Essays about: "Livelihood program"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 essays containing the words Livelihood program.

  1. 16. Microfinance - for better or worse? : A study on how microfinance impacts the livelihood of families with disabled children around Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Madeleine Ring; [2015]
    Keywords : Guatemala; Lake Atitlán; Disability; Poverty; Microfinance; Sustainable Livelihood Framework;

    Abstract : Most of the disabled people in the world live in poverty. In order to escape poverty, microfinance is said to be a solution. The Microfinance Institutions do not, however, incorporate everybody who is poor in their programs, which could be assumed. Disabled people and their families are a group which many times are not included in these programs. READ MORE

  3. 17. Food insecurity and the relative importance of various household assets : the case of farm households in Southern Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Kebebew Fisseha; [2014]
    Keywords : Assets; food security; household; livelihood; livestock; Productive Safety Net Program;

    Abstract : Food insecurity as a consequence of drought is the most common environmental risk threatening farmers in South East Asia and Sub Saharan African. Ethiopia is one of the most food insecure countries in Sub Saharan Africa, mainly due to shortage of rainfall, plant diseases, pests and poor governances. READ MORE

  4. 18. Assessing the validity of microcredit impact studies in Uganda : Assessing the validity of microcredit impact studies in Uganda

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : CEASER ARUA; [2014]
    Keywords : validity; micro credit; development and impact assessment;

    Abstract : A number of developing countries including Uganda have of recent experienced tremendous growth of microfinance industry in financial and credit service provision. Microfinance development in developing countries and its’ impacts on the poor’s livelihood have been a central point of focus by academic community and development stakeholders. READ MORE

  5. 19. Facing reality of coffee producing farmers in northern Nicaragua : – A field study on the effects of the development program FondeAgro.

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Izabelle Blom; [2014]
    Keywords : Nicaragua; FondeAgro; agriculture; farmers; livelihoods; intervention;

    Abstract : Abstract In 2001 a development program named FondeAgro was implemented in the northern region of Nicaragua with the aim to reduce poverty by rural development. During a ten-year period peasants in the departments of Jinotega and Matagalpa received expert assistance on farming in order to improve their livelihoods and create sustainable businesses as small- and medium- scale peasants. READ MORE

  6. 20. Drivkrafter bakom diversifiering i lantbruksföretag

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Elettra Larm; Caroline Ohlsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Diversifiering; Lantbruksföretag; Vertikal integrering; Drivkrafter.;

    Abstract : Ett av målen inom Landsbygdsprogrammet är att främja en levande landsbygd (www, jsv, 2012). En av åtgärderna är att arbeta för en ökad tillväxt av företagandet på landsbygden. Landsbygdsprogrammet ger stöd till diversifiering av lantbruksföretag i syfte att utveckla nya verksamhetsgrenar och öka lönsamheten. READ MORE