Changing Rural–Urban Linkages in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania

Bah, Mahmoud; Salmana, Cissé; Diyamett, Bitrina; Gouro, Diallo; Fred, Lerise; David, Okali; Okpara, Enoch; Janice, Olawoye; Cecilia, Tacoli

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“…As such, these rural-urban linkages and interactions play a significant role in smalltown development and livelihood transformation (Tacoli 2002(Tacoli , 2017. However, a better understanding is needed of the impact of rural-urban linkages on changing livelihoods and small-town development (Bah et al 2003;Agergaard et al 2009).…”

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Multi-activity, Multi-locality and Small-Town Development in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania

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This paper deals with the impact of livelihood diversification through multi-activity and multi-locality on small-town development in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania. Based on a cross-country analysis of qualitative and quantitative data from ten different research sites, its central argument is that the tendencies of de-agrarianisation, agricultural commercialisation, livelihood diversification and the increased importance of rural-urban connections have accelerated an almost * Griet Steel

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Multi-activity, Multi-locality and Small-Town Development in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania

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“…Remittance is that portion of migrants' income sent home either in cash or in kind; within and across borders (Quartey 2006, Chukwuone 2007). Together with other nonfarm income, the share ranges from 30 to 40 per cent to more recent findings of 60 to 80 per cent (Ellis, 1998, Bryceson (1999, Bah et al, 2010)). The Bureau of National Statistics estimates the number of recipients at eight million, eight hundred and seventy two thousand, six hundred and fifty nine (8,872,659) persons.…”

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“…Although, farmer-specific variables such as age, education, access to extension, credit (Parikh and Shah, 1994;Llewelyn and Williams, 1996 Amaza and Olayemi (2002); Amaza et al, (2006)) have been examined. There is limited empirical information on the role of migrant remittances on the production efficiency of Nigerian farmers 4 .…”

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Production efficiency in agriculture in Nigeria: Do migrant remittances matter?

Odozi

Adeniyi

Yusuf

2020

Ekonomika poljoprivrede

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This paper investigates how remittances flow to Nigeria from household migrants affect farm production efficiency of the left behind in rural areas. We used the Living Standard Measurement Survey data set and applied production frontier models to generate production efficiency scores for migrant and non-migrant farm households. Using simple ANOVA and stochastic dominance analysis we test the hypothesis of a negative migrant remittances effect on production efficiency. The mean production efficiency for migrants was higher and statistically significant at p<0.05. We also find a higher technical efficiency across all percentiles for migrant households. Though access to remittances played an important role in the improvement of farmer's production efficiency, it may not be sufficient as there were observed crosses at some points of the stochastic dominance efficiency curves for migrant and non-migrant households that suggests some possible trade-offs.

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“…As such Bryant and Granjon [23] recommend that in planning for sustainability there is a need to take account of the fact that what is appropriate at a given place in time maybe inappropriate in the same place as changes occur. For example, the nature and extent of ruralurban links have changed [25,26]. This significantly affects the approaches to rural sustainability planning.…”

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No Sustainability without Planning for It: Scope and Dimensions for Sustainable Rural Planning in Zimbabwe

Chirisa¹,

Matai²,

Mutambisi³

2023

Sustainable Rural Development Perspective and Global Challenges

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This chapter explores and discusses the instrumentality of planning in the pursuit of rural sustainability using Zimbabwe as a case study. This is against the background that there is a growing bias towards urban areas in terms of planning for sustainability even though there are still more people living in rural places than in urban areas and that urban areas largely depend on rural areas for resources. The chapter argues that sustainability in rural areas is a function of deliberate planning. It engages the qualitative research approach, making use of document reviews and key informant interviews as data collection instruments. It is revealed that sustainability in rural Zimbabwe can remain a pie in the sky if the current approaches to planning are not revisited. Sustainability being plural and multidimensional concept, planning for it requires a multi-stakeholder approach, transcending rural and urban areas, the public and private sector, civic organisations and the rural communities as well as strong institutional arrangements that provide for transparent governance.

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Changing Rural–Urban Linkages in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania

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Multi-activity, Multi-locality and Small-Town Development in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania

Multi-activity, Multi-locality and Small-Town Development in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania

Production efficiency in agriculture in Nigeria: Do migrant remittances matter?

No Sustainability without Planning for It: Scope and Dimensions for Sustainable Rural Planning in Zimbabwe

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