Essays about: "livelihood improvement"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the words livelihood improvement.
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21. The socio-economic impact of local communitymanaged coal mines : a case study of village Qasam Khel, Darra AdamKhel, FR Kohat,Pakistan
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The main purpose of this study was to analyze the socio-economic impact of local community managed coalmines of the village Qasam Khel, Darra Adam Khel, FR Kohat, Pakistan. The study is based upon in-depth qualitative methods. READ MORE
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22. Smallholder farmers and biofuel : farmers' perspectives in growing castor beans in Ethiopia
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Globally biofuels have increasingly been considered as an alternative energy source that could help to reduce green house gas emissions for combating climate change. It is also believed that biofuels have a variety of other potential benefits such as promoting rural development and employment generation. READ MORE
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23. Reliability of Payment for water Resources as an Environmental Service towards the sustainable management of watershed forests in Zanzibar, Tanzania : A Case study of Kiwengwa - Pongwe Forest Reserve
University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälleAbstract : Currently, there is a great rampage among conservationists looking for useful approaches that can be used to bring efficiency towards conservation of global natural ecosystems. But which approach can be really effective to halt destruction of a particular natural ecosystem where the local people depend on the same ecosystem resources for their livelihoods? Do the local communities accept to refrain themselves from using natural ecosystem resources (loss of free access), which they believe is under their local territory since they are born, without having alternatives that will replace and improve economic gain of their livelihoods? Are the consumers who benefited from the ecosystem services always willing to compensate local communities around natural ecosystem as a means of replacing what they lose? This study looks at the reliability of Payment for Water Environmental Services (PWES) approach at Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest Reserve (KPFR) as a device aimed at promoting the sustainable management of KPFR watershed resources without undermining livelihoods of the Kiwengwa-Pongwe local communities. READ MORE
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24. Rainwater harvesting and rural livelihood improvement in banana growing areas of Uganda
University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälleAbstract : Recurrent crises of food insecurity and poverty are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is an urgent need to increase food production so as to reduce bad nutrition and alleviate poverty. The availability and management of water contributes crucially to the variation in yields. READ MORE
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25. Forest land use planning in Nam Pui National Biodiversity Conservation Area, Lao P.D.R.
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource ManagementAbstract : The abundant natural resources of Lao.PDR, especially land, water, and forests, provide a strong foundation for national development. While much of the forests in the region have already been seriously degraded or destroyed, about 4 7 percents of the total land area in Lao.PDR is still under forest cover. READ MORE
