livelihood

Sustaining livelihoods and building resilience: Policy implications for the Lower Mekong Basin
Keywords:

Livelihood · Lower Mekong Basin · Resilience · Tool framework

Sustaining livelihoods and building resilience: Policy implications for the Lower Mekong Basin

The diverse agricultural landscape in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) encompasses vulnerable smallholder farmers, whose livelihoods are exposed to the impacts of natural hazards, environmental degradation and climate change. This paper aims to understand the vulnerability and risk drivers to agricultural livelihoods in the LMB and the existing capacities, policies and strategies to strengthen livelihoods....

Pal, I., Baskota, A., Dhungana, G., Banerjee, S., Udmale, P., Gadhawe, M.A., ... Sophat, S. (2024). Sustaining livelihoods and building resilience: Policy implications for the Lower Mekong Basin. APN Science Bulletin, (). doi:10.30852/sb.2024.2723

Climate change risk perceptions, vulnerability, and adaptation in high altitude farming regions of Hindu Kush Himalaya
Keywords:

Adaptive capacity · Climate-smart agriculture · Farm advisory · Livelihood · Mountains

Climate change risk perceptions, vulnerability, and adaptation in high altitude farming regions of Hindu Kush Himalaya

Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is highly vulnerable to climate change, but there is the least understanding of the impacts of climate change. This study explored local climate change risk perceptions, vulnerability, and adaptive responses in the three HKH countries, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bhutan. For this purpose, 379 farm households from low, medium, and high elevations...

Asad, S.A., Abid, M., Ahmad, I., Thapa, G., & Dendup, T. (2023). Climate change risk perceptions, vulnerability, and adaptation in high altitude farming regions of Hindu Kush Himalaya. APN Science Bulletin, 13(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2023.2184