Population growth and natural resources are intricately linked and play role in climate
disruption and farmers' ability to adapt to climate change especially in developing countries …

Land is one of the few productive assets owned by the rural poor, and almost all such
households engage in some form of agriculture. Over 2000–2010 the rural poor on …

Although the literature is being increasingly flooded with studies on the determinants of
environmental degradation, the peculiarities of some countries in some regions have been …

This study highlights drought characteristics and the many responses to drought stresses
employed by Turkana pastoralists of northwestern Kenya. Multiple data sources, including …

This article investigates the empirical linkages between crop and livelihood diversification
strategies, extreme weather events, and household welfare using a unique dataset that …

The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and
development and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it …

An approach to poverty reduction in low-income countries known as the 'sustainable
livelihoods approach'is applied to understanding the strategies of artisanal fisherfolk …

Rain-fed agriculture will remain the dominant source of staple food production and the
livelihood foundation of the majority of the rural poor in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Greatly …

Extreme weather events and extreme poverty are two sides of the same coin, with far-
reaching consequences for emerging nations like Pakistan. Rural people are more likely to …

Practitioners from different disciplines use different meanings and concepts of vulnerability,
which, in turn, have led to diverse methods of measuring it. This paper presents a selective …