This includes technical advice or training, startup equipment experiences and lessons learned.
You or your group should now be able to make a decision about whether this livelihood idea is worth pursuing. If any of the rows have a cross X, it means that there are big problems that will be hard to solve for that aspect. In this case the livelihood idea probably should not be put into action. If you have assessed your livelihood idea and it appears to be viable, or you have question marks in your table, the next step would be to seek further information.
What information do you need?
Examples are:
- information on market prices and outlets
- information on equipment, techniques and methods
- information on managing businesses, money and labour salaries
- information on managing or replenishing natural or other resources
- information on laws, rules or regulations, your rights and obligations
- information on transport schedules, boats, roads, air flights.
Where can you get the different information?
This list is a general guide, and it often pays to seek advice or support from different places to compare and make sure that the advice or information is correct.
Examples:
Who can access the required information and when?
- Who will access this information? Will this require travel?
- Are women and youth able to access this information?
- Can any of the information be gained by sharing or exchanging with other communities or projects?
- Has any of this information been received by community members before?
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