ROSS, N.D. — While three generations of the Sorenson family have made their livelihood growing wheat and other crops here, they also have learned to embrace the furious pace of North Dakota's oil exploration.
Tang (Chinatown, NYC): If restaurants weren't such a big part of my livelihood growing up, I wouldn't have developed this hospitality piece in me about always wanting to take care of people...
Threats to health, life and livelihoods are growing.
Severe drought puts millions at risk in Angola and Namibia JOHANNESBURG/WINDHOEK/LUANDA, 15 August 2013 – As one of the worst droughts in 30 years grips the southern African countries of Angola and Namibia, the threat of hunger, malnutrition, disease and lost livelihoods is growing.
JOHANNESBURG/WINDHOEK/LUANDA, 15 August 2013 – As one of the worst droughts in 30 years grips the southern African countries of Angola and Namibia, the threat of hunger, malnutrition, disease and lost livelihoods is growing.
But there is little prospect, officials here admit, for other livelihoods to support the growing hillside population.
Most villagers rely on agriculture for their livelihood and grow rice, maize and cassava as main crops.
In 1995, with a grant from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Mr. Scheffer, who is now 55, and four other fishermen became oyster farmers, earning a livelihood and a growing reputation among shellfish lovers.
While it is rare to find those who can make their livelihood exclusively from growing nuts, it is common to find those who have planted a few trees in their backyards, on school campuses or as a fence row to their properties who delight in the food they have grown with their own hands.
We are talking about helping farmers and pastoralists improve their livelihoods and grow their incomes, instead of losing their crops or herds.
From Trickle Up's field office in Mopti, a town on the border between the northern and southern regions of Mali, we provided participants with the tools to build livelihoods that grew their income, skills and self-confidence.
