Unpacking pathways to diversified livelihoods from projects in Pacific Island coastal fisheries
Roscher, Matthew B., Eriksson, Hampus, Harohau, Daykin, Mauli, Senoveva, Kaltavara, Jeremie, Boonstra, Wiebren J., and van der Ploeg, Jan (2022) Unpacking pathways to diversified livelihoods from projects in Pacific Island coastal fisheries. Ambio, 51. pp. 2107-2117.
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Abstract
Livelihood diversification has become an integral focus of policies and investments aiming to reduce poverty, vulnerability, and pressure on fishery resources in coastal communities around the globe. In this regard, coastal fisheries in the Pacific Islands have long been a sector where livelihood diversification has featured prominently. Yet, despite the widespread promotion and international investment in this strategy, the ability of externally funded livelihood diversification projects to facilitate improved resource management and rural development outcomes often remains inconsistent. We argue these inconsistencies can be attributed to a conceptual ambiguity stemming from a lack of attention and awareness to the complexity of livelihood diversification. There is still much to learn about the process of livelihood diversification, both in its theoretical conceptualizations and its practical applications. Herein, we utilize a common diversity framework to clarify some of this ambiguity by distinguishing three diversification pathways. These pathways are illustrated using an ideal–typical Pacific Island coastal household and supported by examples provided in the literature that detail livelihood diversification projects in the Pacific. Through this perspective, we seek a more nuanced understanding of what is meant within the policy and practice goal of livelihood diversification. Thereby enabling more targeted and deliberate planning for development investments that facilitates outcomes in support of sustainable livelihoods.
| Item ID: | 73425 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1654-7209 |
| Keywords: | Aquatic foods, Food security, Poverty reduction, Rural development, Small-scale fisheries, Sustainable livelihoods |
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| Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2022 08:28 |
| FoR Codes: | 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3005 Fisheries sciences > 300505 Fisheries management @ 50% 38 ECONOMICS > 3801 Applied economics > 380105 Environment and resource economics @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 15 ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK > 1599 Other economic framework > 159902 Ecological economics @ 50% 10 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 1003 Fisheries - wild caught > 100399 Fisheries - wild caught not elsewhere classified @ 50% |
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