Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India
The focus of this study is to identify the livelihood activities that produce the major share of household income as well as to identify the livelihood pathways and strategies, and the role of livestock in these activities and strategies over a six year period. The paper is organized as follows. Sec...
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| author | Akter, S. Farrington, John Deshingkar, P. Freeman, H.A. |
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| description | The focus of this study is to identify the livelihood activities that produce the major share of household income as well as to identify the livelihood pathways and strategies, and the role of livestock in these activities and strategies over a six year period. The paper is organized as follows. Section one is Introduction; Section 2 describes the methodology and data. Section 3 examines the extent of movements into and out of poverty amongst the sample households. Sections 4 and 5 describe the extent of destitution, vulnerability, viability and sustainability in connection with livelihood pathways. Section 6 examines the factors associated with economic/poverty status. Section 7 summarises the role of livestock in these livelihood connections. Finally, the paper draws some policy conclusions and recommendations and discusses the future direction of research. |
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| spelling | CGSpace2802025-11-04T20:25:21Z Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India Akter, S. Farrington, John Deshingkar, P. Freeman, H.A. poverty economic situation The focus of this study is to identify the livelihood activities that produce the major share of household income as well as to identify the livelihood pathways and strategies, and the role of livestock in these activities and strategies over a six year period. The paper is organized as follows. Section one is Introduction; Section 2 describes the methodology and data. Section 3 examines the extent of movements into and out of poverty amongst the sample households. Sections 4 and 5 describe the extent of destitution, vulnerability, viability and sustainability in connection with livelihood pathways. Section 6 examines the factors associated with economic/poverty status. Section 7 summarises the role of livestock in these livelihood connections. Finally, the paper draws some policy conclusions and recommendations and discusses the future direction of research. 2008 2009-12-29T13:46:52Z 2009-12-29T13:46:52Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/280 en application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute Akter, S.; Farrington, J.; Deshingkar, P.; Freeman, A. Overseas Development Inst., London (UK), ILRI, Nairobi (Kenya). Targeting and Innovation. 2008. Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India. ILRI Discussion Paper 10. Nairobi (Kenya): ILRI. |
| spellingShingle | poverty economic situation Akter, S. Farrington, John Deshingkar, P. Freeman, H.A. Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India |
| title | Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India |
| title_full | Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India |
| title_fullStr | Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India |
| title_short | Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India |
| title_sort | livestock vulnerability and poverty dynamics in india |
| topic | poverty economic situation |
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