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Between one-quarter and one-fifth of the world's population derive their livelihood from small-scale agriculture. This may lead to a Ancient farmers knew the importance of protecting the independent natural resource systems of the villages for sustaining agriculture and maximizing the use of scarce resources. The Government of Bihar (GoB), through the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS), an autonomous body under the Department of Rural Development, is spearheading the World Bank aided Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project (BRLP), locally known as JEEViKA with the objective of social & economic empowerment of the rural poor. important contribution that complement the diverse livelihood strategies within a household, especially for the poorer sectors of rural society. Porter 1991). To study, the role of cooperatives in sustainable livelihood of farmers of the country. AB - Recent processes of socio-economic change in rural Myanmar are etching significant shifts to the social distribution of advantage and disadvantage, with implications for patterns of food security and … To evaluate the efforts of a cooperative society towards improving rural livelihood. The increase of rural-urban circulation and multi-locality have been related to different transformations in livelihood strategies of diversification: de-agrarianization as income become more based on non-natural resources sources, new urban markets for natural resources (f.e. For food and finance: The importance of fishing and gathering in the livelihood of a northern Namibian rural community (UNITWIN series for Namibia) Understanding these livelihoods is therefore important for our understanding of, and action to address, rural poverty, the resulting human suffering, and the pressures it then places on urban areas (through rural-urban migration, national, regional, and global economies, and the environment). Rural Education and Development Program (REDEP) is a volunteer non-profit organization based in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District in the Central Region of Ghana.The organization was granted NGO status by the Department of Social Welfare in April, 2001. It organizes the factors that constrain or enhance livelihood opportunities, and shows how they relate. The allied agricultural activities are gaining importance as the proportion of income coming from agriculture fell and households became increasingly Plantations support local economies and rural livelihoods in many mountainous regions, where poverty and a fragile environment are often interlinked. This is because three quarters of the world’s poorest people (the 1.2 billion living on less than a dollar a day) live in rural areas with their livelihoods one way or another dependent on agriculture. Livelihood diversification is defined as the process by which rural families construct a diverse portfolio of activities and social support capabilities in order to survive and to improve their standards of living. 2015; Lima … It is clear, however, that the linkages between agricultural intensification and livelihood diversification strategies need to be researched further (Tiffen et al 1994). 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