What is Livelihood

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Livelihood is a broader sociological term rooted in the concept of social justice, where culture and identity form its basis and it is dependent upon the landscape and ecology. It is connected with community and property rights indicating dignity, control, empowerment, and sustainability apart from income generation. Learn more in: Accessing Community Rights and Livelihood Through Tourism: A Community-Based Tourism Initiative in Kumirmari, Sundarban

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Refers to a means of making a living. It embraces a person’s capabilities, assets, income and activities required to secure the necessities of life. Learn more in: Land Deals, Dispossession, and the Threat to Peasant Livelihood in Northern Ghana

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A person's livelihood refers to their means of securing the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing) of life. Livelihood is defined as a set of activities essential to everyday life that are conducted over one's life span. Such activities could include securing water, food, fodder, medicine, shelter, and clothing. An individual's livelihood involves the capacity to acquire aforementioned necessities to satisfy the basic needs of themselves and their household. Learn more in: Use of Mobiles for Promoting Agriculture in Puducherry, India

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“the assets[,] the activities, and the access to these (mediated by institutions and social relations) that together determine the living gained by the individual or household.” (Allison & Ellis, 2001) Learn more in: Mapping Concepts with Fisherfolk

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These are resources that are designed to sustain a person’s life and existence. Learn more in: A Survey of Learning Needs of Street Vendors in Nigeria: An Appraisal of Learning Opportunities for Sustainable Livelihood

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Livelihood is made up of basic necessities of life. It is designed to sustain life and living in poor homes. Learn more in: Street Vending: A Case of Economic Adaptation of the “Paanwalas” in Indian Cities

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An activity people engage in for a living. Learn more in: Indigenous Food Preservation and Management of Postharvest Losses among the Akan of Ghana

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Way to earn money for food, cloth, place and basic needs is known as livelihood. It depends upon the capability of an indusial person, efforts, and hard work. Livelihood should be sustainable if people enhance their well-being and proper use of natural resource. Learn more in: Flood Hazard Casting and Predictions of Climate Change Impressions

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This is a means of supporting one's existence, especially financially or vocationally; living: to earn a livelihood as a tenant farmer for example. In the framework of this study, it refers to means of securing the necessities of life by the rural inhabitants of the North West Region. Learn more in: Community Radio as a Tool for the Development of the Rural Population of the Northwest Region of Cameroon