0 (the way someone earns) the money people need to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc.:
1 the way you earn the money you need to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc.:
2 the money a person needs to pay for food, a place to live, etc. and the way of earning this money:
Many poor people, particularly in developing countries, rely on natural resources for their livelihood, and these people are very vulnerable to deterioration in the resource.
She finds that the livelihood approach facilitates the analysis of the multiple points of stress which constrain household choices.
Next, the resulting impacts on household food security, farmers' incomes and livelihoods are discussed.
These poor people often depend on environmental degradation for their livelihoods.
People's livelihoods are divine gifts that require effort, not idle submission to nature.
What is more, sustainable livelihoods for the poor remain a distant dream.
The latter live in a narrow social and physical environment closely tied to land because it provides the only means of livelihood.
Livelihood activities are adapted in line with general societal transformations, reflecting decades of influence by forces of modernisation.