Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal

doi:10.3390/su9040612

	Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal
	Khatiwada, SP; Deng, W; Paudel, B; Khatiwada, JR; Zhang, JF; Su, Y; Deng, W (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazard & Environm, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China.
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2017
卷号	9 期号:4 页码:612（1-20）
关键词	Livelihood Strategy Poverty Cluster Analysis Multivariate Analysis Elevation Central Nepal
DOI	10.3390/su9040612
产权排序	4
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Understanding household livelihood strategies is pivotal to minimize rural poverty in the least developed countries like Nepal. This study is an attempt to assess livelihood strategies pursued by rural households, investigate the most remunerative strategy, and identify the factors that influence a household's choice of better strategies in rural Nepal. Primary data collected in 453 households from three villages of central Nepal are analyzed quantitatively within a sustainable livelihood framework. This study categorized households into five main livelihood strategy groups. The results showed that the majority (61%) of the households diversified their income to non-farm sources. Livelihood diversification to business/enterprise strategies adopted by 16% of the households is the most remunerative strategy followed by commercial farming that includes 13% of the sample and are more relevant to poverty reduction. Land holding, education, agriculture and skill training, access to credit, and proximity to the road and market center are the major influencing factors on the adoption of higher returning livelihood strategies. Stimulating poor households to follow market-oriented farm and non-farm activities by improving access to education, vocational training, rural credit, and rural infrastructures is momentous for reducing poverty in the rural areas of central Nepal.
学科主题	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
资助机构	We would like to acknowledge the support from NSFC-ICIMOD Cooperation Project (NO. 41661144038-02), Aid project on Ministry of Science and technology of the PRC in 2013, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and CAS-TWAS President Fellowship Program. We are greatly thankful to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. In addition, farmers and local assistants in Bachhauli, Ghyalchok, and Ghanpokhara VDCs are thanked for their hospitality and support for completing the survey. Similarly, we thank the students of the Institute of Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, Rampur, Nepal who were involved in household questionnaire survey. ; NSFC-ICIMOD Cooperation Project [41661144038-02] ; We would like to acknowledge the support from NSFC-ICIMOD Cooperation Project (NO. 41661144038-02), Aid project on Ministry of Science and technology of the PRC in 2013, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and CAS-TWAS President Fellowship Program. We are greatly thankful to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. In addition, farmers and local assistants in Bachhauli, Ghyalchok, and Ghanpokhara VDCs are thanked for their hospitality and support for completing the survey. Similarly, we thank the students of the Institute of Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, Rampur, Nepal who were involved in household questionnaire survey. ; NSFC-ICIMOD Cooperation Project [41661144038-02] ; Aid project on Ministry of Science and technology of the PRC ; Aid project on Ministry of Science and technology of the PRC ; World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) ; World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) ; CAS-TWAS President Fellowship Program ; CAS-TWAS President Fellowship Program ; We would like to acknowledge the support from NSFC-ICIMOD Cooperation Project (NO. 41661144038-02), Aid project on Ministry of Science and technology of the PRC in 2013, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and CAS-TWAS President Fellowship Program. We are greatly thankful to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. In addition, farmers and local assistants in Bachhauli, Ghyalchok, and Ghanpokhara VDCs are thanked for their hospitality and support for completing the survey. Similarly, we thank the students of the Institute of Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, Rampur, Nepal who were involved in household questionnaire survey. ; NSFC-ICIMOD Cooperation Project [41661144038-02] ; We would like to acknowledge the support from NSFC-ICIMOD Cooperation Project (NO. 41661144038-02), Aid project on Ministry of Science and technology of the PRC in 2013, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and CAS-TWAS President Fellowship Program. We are greatly thankful to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. In addition, farmers and local assistants in Bachhauli, Ghyalchok, and Ghanpokhara VDCs are thanked for their hospitality and support for completing the survey. Similarly, we thank the students of the Institute of Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, Rampur, Nepal who were involved in household questionnaire survey. ; NSFC-ICIMOD Cooperation Project [41661144038-02] ; Aid project on Ministry of Science and technology of the PRC ; Aid project on Ministry of Science and technology of the PRC ; World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) ; World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) ; CAS-TWAS President Fellowship Program ; CAS-TWAS President Fellowship Program
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://210.75.237.14/handle/351003/29141]
专题	成都生物研究所_生态研究
通讯作者	Deng, W (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazard & Environm, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China.
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Khatiwada, SP,Deng, W,Paudel, B,et al. Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2017,9(4):612（1-20）.
APA	Khatiwada, SP.,Deng, W.,Paudel, B.,Khatiwada, JR.,Zhang, JF.,...&Deng, W .(2017).Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal.SUSTAINABILITY,9(4),612（1-20）.
MLA	Khatiwada, SP,et al."Household Livelihood Strategies and Implication for Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Central Nepal".SUSTAINABILITY 9.4(2017):612（1-20）.