A Presentation on the Sustainable Livelihood Approach, SLA Framework & Its Relevance with Coastal Fishing Community

1. Sustainable Livelihood Approach:
Framework & Its Relevance with Coastal
Fishing Community
Department of Fisheries Management
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural
University, Gazipur-1706
Shoaibe Hossain Talukder Shefat
Faculty of Fisheries
Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100

2.  Sustainable Livelihood Approach
 SLA Framework
 Livelihoods Assets
 Human Capital
 Natural Capital
 Social Capital
 Physical Capital
 Financial Capital
 Vulnerability” Context
 Livelihood Strategies
 Livelihood Outcomes
Contents

3. Sustainable Livelihood Approach
 It needs to be:
 Modified
 Adapted
 Made appropriate to local circumstances
 Made appropriate to local priorities
 A sustainable livelihood approach(SLA) is a way
of thinking about the objectives,scope and priorities
for development in order to enhance progress in
poverty elimination (Ashley and Carney, 1999).

4. The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
Policies
Institutions
Processes
Vulnerability
Context
-Shocks
-Seasonality
-Trends
Influence
Livelihood
Strategies
Livelihood
Outcomes

5. Livelihoods Assets
Financial
Capital
Natural
Capital
Social
Capital
Physical
Capital
Human
Capital
Fishing
community

6. Human Capital
 Experience
 Nutrition
 Education
 Knowledge and skills
 Ability to labour
 Capacity to adapt

7. Natural Capital
 Environmental services
 Land
 Water & aquatic resources
 Wild fry
 Snail
 Wild foods & fibres
 Biodiversity

8. Social Capital
 Networks and connections
 Relations of trust and mutual support
 Formal and informal groups
 Common rules and sanctions
 Collective representation
 Leadership
 Mechanisms for participation in
decision-making

9. Physical Capital
 Infrastructure
 Transport - roads, vehicles
 Secure shelter & buildings
 Water supply & sanitation
 Energy
 Communications
 Tools and Techology
 Tools and equipment for production
 Seeds, fertilizer, pesticides
 Traditional technology

10. Financial Capital
 Savings
 Credit/debt - formal, informal,
NGOs
 Income
 Profits
 Wages

11. “Vulnerability” Context
 Trends and Changes
 Shocks  Seasonality
 Floods, droughts, cyclones
 Deaths in the family
 Natural disesters
 Shortage of food
 Peak fishing season
 Lean fishing season
 Price fluctuations
 Increasing population
 Environmental change
 Increasing number of peaple in fishing
 Decreasing supply of fish

12. Policies, Institutions & Processes
 Policies
 Macroeconomic
 Sectoral
 Institutions
 Law
 Markets
 Social relations
 Processes
 Decentralisation
 Participation
 Market liberalisation

13. Livelihood Strategies
 Fish farming
 Fishing
 Wild fry catching
 Fry trading
 Hatchery operating
 Trasportation of fish
 Day labouring
 Snail collecting

14. Livelihood Outcomes
 More income
 Increased well-being
 Reduced vulnerability
 Improved food security
 More sustainable use of natural resource base
 Empowerment, social inclusion

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