Sustainable livelihoods and indicators for regional development in mining economies

Horsley, Julia; Prout, Sarah; Tonts, Matthew; Ali, Saleem H.

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2014.12.001

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“…A reduction in AFC would subsequently translate to high returns resulting from higher lactation days per lifetime (Krpálková et al, 2014) which would lead to improved livelihoods. Moreover, increased empowerment and confidence observed among farmers in the nutrition and combined groups was likely indicative of intangible impacts of the interventions towards improved livelihoods (Ashley and Hussein, 2000;Oxfam, 2014;Horsley et al, 2015). These farmers would most likely be able to make effective decisions on farm management, leading to more efficient production and increased returns.…”

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Livelihood impacts of Calliandra calothyrsus and Sesbania sesban: Supplementary feed in smallholder dairy farms in Kenya

Makau¹,

VanLeeuwen²,

Gitau³

et al. 2019

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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An agroforestry land use system aimed at improving the productivity of smallholder dairy farms using Calliandra calothyrsus and Sesbania sesban shrubs as feed supplements was introduced to semicommercial SDFs in Meru, Kenya, as part of a field trial. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of using the C. calothyrsus and S. sesban on family income and livelihoods during the 16-month trial period. Eighty farmers randomly allocated to four groups (nutrition, reproduction, combined nutrition and reproduction, and a comparison group) were enrolled in this study. The nutrition intervention included nutritional management advice and provision of 150 C. calothyrsus seedlings and 150 S. sesban seedlings to each farm. Farms were visited every 1-2 months during the trial to collect data on milk production and feeding practices during the previous day. Seventy of these farms completed the trial and were interviewed post-intervention. Partial budget analysis of their farms was done by comparing changes in average monthly profits (from milk) and feeding costs/cow for the first 6 months and last 6 months of the intervention. Focus group discussions were used to collect qualitative information on livelihood effects from the trial. There was a KES 2,380.3 (USD 23.5) increase in average monthly profit/cow in the nutrition group comparing the first and last 6 months of the trial, representing a 68.8% improvement (p = 0.02). Average feeding costs significantly decreased across all groups over the trial period. Knowledge on dairy cow nutrition, level of confidence on calf management, and feeling of empowerment to raise calves/heifers to achieve first calving by 27 months were higher among farmers in the nutrition and combined groups than farmers in the other groups. There were positive direct and indirect impacts on the income and livelihoods of farmers in the two groups receiving nutritional interventions. Agroforestry, using C. calothyrsus and S. sesban shrubs can improve household livelihoods if adopted by SDFs in Kenya.

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Livelihood impacts of Calliandra calothyrsus and Sesbania sesban: Supplementary feed in smallholder dairy farms in Kenya

Makau¹,

VanLeeuwen²,

Gitau³

et al. 2019

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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“…There is a growing body of work that examines how extractive industries specifically are, for better or worse, increasingly becoming an option for livelihood diversification in parts of subSaharan Africa (see Barrett et al, 2001;Maconachie, 2009;Banchirigah and Hilson, 2010;Maconachie andHilson, 2011, 2013;Adusah-Karikari, 2015;Horsley et al, 2015;Nhlengetwa and Hein, 2015). Yet little has been written on the livelihood implications of extractive industries for pastoralists in particular.…”

Section: Livelihood Diversification Opportunities For Pastoralists Inmentioning

confidence: 98%

Pastoralism in the time of oil: Youth perspectives on the oil industry and the future of pastoralism in Turkana, Kenya

Enns

Bersaglio

2016

The Extractive Industries and Society

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“…Its balanced consideration of different capital domains emphasises the relevance of non-economic aspects for public policy decision making, while its simplicity makes it suitable for communication of public strategies and supports dissemination. Horsley et al (2015) argue that the ''SL framework can be used not only to organise information, but also to help its users to restructure information and knowledge from multiple perspectives'', which they consider to be another missing thread in resource literature. The five capitals model as proposed by Giurco and Cooper (2012) adapts the SL framework definition of sustainability to minerals and metals mining: it distinguishes ecological, technological, economic, social, and governance domains.…”

Section: Urban Mining Potential Analysismentioning

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Urban mining as a contribution to the resource strategy of the Canton of Zurich

Simoni

Kuhn²,

Morf³

et al. 2015

Waste Management

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Sustainable livelihoods and indicators for regional development in mining economies

Cited by 61 publications

References 77 publications

Livelihood impacts of Calliandra calothyrsus and Sesbania sesban: Supplementary feed in smallholder dairy farms in Kenya

Livelihood impacts of Calliandra calothyrsus and Sesbania sesban: Supplementary feed in smallholder dairy farms in Kenya

Pastoralism in the time of oil: Youth perspectives on the oil industry and the future of pastoralism in Turkana, Kenya

Urban mining as a contribution to the resource strategy of the Canton of Zurich

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