Together with our Partner Organisations, we strengthen practices that enhance biodiversity, soil health, and resilience to the climate crisis and mitigate its effects. Our goal is to ensure long-term food security and food sovereignty for present and future generations.
Integrality
community resilience
Understood in an integral way, livelihood entails more than just “earning a living” – it includes the wider context of people's lives and the various factors that contribute to their well-being. Our efforts link economic empowerment, environmental stewardship, and community resilience, aiming for a multidimensional impact.
Inclusivity
equal access
Our projects emphasise participatory and self-sustaining methods and approaches, supporting people in taking an active role in shaping their livelihoods. We emphasise equitable access to and decision making over natural resources, particularly for women, youth, and people who have been marginalised and value traditional/indigenous knowledge.
Focus
Our areas of work
Natural heritage management
Promotion of participatory and integrative concepts for the sustainable management of water, land and forests
Facilitation of the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency
Improvement of waste management, sanitation measures, and the access to safe drinking water
Agriculture and farming
Strengthening climate-resilient farming practices based on agroecology, agroforestry, organic farming, and other approaches
Advancing climate and environmental education as well as risk management
Establishing know-how transfer frameworks and exchange networks for small-scale farmers
Entrepreneurship and income generation
Training in social entrepreneurship, technical and business skills, microfinance and group saving approaches
Support of the analysis of value chains and market opportunities, enabling innovative solutions and informed decisions
Diversification and adaptation of production and income opportunities
Participants
Levels of participation
Individuals
Within the sector, learning on an individual level is focussing on know-how transfer of climate resilient and sustainable agricultural and livestock production or processing methods, soil, water and forest conservation, climate change adaptation, market analysis and/ or business basics.
Organisations
On the organisational level, learning and sharing focuses on associations-building, business development, participatory market research, marketing and communication strategies, financial management, certification processes as well as access to climate & carbon finance as a new financial source.
Societies
On society level, we foster learning by strengthening networking activities and policy dialog of our partner organisations at regional and national levels. Together we strive to promote political claims of the target groups for the sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystems and biodiversity, climate change adaptation and food sovereignty in particular for small-scale sustainable agriculture.
Contact
Martina Luger
is the Sector Coordinator for Sustainable Livelihoods.
Experiences
Learn from experiences. These projects contribute to sustainable livelihoods.
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