scholarly journals Labor multi-activity in agricultural production within Mexico’s less urbanized contexts: 1993 and 2003

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. e202034
Author(s):  
Nelson Florez Vaquiro ◽  
Edith Pacheco Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Agricultural Workers ◽  
Different Sources

An aspect continuously mentioned in research on rural contexts concerns the multi-activity of agricultural workers. Several studies analyze the various work combinations that may occur in a household in order to explain the different social and family reproduction patterns; while others studies approach the debate from the perspective of the different sources of income obtained by rural households. This paper explores the issue of multi-activity by analyzing the work itineraries an individual might undertake during a six-month period, while attempting to answer the question: ¿what factors influence the type of labor trajectory of agricultural workers?

Does digital inclusive finance promote agricultural production for rural households in China? Research based on the Chinese family database (CFD)

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Chunyu Liu ◽  
Mi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Agricultural Output ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Effect

PurposeThe development of digital inclusive finance appears to be able to solve the difficulty of traditional finance, which cannot completely cover agriculture and farmers and provides better financial services and products to Chinese farmers. Thus, it improves the farmers' enthusiasm for agricultural production. The purpose of this paper is to clarify whether this goal is indeed being achieved.Design/methodology/approachThis paper theoretically analyzes the mechanism that influences the effect of digital inclusive finance on rural households' agricultural production decisions and conducts an empirical study based on a sample from the Chinese family database (CFD).FindingsFirst, the development of digital financial inclusion in general can encourage rural households to reduce agricultural production. Second, the negative effect of digital inclusive finance on households' agricultural output is realized by widening the gap between the efficiency of non-agricultural economic activities and the efficiency of agricultural production. The wider the gap is, the lower the enthusiasm of households for agricultural production. Third, the mediating effect of “digital financial inclusion – difference in efficiency – agricultural output” has a significant negative effect on households with low agricultural production efficiency, but not households with high agricultural production efficiency. Digital inclusive finance has no significant effect on the difference in efficiency between the two economic activities of high-efficiency households, but a greater difference in efficiency between the two economic activities corresponds to higher enthusiasm of households for agricultural production.Originality/valueTo the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to analyze the impact of digital financial inclusion on Chinese farmers' agricultural production. The findings of this study can provide policy-related insights to help local governments promote the development of digital finance in China's agricultural economy.

Haushaltsökonomie und Sozietät

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Geiselhart
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Household Economics ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Collaborative Strategies ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Household economics and ‘Sozietät’. Collaborative strategies and economic organisation levels of rural households in Botswana. This article explains that a commonly supported livelihood strategy is not self-evident in rural households of Botswana. On the basis of a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods the term ‘Sozietät’ is developed. The term describes the level of economic organisation and whether there is a collaborative strategy within a household. Individuals participate to different degrees and sometimes even distance themselves from the household they live in. It is assumed that resources flow alongside of responsibility lines which are more or less imperative through cultural norms. In the wake of social change such norms might not be met any more. In this respect especially the role of agricultural production was found to change in the rural villages assessed.

scholarly journals Increasing Remuneration for Agricultural Workers in the Irkutsk Region as a Result of Increasing of Agricultural Production Efficiency

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna Savchenko ◽  
Nikolay Anikienko ◽  
Sergey Savchenko
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Workers ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Productivity Level ◽  
Wage Share ◽  
Irkutsk Region

The provision of regions with local products will be achieved on the basis of increasing labor productivity in agriculture. Financial incentives of workers are of great importance. The article substantiates the need to increase labor productivity in agricultural production. The achieved productivity level of agricultural crops and livestock, as well as labor intensity of production according to product types are considered by the example of agricultural organizations of the Irkutsk region. The level of workers’ wages in agricultural production in the region within 2015–2019 is analyzed. The data on the wage share in the production cost and in the selling price are given. The ways of agricultural production development, such as increasing soil fertility, improving growing crops technology, providing high-performance equipment, improving labor management and remuneration, are considered. On the basis of the proposed measures, it is possible to increase the wage level of agricultural workers.

Decomposing Rural Income into Sectors to Identify Their Likely Contributions to Rural Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-246
Author(s):  
Mohammed Helal Uddin ◽  
Nurul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Real Income ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Efficiency Enhancement ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Cent Decrease

The article estimates the contribution of total income from each sector to the overall rural income. It tests if the poor, who are concentrated in the lower-income quintiles, gain most from farm or non-farm sources of income growth. Also, within the farm or non-farm income, what are the relative contributions of its different sources. The dominance of agriculture is still there for the lowest quintile of rural households, farming still being the dominant sub-category. Over 1991–2010, a 13 per cent decrease in per capita real income from agricultural wages for all rural households and a 41 per cent decrease in that for Quintile 1 rural households contradict the earlier finding that increases in real wages were one of the main contributors to poverty reduction. Quintile-wise decomposition suggests that a substantial income enhancement was realised at upper quintiles of rural households. It also appears from the quintile-wise decomposition that the efficiency enhancement was realised more at upper quintiles leaving a relatively smaller effect on poverty reduction.

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