Dimensions of women’s mobility, livelihoods and vulnerability in artisanal and small-scale mining-induced local economy

Arthur-Holmes, Francis; Yeboah, Thomas; Busia, Kwaku Abrefa

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103061

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“…In the face of the reality of the low level of agricultural scale operation [1], high cost of grain production [2,3], and lack of a young and middle-aged labor force in rural areas [4][5][6], how to realize the transformation of agricultural operation modes and the improvement of grain production efficiency has become an important problem to be solved urgently [7][8][9]. The development of APTS and the promotion of service scale operation are the keys to answering this question [10].…”

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Influence of Natural Risks and Non-Agricultural Income on Agricultural Trusteeship Decisions in Northeast China

Xue,

Liu

2024

Foods

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As the main service mode and management mode of socialized service, agricultural production trusteeship services (APTS) are an important way to realize the tight link between farmers and modern agricultural development, which is highly important for ensuring national food security. By constructing a utility model of farmers, this paper deduces the decision-making mechanism of farmers’ APTS from the dual mechanism of natural risk and non-agricultural employment income (NAEI) and uses the survey data of 956 farmers in the three northeastern provinces to verify the empirical results by using multivariate logit (Mlogit) and propensity score matching (PSM) methods. The research shows that natural risk hinders farmers’ choice of the APTS; NAEI has a positive impact on APST, and an increase in NAEI weakens the negative effect of natural risk on the choice of the APTS, and has an enhanced moderating effect. In addition, the scale heterogeneity analysis revealed that the impacts of natural risk and NAEI on farmers of different scales are significantly different. The NAEI adjustment effect has the greatest impact on small-scale farmers, followed by medium-scale farmers. In view of this, the government should stabilize the nonagricultural employment market and improve the nonagricultural employment opportunities of farmers. APTS organizations should transfer natural risks and improve the agricultural insurance system. According to the differences of different scales of farmers, different promotion policies are formulated, and the expansion of management and deepening services is proposed to further promote the development of APTS and consolidate the foundation of food security in China.

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Influence of Natural Risks and Non-Agricultural Income on Agricultural Trusteeship Decisions in Northeast China

Xue,

Liu

2024

Foods

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‘Side‐hustling’ in commercial agriculture among young university graduates in Ghana

Yeboah,

Boafo

2024

Geography and Environment

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Youth unemployment and under‐employment in Ghana represent a major concern for policymakers and young people themselves. While the agriculture sector has been touted as having the potential to offer employment to the teaming youth, there is little research focusing on the steps and pathways with which young university graduates navigate to engage in commercial cashew production to build their livelihood. Drawing on qualitative research conducted with young university graduates in Nkoranza, a community in the Bono East Region of Ghana, we explore the steps and pathways with which they navigate engagement in commercial cashew production for the export market. A key finding of the study is that young university graduates engage in cashew production as a ‘side‐hustle’ to supplement their income from their primary occupations, with some important gender and generational dimensions. We also found that young university graduates rely on social relations and existing land market to access the needed resources including land, credit and labour to engage in cashew production. The findings also indicate that young university graduates view cashew farms as long‐term investments and have no plans to return to the city in future. Based on these findings, we argue that youth employment is not about a single job and that social relations continue to be a key resource in youth livelihood building. We further argue that despite the popular and existing policy narratives that young people are not interested in agriculture and/or rural areas, and that migration from rural to urban areas is the de facto option, investment and engagement in commercial agriculture as a side‐hustle in addition to family concerns, rising cost of living in the cities and children's education motivate young university graduates to remain in the rural economy.

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Enhancing Rock Fragmentation in Mining: Leveraging Ensemble Classification Machine Learning Algorithms for Blast Toe Volume Assessment

Taiwo,

Adebayo,

Fissha

et al. 2024

J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D

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Dimensions of women’s mobility, livelihoods and vulnerability in artisanal and small-scale mining-induced local economy

Cited by 11 publications

References 67 publications

Influence of Natural Risks and Non-Agricultural Income on Agricultural Trusteeship Decisions in Northeast China

Influence of Natural Risks and Non-Agricultural Income on Agricultural Trusteeship Decisions in Northeast China

‘Side‐hustling’ in commercial agriculture among young university graduates in Ghana

Enhancing Rock Fragmentation in Mining: Leveraging Ensemble Classification Machine Learning Algorithms for Blast Toe Volume Assessment

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