Alternative Livelihood

Alternative Livelihood Programs are the name given to government attempts, especially in South America to replace the illicit cultivation of banned substances, such as opium or coca, with alternative, legal crops or other activities as a source of income.

Alternative Livelihood has sometimes been referred as Alternative Development.

Related external links

 * United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
 * Alternative Development Program in UNODC
 * "Follow-up to the Action Plan on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development" - Forty-fifth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (March 2002)


 * A case study of alternative livelihood in Laos by UNODC
 * Alternative Development Cooperation in East Asia by UNODC
 * Alternative Livelihoods Program in Northeastern Afghanistan - a project of CIDA implemented by Aga Khan Foundation Canada
 * Integrated Alternative Livelihoods Program in Kandahar Province - a project of CIDA
 * Research in Alternative Livelihoods Fund (RALF) - administered by the U.K.'s Department for International Development (DFID)
 * Afghanistan Alternative Livelihoods Program - implemented by PADCO, a member of the International Peace Operations Association
 * Rehabilitating communities in post-conflict Afghanistan - by Aga Khan Foundation Canada
 * A briefing paper on Alternative Livelihoods - Oct 2005 by Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
 * Alternative Development-related documents from David Mansfield's web site