Rural livelihood approach

1. RURAL LIVELIHOOD APPROACH
PRESENTED BY:-
SURAJ KUMAR
AVINASH CHANDRA
PANKAJ KUMAR

2. DEFINITION OF LIVELIHOODS
Livelihoods are ‘means of making a living’, the various
activities and resources that allow people to live.
“Livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets (including
both material and social) and activities required for a means
of living. (Chambers and Conway, 1992
Livelihoods are similar for groups of people doing similar things.

4. COMPONENTS OF THE LIVELIHOODS
Human assets
Social assets
Physical assets
Financial assets
Natural assets

6. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD
• A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from
stresses and shocks, maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets, while
not undermining the natural resource base.
Rural livelihood diversification
• Rural livelihood diversification is defined as the process by which rural
households construct an increasingly diverse portfolio of activities and
assets in order to improve their standard of living

7. THE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS APPROACH
The sustainable livelihoods approach ( SLA ) is a way to improve
understanding of the livelihoods of poor people.
The two key components of the SLA are:
• A framework that helps in understanding the complexities of
poverty
• A set of principles to guide action to address and overcome
poverty

8. LIVELIHOOD AND INCOME GENERATION