System · Rationale

Livelihood system

System comprising the capabilities, assets, activities, and social relations through which households and communities make a living and pursue wellbeing, and which is exposed.

Definition source: FAO/IFAD sustainable livelihoods framework · reference

Synonyms

diversified rural livelihood

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

Smallholder farming livelihood, Pastoral livelihood, Fishing livelihood, Forest-dependent livelihood, Agricultural labour, Rural livelihood, Aquaculture livelihood

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

ILRI IBLI targets pastoral livelihoods exposed to drought-related livestock losses in the Horn of Africa. | Climate context: sensitive to climate hazards affecting their livelihood base.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_067 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_067
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_067)