Category Archives: Rural Livelihoods

Climate Change, Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture (focus on Food Security) in Asia-Pacific Region

S.Mahendra Dev WP-2011-014 Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture, food security and rural livelihoods for billions of people including the poor in the Asia-Pacific region. Agriculture is the sector most vulnerable to climate change due to its high … Continue reading

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History and spread of the self helf affinity group movement in India

Aloysius P Fernandez IFAD Occassional Paper 3 Date: 2006 This paper traces the origins and progress of the self-help group (SHG) movement in India from 1985 to March 2006. It looks at the roles, in order of their entry into … Continue reading

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Creating Social Capital for Livelihood Interventions

Astad Pastakia & Sachin Oza (2011) Livelihood Augmentation in Rainfed Areas Vol: 4 If one looks at the overall agricultural pattern across the country, almost 85 million ha, that is, about 60% of the 142 million ha of cultivable land … Continue reading

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Catching the Virtual Bus : ICT for Augmenting Rural Livelihoods.

Astad Pastakia & Sachin Oza (2011) Livelihood Augmentation in Rainfed Areas Vol: 3 Recent developments in the ICT sector has made it possible to open up new vistas in the service sector in rural areas. Examples include the emergence of … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurial Strategies for Augmenting Rural Livelihoods.

Astad Pastakia & Sachin Oza (2011) Livelihood Augmentation in Rainfed Areas Vol: 2 With the Green Revolution areas showing signs of fatigue, and public investments in rainfed regions not yielding the desired results, Indian agriculture once again finds itself at … Continue reading

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Groundwater: Development, Degradation and Management(A Study of Andhra Pradesh)

By M. Srinivasa Reddy and V. Retna reddy CESS Working Paper No. 92, December 2010 This study attempts to highlight the importance of hydrological information to the user communities from a socio-economic perspective. It shows, based on the evidence, how … Continue reading

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Distress Situation in Dryland Areas Impacts on Livelihood Pattern and the Coping Strategies: A Review

By Itishree Patnaik CESS Working Paper No. 91, October 2010 This paper is a review of the different coping mechanisms adopted by the households in different dryland area of India. The primary focus of the present paper is to understand … Continue reading

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National Rural Livelihoods Project: SOCIAL ASSESSMENT REPORT

Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India February 2011 This report is organized as follows. Chapter 1 describes the context, the social assessment and the stakeholder analysis for the project. Chapter 2 discusses, highlights the social issues that NRLP would … Continue reading

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