Off-farm Activities
Impact of off-farm activities on technical efficiency: evidence from maize producers of eastern Ethiopia
... in off-farm activ- ities, and two separate SPF models, one for households participating in off-farm activities and the other for non- ...
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The Impact of Off-farm Activities on Rural Household Income in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
... dominant off-farm activities were regular wage, irregular wage, and safety net program accounting ...Overall, off-farm income accounts about 26% share of total income among the ...
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Factors affecting adoption of upland rice in Tselemti district, northern Ethiopia
... significantly at less than 1% significance level. Farmers’ perception of the superiority on yield of rice crop com- pared to other crops in the area creates interest to adopt rice technology. The odds ratio, other things ...
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Livelihood Diversification Pattern among the Farmers of West Bengal
... and off-farm activities are carried out by a significant proportion of farmers and make an important contribution to ...of farm women (24%) in diversification ...Diversification ...
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Rural Household Livelihood Strategies: Options and Determinants in the Case of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
... small farm size, uncontrolled population growth, recurrent drought, the agricultural production has been deteriorating over time, and has forced people to look for alternative employment option other than ...and ...
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Off-farm labour supply and production efficiency of farm household in rural Southwest Nigeria
... rural farm families that have migrated to the urban centre) was not significant even at p < ...in off-farm earnings and asset income enhances production effi- ciency of rural farm ...
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Effects of Livelihood Sustenance Activities on Off-Farm Income of Poultry Farmers in IMO State, Nigeria
... Off-farm activities have become an important component of livelihood strategies among rural households in most developing ...of off-farm income in total household income (Ruben and van ...
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What may determine the off-farm income? A review
... a farm-level data) should base on a relatively long period of research, which allows to capture the impact of changes in agricultural policy on the off-farm income generation (as a dummy vari- ...
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Rural Livelihood Diversification Status and Determinant Factors in Arsi, Ethiopia
... Households which have relatively economic betterment than others also good participation opportunities due to good income amount which enables them start simple businesses like grain and livestock trading. The other main ...
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Livelihood Strategies and Food Security of Rural Households in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
... Wolaita, farm households widely engage in and pursue diverse livelihood activities to generate income and achieve food ...and off-farming activities were the common livelihood means which ...
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Rural poverty and its determinants in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
... rural farm households in Wolaita Zone, Southern ...in off-farm activities, education status of the household head, sex of household head, farm income, and market distance were found to ...
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Off-farm Labour Decision of Italian Farm Operators. Factor Markets Working Document No. 61, August 2013
... both farm and non-farm rural ...of farm operators by increasing off-farm employment opportunities, or permits individuals to continue to farm by supplementing family income ...
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The distributional effects of agricultural policy reforms in Switzerland
... the off-farm income was the main contributor to the inequality ...of farm income hardly affected the Gini coefficient of the total household income over this time ...the farm income which ...
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Exploration of the spatial epidemiology of tick borne pathogens of livestock in Southern Cumbria
... straight and slightly overlapping the first lane to ensure all probes and samples were run. A mini- blotter sponge was placed over the top of the membrane to support and the rest of the mini-blotter was put together, ...
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Analysis of Socio-economic Factors Influencing the Adoption of Breeding Technologies among Dairy Farmers in the North Rift Region of Kenya
... Permission to conduct research in North Rift region was sought from the Nandi, Trans Nzoia, and Uasin Gishu Counties‟ Region Headquarters Office. Letter of authority to conduct research was also requested from the Office ...
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DETERMINANTS OF PARTICIPATION OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN NON-FARM ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES IN RURAL NIGERIA
... of farm households in rural areas developing countries, it is obvious that policies seeking to address food insecurity and poverty in this region should go beyond just food production ...of farm households ...
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Chinese Agricultural Household Farming Efficiency and Off-Farm Labor Supply
... the farm family have been included to capture local labor market ...nonagricultural activities and migration, which would further affect farmers’ opportunities to enter the off-farm labor ...
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POVERTY STATUS AND FACTORS INFLUENCING NON-FARM ACTIVITIES AMONG RURAL FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
... services). Farm households across the developing world earn an increasing share of their income from non-farm ...non-farm activities have been contributing significantly to farm ...
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An integrated approach : holistic assessment of vocational trainees in the NZ dairy farming industry : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Tertiary Education) at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
... workplace activities ensures learning is “focussed on developing learners’ ability to solve the problems of their everyday professional job roles” (Collis & Margaryan, 2005, ...
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Approaches to estimation the farm-level economic viability and sustainability in agriculture: A literature review
... a farm to survive and grow, the key productiv- ity indicators focus on labour operating the ...the farm owner is not involved in farming, AWU does not capture ...
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