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Rural Livelihood Essay

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- LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1- Introduction The study has consulted varies literatures to support its objectives .This has describes the review of the different literatures in relation to the objectives of the study. Theoretical literature and international experience in real estate development and other investment project and its effect on the sustainable rural livelihoods were reviewed in this chapter. 2.2- Theoretical Literature 2.2.1- Sustainable Livelihood Livelihood is defined as a set humans naturally develop and implement strategies to ensure their survival (Scoones, 1998; Tolossa, 2005). Some of these activities involve securing water, food, fodder, medicine, shelter, clothing and the capacity to acquire the necessities working either individually or as a group by using endowments to meet the requirements of the self and his/her household on a sustainable basis with dignity. A livelihood is only considered sustainable when it is able to deal with and recover from external factors introduced under the vulnerability context‘(Tolossa, 2005; Nguyen, et al., 2010; Lodder, 2012). A livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources) and activities required for a means of living and cope with, recover from stress, shocks and maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets both now and in the future, …show more content…

Therefore it was more accessible to families with more labor force at home, provided that they are left with plots of farmland to work on. The last but not least coping and adaptation strategy identified was migration of the entire household to either escape the cause of the livelihood crisis to look job opportunities elsewhere, so that families at home receive support in the form of

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