Livelihood Resilience of 270 Smallholder Livestock Farmers in Fiji

A dataset of 270 smallholder livestock farmers across six agro-ecological zones in Fiji, assessing their climate resilience. The data was collected by Philip Obaigwa Sagero using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework and a Participatory Resilience Index based on five capital assets. It was last updated on May 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Model predictors of short-term coping capacity based on factors like cooperative membership and access to credit.
• Analyze long-term adaptation predictors such as secure fencing and on-farm water harvesting.
• Compare resilience scores across different agro-ecological zones like the sugarcane belt versus wetter zones.
• Identify major barriers to adaptation based on farmer rankings of issues like animal diseases and market access.
• Evaluate the relative performance of different capital assets, such as social versus financial capital.

Strengths

• Data covers 270 farmers across six distinct sites in Fiji.
• Analysis is based on a defined framework (Sustainable Livelihoods Framework) and a Participatory Resilience Index.
• Results include specific resilience score ranges (0.172–0.241) and odds ratios from regression analysis (1.71–2.46).

Limitations

• The dataset is small at 34.8 KB, suggesting limited scope and detail.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the six selected sites in Fiji.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Philip Obaigwa Sagero.

Collection Method

Assessed using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework and a Participatory Resilience Index via surveys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 07:53:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Six sites in Fiji: Tailevu, Naitasiri, Sigatoka, Rakiraki, Labasa, and Seaqaqa.