Droughts force people to find new areas for their livelihood and increase competition for scarce resources.
The agreement, along with other similar trade deals, led to a sea change in the economies of Mexico and Central American nations, with millions of farmers losing their livelihood due to increased competition from the U.S.
In pastoral areas, herders have numerous challenges that can transform the use of these 'traditional' means of livelihood security, including land tenure competition for agriculture, new trends in animal product markets due to growing urban demand, climatic changes and demographic pressures.
Far from relishing the prospect of free trade and wide-open markets, they worry that the new competition could threaten their livelihood.
The taxi lobby argues that drivers' livelihoods are under threat from the competition.
It also creates a competition for water between livelihoods and ecosystem services (e.g., residential water uses, recharge of Aral Sea, increased surface irrigation, maintenance of acceptable stream flows at lower streams).
Dismissing those who lose their livelihoods as "inefficient incumbents facing increased foreign competition" [ 25](p. 96) is an inadequate response to the potential health equity consequences of such transitions.
With areas such as the Windward Islands heavily dependent on the banana trade, ACP countries are concerned that exposing Caribbean growers to tough competition from Latin America could devastate the livelihoods of thousands of poor farmers.
Away from glitzy arenas and massive crowds, they duke it out in underground, cash-prize tournaments in Mexico City, where the rules get bent, the competition is fierce, and every player's livelihood is on the line.
In a world of skewed financial resources, some professional photographers struggling to maintain their livelihoods found the non-financial terms of our photo competition an affront to their expertise, skills and profession [ 28].
