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Livelihood-Strategies - Riverbank Erosion & Coping Mechanism of The Displaced
Livelihood-Strategies - Riverbank Erosion & Coping Mechanism of The Displaced
Context
– social, economic, political and
environmental dimensions,
conditions and trends.
Livelihood resources
– financial, natural, physical, human,
political and social capital
Livelihood outcomes
– food security, health security,
habitat security, education security,
safety and environmental security
The Study and its Target Group
Several previous livelihood reviews endorsed
DfID’s Sustainable Livelihoods Approach
(SLA) framework.
S Dimensions of Livelihood
Temporal
Periodisation according to RbE and flooding
Seasonality of occupation
Spatial
Specific nature of livelihood depending on
soil / crop variations
Spatial / traditional orientation or root of
occupations
Pre-existing migrant communities from other
districts, still regarded as outsiders
S Preparedness & adjustments
Nature of settlements
– chars (new and old) / mainland /
riverbank
Nature of RE
– chapa bhanga / bhanga /
haria bhanga
S Exchange Activities
Poverty Ranking
– Local labour,
– Agriculture (share cropping or small
piece of own land),
– Livestock (share rearing),
– Other income sources at the locality like
shop keeping by one member of the
family, working at restaurant in the
upazilla or part time job as a carpenter etc.
– Migration and taking land lease at home
– Disinvesting (in chars) and moving
towards main land
– Established due to back up (landed) at
more than one place and now investing
through credit offers to viable borrowers
S Gender empowerment
S Community mobilization – long
term awareness and coping ability
S Institutional responses – GO /
NGO role in long term
planning and action
S Legal aspects
Sustainable living in the River basin
area and livelihood – the way forward
S Social forestry
S Crop diversification and awareness
programme
S Community fisheries (common pool
resources)
S Income diversification and linking
with settlement
S Development of communication and
commuting for easier access to
resources
S Providing incentives to field
level officers / workers of GO, NGO
S River management should be
combined with input from social
scientists
S Land rights have to be established
& propagated by the Govt. / NGOs
Thank You