A Literature Review on the Livelihood Resilience in Relocation Areas for Poverty Alleviation
Abstract
The report discusses the resilience of farmers’ livelihoods and factors that impacting it before and after the relocation for poverty alleviation, which is important for improving farmers’ adaptability and cultivating the sustainable livelihood development. By strengthening resilience, it not only promotes sustainable development in impoverished areas, but it also lay the solid ground for individuals and communities to get rid of poverty. Poverty alleviation must go beyond material support, which should also focus on cultivating the livelihood resilience of relocated farmers to achieve sustainability that lasts. However, the academic community has not yet established a standard for measuring resilience, which has limited studies researching on this concept to relocation and farmers’ livelihoods. Also, it is also controversial about the role of resilience in improving the welfare of the poor, with limited understanding of the formation and mechanisms. The study uses review to investigate the likelihood resilience of farmers in relocated areas, that brought up the concept of livelihood resilience, and also compare its levels before and after relocation. The influencing factors are then identified with proposed strategies for livelihood development. By mitigating these gaps, the study provides insights for precise poverty alleviation, preventing the reoccurrence of poverty, and supporting sustainable development for farmers in impoverished regions.
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