Livelihood is the focused area for economic development. Since its inception AROUSE is working on the sustainable livelihood for food security through various intervention on farm and non-farm activity to improve the living pattern and income generation for rural and tribal households. AROUSE has been working in remote and fragile geographies to effectively reduce poverty, ensure tangible food security and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and their families.
In the past AROUSE has worked on various livelihood projects like EDP in 1981, Water conservation & Agriculture development in 1993-96, Pond construction, Watershed project in 1996-2006, Poultry & goat farming, SRI, SOUL project in 2013-2018.
In the recent years AROUSE is working on the impact of climate change and adverse effect on the livelihood. The Organization had taken measures like organic farming, construction of vermin-compost pits, SRI, kitchen garden and awareness generation on the related issues.