2013;26(1) S Afr J Clin Nutr Oldewage-Theron WH, PhD, Director; Egal AA, PhD, Senior Researcher Centre of Sustainable Livelihoods,Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark Correspondence to: Wilna Oldewage-Theron, e-mail: [email protected]

Globally, human activities have led to rapid mangrove degradation. In Vietnam, as across much of coastal South-east Asia, mangroves play a vital role in the livelihoods of coastal rural communities with relatively low levels of development. However, little is known about the precise impact of human activity on the ecosystem services underpinning these livelihoods. This paper analyses the liveli...

This paper will outline the objectives of an on-going Knowledge and Research study being undertaken by TRL on behalf of the Department for International Development [DFID/UK] which is investigating ‘Sustainable Livelihoods, Access and Mobility’ in Zimbabwe and Uganda. The paper begins by discussing the Livelihoods Approach concept in relation to transport, and continues with an overview of the ...

A substantial portion of the world's people have not made adequate progress toward overcoming hunger or achieving sustainable livelihoods. The classic approach to addressing chronic food insecurity has been a strategy of agricultural development, supplemented by humanitarian assistance in the event of a shock or crisis--an approach predicated on assumptions that do not fit the context of protra...

This research utilises the sustainable livelihood approach to evaluate the livelihood assets and resources and identify key challenges and development opportunities in a village in Southern Lebanon. Primary data using quantitative (structured questionnaire) and qualitative (semi-structured interview) methods were collected. The findings highlight the weak resource management and monitoring of v...

This paper reviews the nexus between poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa using a sustainable livelihood framework. Much of the literature on HIV and AIDS has generated an almost universal consensus that the AIDS epidemic is having an immense impact on the economies of hard-hit countries, hurting not only individuals, families and firms, but also significantly slowing economic growth and worsening po...

This paper focuses on the problem of rural energization in isolated regions of Colombia (Not interconnected zones – NIS). Using the Sustainable Livelihood approach we assess the situation of isolated communities before and after energization. Systems dynamics is used for simulating and evaluating energy policies. We apply our approach to the municipality of Jambaló in the Cauca Department, Colo...