"sources of livelihood" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You might use it in a sentence such as: Many rural communities rely on farming and other sources of livelihood to make a living.
Typhoon Haiyan has devastated two of the main sources of livelihood in Leyte: coconut and fisheries.
Other preventive factors included providing alternative and respected sources of livelihood, access to supportive social networks and alternative avenues for non-violent activism.
The main sources of livelihood, other than hemp and poppies, are grapes and pomegranates, and, during the summer fighting season, foliage in fields and orchards provides cover for insurgents.
But several communities in the oil-producing Niger River delta say their areas are still underdeveloped, and their region has been polluted by oil spills, ruining their drinking water and their sources of livelihood including farming and fishing.
Having been born into the caste of Valmikis, and having cleaned human excreta for their livelihood, they are now trapped in a stigma, which denies them other sources of livelihood — people won't buy tea from a shop they may try to run, and rich women won't hire them as household help.
"Now the indigenous people of Assam are all marginalised and these illegal settlers are taking over our lands, our sources of livelihood".The AASU ran a six-year campaign in the early 1980s to press for the detection and deportation of migrants.
More specifically, forests are sources of livelihoods for people.
The dominant sources of livelihoods in the sub-basin are land and livestock.
Agriculture and industrial production are the main sources of livelihoods for the people in this area.
Agriculture is the occupation of the majority of the population, and light industry and mining are minor sources of livelihoods.
But waste was their source of livelihood".
