Determinants of poverty in rural households: Evidence from North-Western Ethiopia

Eyasu, Anteneh Mulugeta

doi:10.1080/23311932.2020.1823652

Cited by 35 publications

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“…This is because, households near to the market easily access agricultural inputs and outputs, and reduce extra costs associated with transports. This result is consistent with ( Batu et al., 2017 ; Eyasu, 2020 ). But Tesfaye and Getachew (2018) found a neutral correlation.…”

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Impact of urban expansion to peri-urban smallholder farmers' poverty in Tigray, North Ethiopia

Weldearegay

Tefera

Feleke

2021

Heliyon

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 93%

Impact of urban expansion to peri-urban smallholder farmers' poverty in Tigray, North Ethiopia

Weldearegay

Tefera

Feleke

2021

Heliyon

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“…Thus, an increase in the household heads' education level increases multidimensional deprivation by 0.07 units. This relationship contradicts the study by some earlier authors, such as Asogwa et al (2012) and Eyasu (2020), who used a money-metric approach but was not significant in Adenuga et al (2013). However, Adeoti ( 2014) study found education level significantly decreased the probability of being multidimensionally poor.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Source: author's illustration from Domfeh et al (2011) income or expenditure-based measure of standard of living) of farmers but neglect the multidimensional welfare and the impact of diseases on farmers welfare (e.g. Omonona 2001;Asogwa et al 2012;Asamoah et al 2013;Kumi and Daymond 2015;Cho and Kim 2017;Eyasu 2020;Woldie et al 2020). However, it has also been argued and confirmed by Fergusson et al (2001) that the most appropriate means of measuring living standards for people is to apply the standard of living indicators.…”

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Effects of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) on the welfare of cocoa farmers in Ghana: evidence from Chorichori community of the Sefwi Akontombra district

Agyeman-Boaten

Fumey

2021

SN Bus Econ

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Cocoa farmers face many drawbacks to their socioeconomic progress. A vivid example is the cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) which has caused mass destruction to many cocoa-growing areas like the Western North Region, where a larger portion of over 60% of Ghana's cocoa was produced. This study set out to find the effect of the CSSVD on the living standards of cocoa farmers in Ghana. A structured questionnaire was administered to elicit information from all 386 cocoa farming households of the study community in the study area, the epicenter of the disease. The study employed a Multidimensional Poverty Index as a measure of the farmers' welfare and estimated the simultaneous equation tobit model (Newey's two-step estimation) to find the socioeconomic implication of the disease on the cocoa farmers. The outcome of the study indicates that the CSSV disease as the main variable significantly affects the living standards of the cocoa farming households multidimensionally. This implies that the disease's incidence reduces crop yield leading to low resources, thereby adversely affecting households' welfare. Occupational diversity, educational level of the household head, knowledge of the disease, cocoa land size, households that had migrated to the study area, those that employ an external labour force, the log of household's expenditure, number of household members, age of households' head, access to farm water and participation off-farm activities were statistically significant on the depth of multidimensional poverty of the households. As policy measures, formal education and education on the disease's awareness should be intensified through frequent engagement with agriculture extension officers who will teach the farmers how to handle the disease. As a measure to alleviate multidimensional poverty, the use of external labour force should be encouraged for large-scale production. Finally, cocoa farmer households are to diversify to mitigate the impact of crop disease.

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“…This results in significant losses in consumption, incomes, and households' assets [47][48][49][50]. The situation affects smallholders' access to insurance systems, supply of credit amenities, participation in non-farm activities, diffusion and adoption of agricultural technologies in particular drought-resistant seed varieties, and water resource management amenities [51].…”

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The Role of Agriculture and Non-Farm Economy in Addressing Food Insecurity in Ethiopia: A Review

2021

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In Ethiopia, famine and extreme poverty are a result of insufficient food relief, poor macroeconomic factors, climate shocks, undiversified livelihoods based on low productivity in rain-fed agriculture, coupled with institutional incapacity. To serve as a context, this paper provides a comprehensive review of the conceptual framework of human development and capability paradigm to food security. In addition, it highlights evidence and a comparative analysis of the Asian green revolution experience, and places emphasis on sustainable and intersectoral growth through agricultural transformation and promotion of rural non-farm economy agenda to reverse the trends of protracted food crises in Ethiopia. Rapid, science-led, and employment-intensive agricultural growth, accompanied by the promotion of the rural non-farm sector, is of great importance to the rural economy. These will bring about farm sector competitiveness and enhanced productivity, environmental outcomes, acceleration of human development, new opportunities provided to the small-scale food producers, and desirable changes to the rural landscape. The study further introduces a brief analysis of the prominent role of social protection instruments in strengthening food entitlements and basic capabilities, including individual agencies. It suggests that actualizing sustainable food security and hastening human development under Ethiopia’s exclusive settings require the recognition of the rural economic heterogeneity as well as holistic and pragmatic policies, which promote sustainable and inclusive growth.

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Determinants of poverty in rural households: Evidence from North-Western Ethiopia

Cited by 35 publications

References 22 publications

Impact of urban expansion to peri-urban smallholder farmers' poverty in Tigray, North Ethiopia

Impact of urban expansion to peri-urban smallholder farmers' poverty in Tigray, North Ethiopia

Effects of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) on the welfare of cocoa farmers in Ghana: evidence from Chorichori community of the Sefwi Akontombra district

The Role of Agriculture and Non-Farm Economy in Addressing Food Insecurity in Ethiopia: A Review

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