Livelihood Support Programme Thematic Briefs (2002-2007)

Livelihood Support Programme
Thematic Briefs (2002-2007)
   
    FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)
    Rome, 2007
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Abstracts

Food Security and Livelihoods [340 Kb]

    Food Security and Livelihoods explores the connections and complementarities between FAO’s Food Security framework and livelihoods perspectives and methods, looking especially at how livelihoods tools and methods can be used to strengthen FAO’s work on food security.

Indigenous Peoples’ Sustainable Livelihoods   [635 Kb]

    Indigenous Peoples� Sustainable Livelihoods focuses on how livelihoods perspectives and methods can lead development agents to a better understanding of the situation, perspective, and aspirations of Indigenous Peoples in a development context.

HPAI and Sustainable Livelihoods   [102 Kb]

    Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Sustainable Livelihoods: managing risk and developing options examines how Livelihoods methods can complement existing approaches for analysing the impact of HPAI on the local people concerned. Lessons are drawn from experience so far and implications for the design of disease prevention and control programmes discussed.

Developing Market-Led Livelihoods Strategies   [232 Kb]

    Developing Market-Led Livelihoods Strategies focuses on a market-led livelihoods approach used by local NGOs and service providers in a number of countries (in association with the LSP�s Livelihood Diversification and Enterprise Development group) to help rural groups identify and respond to market opportunities.

Approaches and Skills for Competitive Rural Enterprises   [430 Kb]

    Approaches and Skills for Competitive Rural Enterprises examines the training methods in developing market-oriented skills used by local NGOs and service providers to help link small-holders and rural small businesses with profitable markets.

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