Despite the efforts of food security programs, many communities continue to be at risk of hunger and malnutrition. These chronically poor communities are often socially and politically marginalized, typically surviving on degraded lands with a limited natural resource base. Climate change is only exacerbating these woes. To strengthen food security and livelihoods, programs must help vulnerable communities build socially and ecologically resilient landscapes.
This paper presents a landscape management framework for building resilience to the twin pressures of land degradation and climate change in communities of agriculturalists, agro-pastoralists and pastoralists who are vulnerable to acute and chronic food and livelihood insecurity. It draws on academic literature, field observation, insight from development researchers and practitioners, and agency reports to build a framework for guiding investment in initiatives that stand to sustainably improve the livelihoods of rural populatio
