Assets Framework for Analysing Household Livelihood Strategies: Implications for Policy

Cited by 305 publications

References 43 publications

Vulnerability of Maize Yields to Droughts in Uganda

Vulnerability of Maize Yields to Droughts in Uganda

Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

Climate change, food security, and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa

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