Essays about: "off-farm income"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words off-farm income.

  1. 1. Household livelihoods and food security in jeopardy : farmers’ perspectives on impacts of land scarcity on household livelihoods and food security in rural Rwanda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Venuste Rwabukambiza; [2022]
    Keywords : smallholder; rural livelihoods; diversification; rural household food security; land scarcity;

    Abstract : Land scarcity is a global challenge that has implications for rural household livelihoods. This study explores how land scarcity impacts not only rural livelihoods, but also food security for smallholder farmers and their households in Rwanda. READ MORE

  3. 2. Materialisation of emergent farmers in a Malawian context : a privileged class’ positioning in agricultural transformation

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Gustav Broms; [2020]
    Keywords : capital accumulation; surplus value; food regime; patronage; differentiation; livelihood; diversification; food security;

    Abstract : Emergent farmers have rapidly increased in numbers on the sub-Saharan African continent during the last couple of decades. The main interest in this study lies in how emergent farmers have materialised as a class in a political economic context and historical process and what societal impact they have had. READ MORE

  4. 3. Böndernas nya värld : en uppföljande studie av tre gårdar i jordbrukets omvandling 1981–2019

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Martina Nilsson; [2019]
    Keywords : jordbruk; bonde; livsform; nyliberalism; dispossession; förändring;

    Abstract : Åren 1981–2 genomfördes en samtidsdokumentation av jordbruket på tre gårdar i Uppland. I den här uppsatsen återkommer jag till dessa tre med en vilja att förstå hur jordbrukets strukturrationalisering i den nyliberala eran påverkar livet på den individuella gården. READ MORE

  5. 4. Analysis of production risk and technical efficiency amongst smallholder livestock farmers in Botswana

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Boitshepo Chube; [2019]
    Keywords : production risk; technical inefficiency; smallholder farmers; Botswana;

    Abstract : Achieving full efficiency is what every farmer desires to attain however due to constraints that they are faced with this is usually not possible. This study uses cross-section data to identify the shocks or risks that Botswana’s smallholder livestock producers are exposed to as well as their coping strategies. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is the income difference affecting off-farm employment decision? Evidence from Chinese households

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ke Zeng; [2016]
    Keywords : Off-farm working; Agricultural Sector; Local income; Multinomial Probit Model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : China is experiencing a rapid economic transformation, which witnesses a vast number of labourers moving out of agricultural sectors. In such a transformation, the effect of spatial income variance on labour’s off-farm work decision is still unclear. READ MORE