An empirical assessment of rural livelihood assets from gender perspective: evidence from Ghana

Sensitivity of Rural Households’ Livelihood Strategies to Livelihood Capital in Poor Mountainous Areas: An Empirical Analysis in the Upper Reaches of the Min River, China

“…According to the way of classifying rural households' livelihood capital in the framework for sustainable livelihood analysis proposed by the DFID and referring to the existing research on the quantification of rural households' livelihood capital [12,[18][19][20][21][31][32][33][34], this paper divides rural households' livelihood capital into five types-human capital, natural capital, physical capital, financial capital, and social capital-and 23 specific rural household livelihood capital measurement indicators were selected (Table 2).…”

“…This framework consists of five parts: vulnerability background, livelihood capital, organizational structure and policy system, livelihood strategy, and livelihood status; additionally, it regards rural households as the activity subjects in the vulnerability background and reflects the rural households' livelihoods from the aspects of livelihood capital, livelihood strategies, and livelihood status [2,11]. Specifically, livelihood capital represents the elements that enhance people's capacity to engage in different livelihood activities, and it not only plays a major role in making a living but also offers people the opportunity to influence the institutions and structures within which they operate [12,13]. However, livelihood strategies refer to different types of livelihood activities adopted by rural households, and the ability of rural households to implement different livelihood strategies depends on the status of their livelihood capital [14,15].…”

“…On this basis, scholars have discussed and analyzed the structure and spatial characteristics of rural households' livelihood capital as well as rural households' livelihood strategy selection [16,17], the impact of livelihood capital and livelihood risk on livelihood strategies [18,19], the influence of climate change, labor migration and returning farmland to forests on rural households' livelihood capital [20][21][22], and livelihood risk and sustainability [23][24][25] from different research scales. For example, Baffoe and Matsuda assessed rural livelihood assets from a gender perspective in Ghana [12]. Masud et al evaluated community standards of living using the SLA as an analytical framework within the marine park areas (MPAs) in Peninsular Malaysia [17].…”

Welfare Effect Evaluation of Land-Lost Farmers’ Households under Different Livelihood Asset Allocation

“…Studies have shown that governments should use grassroots opportunities and resources to expand farmers' strategies for viable assets. Baffoe [57] proposed that a group's ability to get rid of poverty depends to a large extent on the livelihood assets owned by group members. Baffoe used the rural areas of Ghana as a research area to explore the level of livelihood assets of farmers' households from a gender perspective.…”

“…According to the abovementioned research on livelihood assets, this study applies the quantitative evaluation of farmers' household livelihood assets to the classification of land-lost farmers' households. According to the results of the questionnaire survey of farmers, this paper selects indicators from five aspects: human assets, natural assets, physical assets, financial assets, and social assets [57][58][59][60]. Then, combines the ecological environment, resource endowment and actual situation of farmers' households in the study area to establish a quantitative evaluation index system for the livelihood assets of land-lost farmers' households (see Table 1).…”