Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University) · 1999 · 447 citations · 1 references
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Social SciencesAgricultural EconomicsDevelopment StudiesRural DevelopmentRural EconomicsRural PlanningRural Development EconomicsRural Development PolicyRural Economic DevelopmentRural EconomyRural Gender RelationsRural LivelihoodsAgrarian Gender RelationsAgricultural DiversificationDeterminants Of Farm ProductivityIntegrated Natural Resource ManagementNatural Resource Co-managementPoverty Reduction Through DiversificationRural Livelihood DevelopmentSustainable Natural Resource Management
"This paper examines livelihood diversification as a survival strategy of rural households in developing countries. Although still of central importance, farming on its own is increasingly unable to provide a sufficient means of survival in rural areas. The papers objectives are first, to increase awareness of livelihood diversification in approaches to rural development; second, to consider the interactions among diversification and poverty, farm productivity, natural resource management and gender relations in rural areas; and third, to advance the policy understanding of diverse rural livelihoods."
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