Researchers of adaptive capacity and sustainable livelihoods have frequently used social, cultural, human, economic and institutional capitals to better understand how rural and resource-dependent communities address environmental, social and economic stresses. Yet few studies have considered how men and women contribute differently to these capitals to support community resilience overall. Our...

Small-scale fisheries are important to livelihoods and subsistence seafood consumption of millions of fishers. Sea cucumbers are fished worldwide for export to Asia, yet few studies have assessed factors affecting socioeconomics and wellbeing among fishers. We interviewed 476 men and women sea cucumber fishers at multiple villages within multiple locations in Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga and New Caled...

Methodologically this paper is based on the survey of available literature of secondary sources. Socio-economic rights and equality have the potential to form a powerful partnership. Engendered socio-economic rights aim to take account of the power relations in which rights are exercised, in order to enhance the set of feasible options open to women, while at the same time supporting the values...

In the course of demographic transitions (DTs), two large-scale trends become apparent: (i) the broadly positive association between wealth, status and fertility tends to reverse, and (ii) wealth inequalities increase and then temporarily decrease. We argue that these two broad patterns are linked, through a diversification of reproductive strategies that subsequently converge as populations co...

Disease acts as a negative influence on the livestock production system, thus setting off a cascading affect of low production, low income, and subsistent livelihood. The consequences of animal diseases in livestock can be complex and generally go well beyond the immediate effects on affected producers. These diseases have numerous impacts, including productivity losses for the livestock sector...

the main purpose of this study was to analyze the causes, impacts and mechanisms of drought crisis management in rural and nomadic communities in iran. 201 experts and managers involved in drought crisis management were surveyed through a complete enumeration/census. face validity and content validity of the questionnaire were confirmed by experts. the calculated cronbach’s alpha for the differ...

This article examines the livelihood strategies of land scarce peasants in Ethiopian. Land scarce peasants have a limited livelihood security on a sustainable manner and bypassed by major development programmes. The study was centred on two sets of rationales. First, for those peasants who do not have sufficient farmland, agriculture provides only a limited portion of households’ livelihood...

Abstract This paper summarizes the first partial results of economic anthropological research conducted in Swabian settlement Mezőfény (Romanian: Foieni ) Satu Mare County (Romania). The aim is to describe livelihood and income-earning strategies among agricultural production groups local society interpret different forms adaptation (individual, household community level) within context post-so...