Appropriate utilization of forest resources is important for improving rural household livelihoods and conservation in the forest rich areas of developing countries. Using a survey of 1074 rural households in 20 administrative villages in the four southern mountainous townships in Zhouzhi County, Xian, China, we find that there are four forestry-related livelihood activities in our survey site....

the main purpose of this study was to investigate of economic impacts of soleimanshah dam on rural development in regions that are under influence of irrigation and drainage network of dam. in this research quantitative-qualitative research method was used and information gathered with questionnaire, interview, and direct observation. statistical population of research in qualitative part consi...

Globally, fisheries are challenged by the combined impacts of overfishing, degradation of ecosystems and impacts of climate change, while fisheries livelihoods are further pressured by conservation policy imperatives. Fishers' adaptive responses to these pressures, such as exiting from a fishery to pursue alternative livelihoods, determine their own vulnerability, as well as the potential for r...

the study was carried out to assess the effects of the root and tuber expansion programe (rtep) on the livelihood of project beneficiaries in kwara state, nigeria. a 3-stage sampling technique was adopted for the study, selecting a total of 80 cassava processors from two agricultural development programe (adp) zones in the state. structured interview schedule was used as instrument to elicit pr...

In this paper I correct the meaning of “Software Failure”, or more precisely, focus attention on some overlooked meaning of “Software Failure”. Software fails even though it was produced on schedule within budget and met the customer’s specified software requirements. Software has been developed which, although meeting stated requirements, has significant negative social and ethical impacts. By...

the general purpose of this research was survey and recognizes the positive and negative effects of industrial site of eshtehard rural development in eshtehard region statistical populations were two groups’ namely rural people and master of industrial area. the size of the sample was 150 villagers and 70 masters of industrial units. (using stratified proportionate random sampeling technique an...

This study looks at rural livelihoods in semi-arid and arid rural areas in post-2000 Zimbabwe. The decade-long socio-economic recession coupled with recurrent droughts presented a myriad of challenges to rural households in Zimbabwe. Taking Mudzi, a rural district in Zimbabwe, as a case study, the study explores the livelihood conditions and how households have managed to organize and cluster t...

Accumulated evidence from dozens of cash transfer programmes across the world suggest that there are few interventions that can match the range of impacts and cost-effectiveness of a small, predictable monetary transfer to poor families in developing countries. These results lead many policymakers to consider cash transfer programmes the ‘gold-standard’ in anti-poverty policy with some even adv...