Sensitivity of livelihood strategy to livelihood capital in mountain areas: Empirical analysis based on different settlements in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, China

Fang, Yiping; Fan, Jie; Mao-ying, Shen; Song, Mengqiang

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.11.007

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“…Geographical locations such as agroecology and elevation significantly impact factors on the choice of certain types of livelihood activities [8,10,12,50]. This study also revealed that farming households in lower altitudes are more likely to adopt the diversified subsistence strategy while farmers in higher altitudes are likely to choose alternative strategies.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…There is also increasing evidence of the contribution of business or rural enterprises and commercial farming for minimizing rural poverty [7,10,12]. A number of authors have explored the influencing factors on the choice of a household's livelihood strategies [8,18,22,23]. The overall conclusion is that households' livelihood strategy choices mainly depend on differential access to and control over five type of livelihood capital/assets.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To understand the poverty-livelihood nexus in rural areas of developing countries, several scholars have studied household livelihood strategies through different approaches, given different terminologies, and assessed their relevance to poverty reduction [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. They have classified household livelihood strategies based either on income quartiles [14], households' asset ownership [15,16], major livelihood activities [17], or on income composition [7,18,19].…”

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Abstract:Understanding household livelihood strategies is pivotal to minimize rural poverty in the least developed countries like Nepal. This study is an attempt to assess livelihood strategies pursued by rural households, investigate the most remunerative strategy, and identify the factors that influence a household's choice of better strategies in rural Nepal. Primary data collected in 453 households from three villages of central Nepal are analyzed quantitatively within a sustainable livelihood framework. This study categorized households into five main livelihood strategy groups. The results showed that the majority (61%) of the households diversified their income to non-farm sources. Livelihood diversification to business/enterprise strategies adopted by 16% of the households is the most remunerative strategy followed by commercial farming that includes 13% of the sample and are more relevant to poverty reduction. Land holding, education, agriculture and skill training, access to credit, and proximity to the road and market center are the major influencing factors on the adoption of higher returning livelihood strategies. Stimulating poor households to follow market-oriented farm and non-farm activities by improving access to education, vocational training, rural credit, and rural infrastructures is momentous for reducing poverty in the rural areas of central Nepal.

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“…The current studies usually use these two selected factors to measure the degree of remoteness and backwardness for a region [38,39]. Fang et al (2014) indicated that mountain residents frequently face social and economic marginalization and lack access to livelihood assets [40]. Thus, the livelihood strategies in these areas require urgent external intervention.…”

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Multilevel Modeling of Rural Livelihood Strategies from Peasant to Village Level in Henan Province, China

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Abstract:With the rapid development of China's economy, Chinese peasants now have a growing number of livelihood choices. Rural livelihood strategies are primarily a matter of choice, while the characteristics of the household and village may affect the decision-making process. However, until now, there has been a lack of empirical studies that have been carried out for the identification of the multi-level determinants of rural livelihood strategies. To fill this gap, this paper applies multi-level modeling approach to model rural livelihood strategies in Henan Province, China. The results show that rural livelihood strategies have insignificant between-group variability at the household level, and significant between-group variability at the village level, with the variance at the peasant level accounting for the largest proportion of the total variance. Younger peasants who are male and have a higher education level are more likely to engage in only off-farm work, while peasants with the opposite characteristics are more likely to engage in only on-farm work. Pluriactive peasants integrate the characteristics of the other two groups, and generally live closer to urban areas than the others. In order to reduce rural income inequality and sustain agricultural production, the Chinese government should design effective policies to make farming an appealing livelihood choice, particularly for the young generation.

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“…In recent years, many rural workers in mountain areas have migrated to urban areas (Ding et al 2005;Yu et al 2013). This movement has reduced rural population pressure, which has attracted considerable attention of some scholars and the central and local governments (Zhang et al 2000;Feng et al 2003;Wang et al 2007;Groom et al 2009;Fang et al 2014).…”

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Length of stay in urban areas of circular migrants from the mountainous areas in China

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Sensitivity of livelihood strategy to livelihood capital in mountain areas: Empirical analysis based on different settlements in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, China

Cited by 199 publications

References 43 publications

Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

Multilevel Modeling of Rural Livelihood Strategies from Peasant to Village Level in Henan Province, China

Length of stay in urban areas of circular migrants from the mountainous areas in China

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