Sustainable livelihood along major rivers: the need for new model and extension's response to riverside development

• Main Authors: Md Yassin, Sulaiman, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril, Hassan, Md. Salleh, Othman, Mohd Shahwahid, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah, Bahaman
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Extension, Entrepreneurship and Professional Advancement (APEEC), Universiti Putra Malaysia 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40245/1/40245.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40245/

Many large rivers in developing countries have been well utilised as inland waterways as well as the source of many opportunities for sustainable livelihood. In Malaysia, there is a dire lack of inland waterway as a means of transportation and results in an opportunity cost to communities living alo...