Currently considered a poor community, the predominant livelihood activities of the inhabitants are farming, petty trading, artisanship, hunting and fishing.
Agroforestry is considered a promising alternative to conventional agriculture that can both conserve biodiversity and support local livelihoods.
It helps support the precarious livelihood of the farmers, and it addresses the congregation's need for fresh produce in an expanse of the South Side considered a "food desert" for its paucity of supermarkets and greengrocers.
Farmers are considered a crucial part of preserving the future for indigenous fruit trees, which, in turn, are viewed as a means for improving the livelihoods of poor smallholder farmers in particular.
Investigations into natural resource use and access are often limited to rural areas; such use is not considered an integral part of urban livelihood strategies, especially amongst the poor.
For years, taxi drivers and their allies in government have gone after what they considered an existential threat to their livelihoods.
The character "kind of reminded me of my mom," said Mr. Woods, who admired his mother for her loyalty to his father, a drug dealer, even though she considered his livelihood repugnant.
What are commonly considered major livelihood assets like TLUs and land holdings explained very little of the variance in food insecurity in either season in this sample.
Even with extensive precautions, gene-altered plants turn up in unwanted places regularly enough that farmers have come to consider a few of them weeds, and even a threat to their livelihood.
The system could be considered as a sustainable livelihood system for the households in the sedge mats craft villages due to the increase in incomes from livestock activity, use of organic fertilizer for decreasing cultivation cost, use of biogas instead of other fuels, etc.
