NREGA
NREGA ( National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005) and its impacts on agriculture with special reference to Wayanad.
NREGA ( National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005) and its managerial issues with special reference to Wayanad
Agriculture and Eco-tourism in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area - implications for economic surplus and environmental service provision
Abstract:
Rural communities in South Africa characterized by low household income and high unemployment levels are increasingly looking towards other livelihood sources apart from agriculture. The emergence of ecotourism in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, where most communal land was previously dedicated to livestock production brings about competing claims on land between different interest groups and land use alternatives. Because both ecotourism and livestock production are possible land use alternatives, there is a need to balance land allocation between them in a manner that results in improved rural livelihoods. However, there is limited quantitative information on the potential of ecotourism to contribute to household incomes and employment and in relation to existing livestock production and bio-physical constraints in the area. This study aims to contribute towards this gap in knowledge by: identifying the socio-economic consequences of the emergence of ecotourism and analyzing possible alternative options and trade offs for improved incomes and employment in the conservation area through ecotourism and livestock.
The study develops a framework for evaluating ecotourism and livestock as land use options and empirically applies a spatially explicit bio-economic model based on this framework to optimize household income and employment, given specific bio-physical constraints and limited land. To achieve this, the contribution of livestock production to the household is studied, and similarly the potential economic benefit of ecotourism is
NREGA ( National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005) and its managerial issues with special reference to Wayanad
Agriculture and Eco-tourism in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area - implications for economic surplus and environmental service provision
Abstract:
Rural communities in South Africa characterized by low household income and high unemployment levels are increasingly looking towards other livelihood sources apart from agriculture. The emergence of ecotourism in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, where most communal land was previously dedicated to livestock production brings about competing claims on land between different interest groups and land use alternatives. Because both ecotourism and livestock production are possible land use alternatives, there is a need to balance land allocation between them in a manner that results in improved rural livelihoods. However, there is limited quantitative information on the potential of ecotourism to contribute to household incomes and employment and in relation to existing livestock production and bio-physical constraints in the area. This study aims to contribute towards this gap in knowledge by: identifying the socio-economic consequences of the emergence of ecotourism and analyzing possible alternative options and trade offs for improved incomes and employment in the conservation area through ecotourism and livestock.
The study develops a framework for evaluating ecotourism and livestock as land use options and empirically applies a spatially explicit bio-economic model based on this framework to optimize household income and employment, given specific bio-physical constraints and limited land. To achieve this, the contribution of livestock production to the household is studied, and similarly the potential economic benefit of ecotourism is