Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Ethiopia

This report describes research carried out at three research sites in the Southern Nation and Nationalities People’s Region (SNNPR) of southern Ethiopia. The research was carried out using a sustainable livelihoods framework which emphasises the institutional arrangements through which people gain access to the necessary resources (or ‘capitals’) necessary to attain a livelihood. They do this through a combination of different strategies: agricultural production, livelihood diversification and migration.