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Livelihood Strategies
Livelihood Strategies
‘A livelihood comprises
people, their capabilities and
their means of living,
including food, income and
assets. Tangible assets are
resources and stores, and
intangible assets are claims
and access.
A livelihood is environmentally
sustainable when it maintains or
enhances the local and global assets in
which livelihoods depend, and has net
beneficial effects on other livelihoods .
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.
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
Preparedness & adjustments
Nature of settlements
– chars (new and old) / mainland /
riverbank
Nature of RE
– chapa bhanga / bhanga /
haria bhanga
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
Social Poor >> Established / Wealthy
Pertinent questions in a study on
RbE in North West Bangladesh
Gender empowerment
Community mobilization – long
term awareness and coping ability
Institutional responses – GO /
NGO role in long term planning
and action
Legal aspects
Sustainable living in the River basin
area and livelihood – the way forward
Social forestry
Crop diversification and awareness
programme
Community fisheries (common pool
resources)
Income diversification and linking with
settlement
Development of communication and
commuting for easier access to
resources
Providing incentives to field
level officers / workers of GO,
NGO
River management should be
combined with input from social
scientists
Land rights have to be established
& propagated by the Govt. / NGOs
Thank You