Sentence examples for major sources of livelihood from inspiring English sources

The major sources of livelihood for the villagers are a single crop rain-fed agriculture (mainly paddy and ragi), collection and selling/consumption of forest produce such as gum, fruits, vegetables, roots, and oil seeds, and agriculture labor in neighboring irrigated area.

The population grows at a rate of 2.6% per annum and the majority of people (84%) reside in rural areas, with agriculture being the major source of livelihood [ 8]. High mortality, high fertility and low life expectancy characterize the demography, as in most sub-Saharan African countries.

A major source of livelihood in Jerusalem is government and public service employment.

Dairy farming was a major source of livelihood in rural North Karelia and butter was a much-liked local produce.

Detailed baseline information to assess future impacts on key plant species is lacking compromising biodiversity conservation efforts in a region where eco – tourism is a major source of livelihood.

When the FAC first rejected the project in June 2013, it said the "ecological, environmental and social costs of diversion of such a vast track of forest land, which is a major source of livelihood of the tribal population of the state, will far outweigh the benefits likely to accrue from the project".

As in many developing countries (Tulachan and Neupane 1999), agro-pastoralism is the major source of livelihood for rural communities in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.

Camel production is a major source of livelihood for the pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya, which hosts 6% of the African camel population (Hulsebusch and Kaufmann [2002]).

Although on-farm income is still the major source of livelihood, Albania's smallholders diversify their income more and more with self-employment or non-agricultural wages.

"When fishing represents the main source of protein, and a major source of livelihoods, it really matters how much we are stealing from Africa's waters.

Though farming is not a major source of earning livelihood but selected terrain is used to cultivate crops.