Change is a defining characteristic of coastal social-ecological systems, yet the magnitude and speed of contemporary change is challenging the adaptive capacity of even the most robust coastal communities. In the context of multiple drivers of change, it has become increasingly important to identify how threatened communities adapt to livelihood stressors. We investigate how adaptation is nego...

INTRODUCTION We sought to examine the association between livelihood security and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ARVs) in low- and middle-income countries (LIMC). METHODS Performing a systematic review, we searched, independently and in duplicate, 7 electronic databases and 2 conference websites for quantitative surveys that examined the association between indicators of livelihood secu...

The security and quality of livelihoods for peasant households is the core issue for rural areas in China. A stable livelihood contributes to the harmonious development of related polices, poverty eradication and sustainable use of resources. In Qinghe County, located in the extremely arid zone of Northwest China, 238 validated surveys were conducted. The analysis focuses on the importance of l...

working with rural poverty, institutional analysis needs to be focused as closely as possible on poor rural people. To carry out an analysis of the institutions concerned with and affecting poverty and the poor, a first critical step is to identify who the poor are and differentiate as clearly as possible different groups within the overall category of “the poor”, as these distinct groups need ...

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...

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...

Percut Village is one of the villages located on East Coast North Sumatra which directly opposite waters Malacca Strait so that main livelihood villagers as fishermen. During pandemic, government has implemented a Large Scale Social Restriction policy an impact social status community, such limited fishing activities have resulted in decrease selling price caught fish. In addition, silting sedi...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, earnings of migrant workers decreased due to joblessness and lack new work. Against this backdrop, paper aims look at potential rural entrepreneurship as a form financially managing insecurity vulnerabilities caused by pandemic. The literature review shows that although international migration has played crucial role in economic growth Bangladesh, remittance been u...