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Mobile phones, off-farm income, and employment of rural women : evidence from Bangladesh

Matsuura-Kannari, Masanori; Tian, Shu; Islam, Abu Hayat … - 2025

A persistent disparity has been observed in the social and economic development of women, particularly evident in South Asia's lower female labor force participation. This study investigates how mobile phone ownership can overcome this disadvantage. Using an instrumental variable approach and...

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Trade-offs between labour migration and agricultural productivity : evidence from smallholder wheat systems in Nepal

Paudel, Gokul P.; Nguyen, Trung Thanh; Grote, Ulrike - 2025

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Rural Non-Farm Employment in Rajasthan

Darko, Francis Addeah; Dey, Akankshita; Ritadhi, S. K. - 2025

This paper examines rural non-farm employment in Rajasthan, India, using multiple surveys and administrative data. The analysis covers three key aspects: individual and district-level determinants of participation in non-farm activities, the relationship between non-farm employment and household...

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Women's off-farm employment and dietary quality in rural Africa

Mutsami, Chrispinus; Parlasca, Martin Christoph; Qaim, Matin - 2025

Most households in rural Africa are involved in smallholder farming, but off-farm employment is an important additional income source for many. Previous research has analyzed links between off-farm employment and wellbeing, but mostly at the household level, not considering that household...

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Combine harvester outsourcing services and seasonal rural non-farm employment in Myanmar

Belton, Ben; Fang, Peixun; Reardon, Thomas Anthony - 2025

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Evolving farm and off-farm income sources and jobs in rural Africa

Mutsami, Chrispinus; Parlasca, Martin Christoph; Qaim, Matin - 2025

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Financing road projects and its impact on off-farm work in rural China

Bao, Ligao; Kusadokoro, Motoi; Chitose, Atsushi - 2025

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Access to electricity and gendered labor allocation : insights from Ethiopia

Pieper, Theresa; Nguyen, Thanh Tung; Qaim, Matin - 2025

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Women's off-farm employment improves household nutrition in Malawi

Mutsami, Chrispinus; Maina, Kevin W.; Khonje, Makaiko … - 2025

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The evolving role of farm and off-farm jobs in rural Africa

Mutsami, Chrispinus; Parlasca, Martin Christoph; Qaim, Matin - 2024

Livelihood sources in rural Africa are diverse and dynamic. Using recent primary data from four African countries - Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia - we consider regions with different conditions related to climate, agroecology, infrastructure, and nature conservation to analyze the role of...

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Links between rural electrification and gendered off-farm employment in sub-Saharan Africa

Ezebuihe, Jessy Amarachi; Parlasca, Martin Christoph; … - 2024

We analyze the relationship between household electricity access and off-farm employment of women and men in rural Africa, using primary survey data from Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia. Estimating regression models, we find that access to electricity is positively associated with women's...

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Transition dynamics of hybrid farmers : a survival analysis of exits and entries into full-time farming

Johansson, Eleanor; Nilsson, Pia; Hansson, Helena - 2024

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Determinants of rural households' livelihood diversification strategies : in the case of north Wollo zone, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia

Kassegn, Andualem; Abdinasir, Umer - 2023

Diversifying rural livelihoods plays a significant role for rain feed-dependent economy of the rural households like in Ethiopia. Hence the objective of the study was to investigate the determinants of rural households' livelihood diversification strategies choice in north wollo zone of...

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The influence of off-farm work on farm income among smallholder farm households in northern Ghana

Anang, Benjamin Tetteh; Apedo, Clever Kwasi - 2023

Income diversification is an essential livelihood strategy among small-scale farmers in low-income countries. Through income diversification, farmers can potentially invest off-farm earnings into their farm business to enhance productivity and income from farming. Conversely, working off-farm...

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Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off-farm work decisions of farm couples?

Zheng, Hongyun; Vatsa, Puneet; Ma, Wanglin; Rahut, Dil … - 2023

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Disaggregated impacts of off-farm work participation on household vulnerability to food poverty in Ghana

Addai, Kwabena Nyarko; Ng’ombe, John N.; Lu, Wencong - 2023

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Economic transformation and diversification towards off-farm income in rural and urban areas : a global update with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa

De la O Campos, Ana Paula; Admasu, Yeshwas; … - 2023

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Market Facilitation Program payments, employer-sponsored health insurance coverage and off-farm employment

Mishra, Ashok K.; Aveiga-Villacis, Alexis; Miller, … - 2022

About two-thirds of U.S. farm households are employed off the farm. Off-farm sources represent 85 percent of the income earned by the average farm household and have turned into their main source of health insurance coverage. Farmers receive various government farm program payments, including...

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Market Facilitation Program Payments, Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage and Off-Farm Employment

Mishra, Ashok K.; Aveiga-Villacis, Alexis; Miller, Cristina - 2023

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How does off-farm work experience motivate rural residents' agricultural entrepreneurial intentions in China?

Zhong, Wenjing; Ren, Zhen; Ru, Peizhi - 2025

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Off-farm work, adoption of resource-conservation technology, and farm performance : evidence from banana farmers in China

Huang, Enlin; Zhu, Yueji - 2025

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Synergistic effects of remittances and off-farm work on farmers' welfare outcomes : the role of digital finance

Prah, Stephen; Asante, Bright Owusu; Ankrah, Daniel Adu - 2025

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Does outmigration of unskilled labourer from domestic agriculture affect household income sources differently at origin? : evidence from Assam, India

Islam, Bodrul; Guha, Pradyut - 2025

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The impact of non-farm employment on the relative income deprivation of rural households : evidence from Southwest China

Hu, Zhineng; Chen, Xiaoli; Huang, Zhefeng; Nwoha, … - 2025

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The nexus between flush toilet use and off-farm performance of rural households

Li, Junpeng; Liu, Xiao; Meng, Xianghai; Zhang, Wenguang - 2025

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Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment? : evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries

Egger, Eva-Maria; Arslan, Aslıhan; Zucchini, Emanuele - 2022

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Examining farm financial management : how do small US farms meet their agricultural expenses?

