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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Main Authors: Akter, S., Farrington, John, Deshingkar, P., Freeman, H.A.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Research Institute 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/280
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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.
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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
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/280
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