1. Sustainable livelihood – concept of livelihood, livelihood vis a vis wage earning, Livelihood and income
generating activities, five capitals for sustainable livelihood framework (2L)
2. Production systems for livelihood– Different production systems: agriculture, horticulture, sericulture, forestry,
animal husbandry, dairying, fisheries and off farm activities, their linkages with livelihoods, food security,
livelihood security and sustainable livelihoods, Scale of production, rural infrastructure, marketing network,
dependence on middlemen, collective bargaining power, control over market and price premium, quality issue and
ensuring traceability of the products from source to the point of sale ( 5L)
3. Natural capital for livelihood – Processes and relationships among agro climatic and natural resources as natural
capitals, Methods for identification of existing natural capitals, their use pattern and outputs, , management
interventions for improving the natural capital (4L)
4. Human Capital for livelihood - Human resources, Indigenous Technical Knowledge and skills, gender relations
and roles (2L)
5. Social Capital for livelihood – Social network, pluralism, community based organizations and voluntary
organizations, conflict management (2L)
6. Physical capital for livelihood – infrastructure, communication network, marketing network (2L)
7. Financial capital for livelihood – linkages with financial institutions, MFIs, networking with SHG federation (2L)
8. Concept and approaches of microplanning and sustainable livelihood planning – Concept of microplanning,
participatory methods and tools including PRA tools for microplanning, steps for microplanning, feasibility
analysis, cost benefit analysis; steps for sustainable livelihood planning (5L)
9. Monitoring and evaluation of the microplans and livelihood plans - Methods for participatory monitoring and
evaluation, developing participatory indicators, social audit (3L)
10. Rural Legal Support System – Right to Information Act, Consumer Protection Act, Tribal Forest Act, recent
development in alternative dispute settlement mechanism (3L)
11. Field study in selected village, preparation of case study and Demonstration of the steps of microplanning
and livelihood planning in selected villages (10 contact hours)