The concept of livelihoods is directly drawn from the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) to international development.

Facilitating the reorientation of national and regional agricultural research programming to take desertification affected livelihoods better into account

Improved access

Agriculture provides the main livelihood for 55.4 percent of the population.

In the Andean region, continued support to sustainable livelihood schemes remains of high importance.

The absorption capacity of Hafun had been reached, and on average, fishermen are wealthier than most Somalis.

To this end, several methods and types of information can be used, including the collection and analysis of statistics on national and international tourism flows, the classification of consumers according to socio economic factors and type of vacations, and the definition of behavioural patterns.

The Working Group continued to be mandated to develop general recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of sanctions.

Rather, they should improve the quality of regulation, along with enforcement and monitoring.

Despite their ideological differences, governments throughout the region have delivered rapid economic growth and improved their populations livelihoods.

(d) Improved reporting on and dissemination of experiences in the implementation of programmes and initiatives on Africa.

That crop, which provides a living for much of Chad's population, is dangerously threatened by the protectionist practices of developed countries.

The reintegration programme includes the promotion of educational activities, a skills training and employment programme and livelihood support.

To face this global threat, international cooperation must be improved.

(d) Improving the coordination of energy statistics with social, economic and environmental statistics at the international level

Improvement of the access to services for HIV AIDS counseling and testing

Cattle herding allowed nomads to create livelihoods in an increasingly unpredictable and challenging environment, characterized by an arid climate and scarce resources.

Fishing piracy also undermines the livelihoods of law abiding fishermen in the United States and Europe.

Mining and mass renewable energy infrastructure expand heavily in Sápmi, with severe impacts on Saami livelihoods.

49. Urges the Government of Afghanistan to promote the development of sustainable livelihoods in the formal production sector as well as other sectors, and to improve access to reasonable and sustainable credit and financing in rural areas, thus improving substantially the lives, health and security of the people, particularly in rural areas

(c) Improving sharing of the collecting processing work between organizations and enhancing data sharing and data transmission once data validation procedures have been agreed and implemented

The recovery process represents a shift in focus from saving lives to restoring livelihoods, building resilience and reducing vulnerability.

In South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, sustainable livelihood projects and programmes will continue to be developed and implemented in the opium poppy growing areas.

Israeli actions target entire communities, preventing people from practising their livelihoods, from attending schools and universities or visiting health and social institutions.

When resources are scarce, or so degraded that they can no longer sustain livelihoods, or inequitably distributed, conflict invariably ensues.

The strategy adopted concentrated on fighting the pest, and insufficient attention was given to mitigating the impact of the infestation on local livelihoods and the environment.

Another important thematic area to be covered involves the enhancement of rural community livelihoods through efficient agro supply chains.

(e) Consider means of accelerating the prison renovation programme and, in the interests of improved hygienic conditions, explore additional alternative interim solutions to the practice of slopping out

With respect to market access and agriculture, Egypt hosted a regional meeting for North Africa to draw up projects to be implemented in the context of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.

The aim is to break the vicious cycle of poverty through identification and propagation of alternative livelihoods and the sustainability of the opium poppy elimination programmes that have been successfully implemented in the region.

The key issues are the methods of eradication the pace and scope of counter narcotics activities and the respective roles and sequencing of eradication, interdiction and provision of alternative livelihoods.

Priorities will include supporting delivery of essential services through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, and support to improve food security and rural livelihoods, health and education.

DIP is also exploring ways to improve and standardizse its publishing and publication distribution method to better serve the needs of the Ffield.

So, we all know about the Narmada river, the tragedies of dams, the tragedies of huge projects which displace people and wreck river systems without providing livelihoods.

The livelihood component includes learning processes concerning skills development involving existing alternative sources of income such as abaca fibre production, handicraft making and cash crop production.

Every State is constantly studying ways to enable its people to live in a safe world, and the United Nations is at the forefront of gathering and sharing the accumulated knowledge and experience of Member States in that regard.

As part of this project, which began implementation in 2003, an integrated basic education cum livelihood development module for children and adults has been prepared.

We must also consider ways of improving the systems for preventing and limiting the effects of natural disasters such as tsunamis.

They also recognize that poverty is much more widespread among women, thus increasingly compelling them to find livelihoods in agriculture or the informal sector.

(iii) Improving the provision of care and support to those infected and affected by HIV AIDS, including orphans

Expanding rural water supply, together with sanitation, must be considered as integral to broader poverty reduction efforts.

There follow some general observations on ways to improve the effectiveness of Security Council sanctions, based on the Working Group's consideration of the above topics.

Advisers will continue to play an important role in international decision making bodies, and communication with these important intermediaries should be improved so that they can assist in better developing the case for statistical development with the international bodies.

That is why Haiti needs the private sector now more than ever to help rebuild both the country and the livelihoods of poor rural people.

This debate is both welcome and to be expected improving diet and finding ways to increase physical activity is a complex issue.