Omobitan, Omobolaji; Khanal, Aditya R. - 2022

Small farms in the US have significant challenges in financial management. This study examines how small farmers undertake farm financial management to meet their agricultural and farm-related spending and expenses. Using primary survey data from Tennessee, the study investigates the factors...

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Mobile phones, off-farm employment and household income in rural India

Rajkhowa, Pallavi; Qaim, Matin - 2022

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Determinants of participation in rural off-farm activities and effects on food shortage, relative deprivation and diet diversity

Getahun, Tigabu Degu; Fetene, Gebeyehu - 2022

This study investigates the determinants of smallholders' participation in rural off-farm activities, which includes rural non-farm own business and wage employment, and its effect on food shortage, relative deprivation and dietary diversity. To address these objectives, we use a three-wave...

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Contract farming, contract design and smallholder livelihoods

Ruml, Anette; Ragasa, Catherine; Qaim, Matin - 2022

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Razvitie sovremennogo belorusskogo sela : problemy, tendencii, perspektivy

Balič, Natal'ja Leonidovna; Balič, Natal'ja Leonidovna; … - 2024 - Naučnoe izdanie

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Does unstable off-farm employment cause stagnant farmland rent-out in rural China?

Cao, Yueming; Zhou, Dongjie; Bai, Yunli - 2024

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Does off-farm work induce farmland abandonment? : evidence from China

Zheng, Linyi - 2024

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Place-based rural development programs and the labor allocation of farm households

Liu, Jhih-Yun; Lee, Brian; Chang, Hung-hao - 2024

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Drinking water facilities and inclusive development : evidence from rural China

Li, Yuanzhe; Xi, Tianyang; Zhou, Li-An - 2024

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Household grain storage decision in a transitory economy : market liberalization and off-farm employment

Wei, Xiaoyun; Gai, Qingen; Shi, Qinghua - 2024

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Impact of return migration on employment structure : evidence from rural China

Xu, Xuelu; Jin, Zeyang - 2024

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Cultural diversity, social network, and off-farm employment : evidence from China

Wang, Ling; Ruan, Jianqing - 2024

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The impact of information communication technology adoption on rurallabourers' off-farm employment : an analysis based on China family panel studies

Fang, Lan; Quan, Yurong; Mao, Hui; Chen, Shaojian - 2024

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Modernizing smallholder agriculture and achieving food security : an exploration in machinery services and labor reallocation in China

Zou, Baoling; Mishra, Ashok K. - 2024

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A new insight impact of off-farm work on food security of smallholders : evidence of heterogeneous effects from Benin

Amoussouga Gero, Abraham - 2024

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Nexus between participation in nonfarm enterprises and poverty among rural farm households : evidence from Nigeria

Adeyonu, Abigail Gbemisola; Akerele, Dare; Kehinde, … - 2024

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Off-farm employment, farmland transfer and agricultural investment behavior : a study of joint decision-making among North China Plain farmers

Xu, Mingjun; Chen, Changling; Xie, Jinhua - 2024

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Foreign direct investment, off-farm employment and rural labour income : evidence from China

Hu, Cong; Chen, Chunlai; Findlay, Christopher; Wu, Yan - 2024

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Trade liberalisation and off-farm employment of the rural labour force : evidence from China's WTO accession

Jiaojiao, Fan; Shi, Qinghua - 2024

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Perspectives on the Early Retirement Decisions of Farming Couples

Väre, Minna; Heshmati, Almas - 2021

In the past decade, the European agricultural sector has undergone rapid structural change. Part of that change is manifested in extended early retirement plans. As pensions play a crucial role in determining the characteristics the change, it is important to establish the factors determining...

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Does Off-Farm Labor Relax Farmers' Credit Constraints? Evidence from Longitudinal Data for Vietnam

Stampini, Marco; Davis, Benjamin - 2021

We examine the relationship between participation in non-agricultural labor activities and farming production decisions, focusing on the use of inputs. In particular, we are interested in the hypothesis that income from non-agricultural labor relaxes credit constraints. Using longitudinal data...

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Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption in rural China : does off-farm work play a role?

Ma, Wanglin; Zheng, Hongyun - 2021

Although off-farm work plays a significant role in facilitating agricultural production and rural development and improving household welfare, little is known about whether off-farm work can promote fruit and vegetable consumption in rural areas of developing countries. This paper sheds new...

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Off-farm income and direct payments : an indispensable diversification strategy of Swiss farmers

El Benni, Nadja; Schmid, Dierk - 2021

Following the theory of a farm household model, the relations between farm and farmer characteristics, including two different kinds of direct payments, and their effects on the off-farm labour allocation decisions of farm operators were analysed. Swiss farm accountancy data network (FADN) data...

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A blessing in disguise? : effects of oil palm adoption on smallholder farmers' wellbeing and agricultural transformation in Indonesia

Chrisendo, Daniel Naek - 2021

Dramatic land-use change in tropical regions due to oil palm expansion has recently raised controversies in the broader public. Indonesia is one of the countries where such rapid land-use change is happening. In many parts of Indonesia, oil palm is increasingly replacing forests and also more...

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The effect of weather shocks on women’s labor supply and the income of women-headed households in Lesotho

Moshoeshoe, Ramaele; Nchake, Mamello A.; Tiberti, Luca - 2021

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