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Use
of Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches
This project set out to provide an example of the application of the sustainable
livelihoods approach to develop understanding of relationships between poor
people’s assets, vulnerability, activities, livelihood outcomes and transforming
structures and processes. Specifically, it worked at extending the understanding
of the contribution of small stock keeping (and other asset based livelihood activities)
to the livelihoods of poor people in communities in Bolivia and Mexico. The conceptual
framework build on an understanding of assets as having different functions, including
their use for savings and protection against vulnerability, and linked
these functions to a dynamic ‘hanging in’, ‘stepping
up’ and ‘stepping out’ conceptualisation of livelihood
strategies.
The
project undertook participatory data gathering and analysis with four communities
in Mexico and Bolivia. This data was then used to develop and test participatory
indicators, monitoring and other field methods to assess the contribution of small
stock to livelihoods in these communities. These methods were developed into a
tool kit for wider use by researchers, extensionists, NGOs and small stock
keepers. Indicators could then be used to work together to improve the contribution
of livestock at local levels, as well as to improve policy analysis and design
to reduce poor people’s vulnerability to change, and to increase their ability
to exploit new livelihood opportunities.
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Livestock Keeping
Resources: |
 | Asset
Functions and Livelihood Strategies: A Framework for Pro-Poor Analysis, Policy
and Practice HTML |
| Asset
Functions and Livelihood Strategies: A Framework for Pro-Poor Analysis, Policy
and Practice PDF |
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