Growing the Rural Nonfarm Economy to Alleviate Poverty

10.1596/28971 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Nonfarm Economy

The Study of Interactions between Agriculture and the Nonfarm Economy: Local, Regional and National

1962 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl A. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Nonfarm Economy

scholarly journals Urbanization and its Impact on Ghana’s Rural Transformation

2019 ◽  
pp. 121-141
Author(s):  
Xinshen Diao ◽  
Eduardo Magalhaes ◽  
Jed Silver
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Rural Transformation ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
The North ◽  
Intensive Farming ◽  
City Population ◽  
Nonfarm Economy

Urbanization without industrialization is a major feature in Ghana, as elsewhere in much of Africa. This chapter explores how urbanization in Ghana has affected agricultural development in terms of rural employment, the farm size distribution, and use of modern inputs. In examining these relationships, the authors recognize that there have been distinct spatial patterns of urbanization in Ghana, and urbanization has not affected agriculture equally throughout the country. Therefore, the chapter develops a spatial typology of seven types of districts based on their city population size and location in the north or south of the country and examines the share of households employed in agriculture, nonagriculture, or both across these different district types. The findings illustrate that urbanization is increasing the share of rural households in the nonfarm economy, and contributed to a shift towards more medium-sized farms in the agriculturally important areas of the north. The chapter further tests the induced innovation hypothesis, which predicts that urbanization and associated increases in population density and market access should lead to more intensive farming practices. The findings show though that while there has been substantial uptake of fertilizers, herbicides, and mechanization in recent years, there is only limited support that this has been driven by urbanization.

scholarly journals Does Nonfarm Economy Offer Pathways for Upward Mobility? Evidence from a Panel Data Study in Ethiopia

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sosina Bezu ◽  
Christopher B. Barrett ◽  
Stein T. Holden
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Upward Mobility ◽  
Nonfarm Economy

scholarly journals Does the Nonfarm Economy Offer Pathways for Upward Mobility? Evidence from a Panel Data Study in Ethiopia

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 1634-1646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sosina Bezu ◽  
Christopher B. Barrett ◽  
Stein T. Holden
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Upward Mobility ◽  
Nonfarm Economy

scholarly journals Poverty and the rural nonfarm economy in Oromia, Ethiopia

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (s3) ◽  
pp. 469-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marrit van den Berg ◽  
Girma Earo Kumbi
Keyword(s):  
Nonfarm Economy

scholarly journals Rural Nonfarm Enterprises in Tanzania’s Economic Transformation

2019 ◽  
pp. 205-250
Author(s):  
Xinshen Diao ◽  
Eduardo Magalhaes ◽  
Margaret McMillan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Probit Analysis ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Rural Transformation ◽  
Rural Businesses ◽  
Numerous Data ◽  
Nonfarm Economy ◽  
Enterprise Success

The chapter explores the nature of rural nonfarm activities to better understand their contribution to the economic development and diversification of rural areas or rural transformation. Numerous data sources are used to demonstrate rural household participation in the nonfarm economy. They also reveal heterogeneity in firm productivity by sector. Using a probit analysis, we identify the characteristics of firms that make them more likely to fall into a category of ‘high potential’ firms in order to better understand the correlates of enterprise success in rural areas. We found the following for rural businesses: (i) those owned by females are less productive; (ii) businesses that operate full-time are more productive; (iii) businesses operated by owners who live in households that are not poor are more productive; (iv) owners who see their businesses as growing are more productive; and (v) businesses with more customers and regional (vs local) customers are more productive.

scholarly journals Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
Education Access ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Nonfarm Economy

Theories underlying the relationship between urbanization and transformation are being challenged by trends in Sub-Saharan African countries, since many have yet to observe their own “green” or industrial revolutions, despite moderate urbanization. Africa’s trajectory is very different than those of other developing regions, a main reason for which is the region’s significant “youth bulge” and the lack of a labor market outlet for this growing subpopulation. In many countries, the youth are driving the (albeit slow) movement out of agriculture, yet rather than migrating to urban areas, many are finding (usually informal) work in secondary cities, their peri-urban spaces, and the rural nonfarm economy. This book examines the overall trends in youth migration, policies, and political activism, then looks specifically at five African case studies to identify key trends and provide recommendations on encouraging youth to spur structural change. Conclusions reached in this book include that the rate of structural transformation varies among countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, but in most cases, it is the youth who are driving these changes. Education, access to financial services, and agricultural productivity contribute to this structural transformation and can act as pushes or pulls out of agriculture for the youth. However, when structural transformation policies are not pro-poor or inclusive, it can result in higher levels of youth under- and unemployment. Thus, the conclusions point to recommendations focusing on agricultural productivity, the rural nonfarm economy and informal sectors especially along agriculture value chains, access to finance and savings, infrastructure, and education.

Some Effects of Farm Size on the Nonfarm Economy

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Henry ◽  
Agapi Somwaru ◽  
Gerald Schluter ◽  
William Edmonson
Keyword(s):  
Farm Size ◽  
Nonfarm Economy
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