Livelihoods and sharing: Trends in a Lesotho village, 1976–2004

Abstract

In 2004 I was fortunate enough to be able to return to Ha Tumahole, the village in Lesotho where I undertook research on farming and livelihoods in 1976–77, and spend four weeks learning about what had changed in people’s lives and land use. This time, I paid particular attention to the arrangements people make to share resources and to help each other in their farming and in other aspects of their livelihoods. The work is intended to contribute to the research component of CARE’s Livelihoods Recovery through Agriculture Programme (LRAP).