Income diversification and entry barriers: evidence from the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia

Woldenhanna, T.; Oskam, A.J.

doi:10.1016/s0306-9192(01)00009-4

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“…Farming accounts for half of this total; the other half consists of different off-farm sources. This off-farm income share fits reasonably well into the recent literature from Sub-Sahara Africa (e.g., Barrett et al, 2001;Woldenhanna and Oskam, 2001). In our sample, the role of off-farm income increases with overall household income: while for the poorest income quartile, off-farm income accounts for 31% of total income, it accounts for 60% in the richest quartile.…”

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Impact of off-farm income on food security and nutrition in Nigeria

2010

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: While the poverty implications of off-farm income have been analyzed in different developing countries, much less is known about the impact of off-farm income on household food security and nutrition. Here, this research gap is addressed by using farm survey data from Nigeria. Econometric analyses are employed to examine the mechanisms through which off-farm income affects household calorie and micronutrient supply, dietary quality, and child anthropometry. We find that off-farm income has a positive net effect on food security and nutrition. The prevalence of child stunting, underweight, and wasting is lower in households with off-farm income than in households without. Using a structural model, we also show that offfarm income contributes to higher food production and farm income by easing capital constraints, thus improving household welfare in multiple ways. Terms of use: Documents inKeywords: Farm households; food security; micronutrients; child anthropometry; off-farm income 1 Impact of off-farm income on food security and nutrition in Nigeria AbstractWhile the poverty implications of off-farm income have been analyzed in different developing countries, much less is known about the impact of off-farm income on household food security and nutrition. Here, this research gap is addressed by using farm survey data from Nigeria.Econometric analyses are employed to examine the mechanisms through which off-farm income affects household calorie and micronutrient supply, dietary quality, and child anthropometry. We find that off-farm income has a positive net effect on food security and nutrition. The prevalence of child stunting, underweight, and wasting is lower in households with off-farm income than in households without. Using a structural model, we also show that off-farm income contributes to higher food production and farm income by easing capital constraints, thus improving household welfare in multiple ways.

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2010

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“…The education variable is found to be statistically insignificant in two recent highland Ethiopia studies (Block andWebb 2001, Woldenhanna andOskam 2001). The Tigrary region result by Woldenhanna and Oskam might partly reflect the induced income diversification financed by the massive government and NGO supported unskilled off-farm employment schemes in the area.…”

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Diversification and livelihood sustainability in a semi-arid environment: A case study from southern Ethiopia

Berhanu

Colman

Fayissa

2007

The Journal of Development Studies

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This paper examines the recently growing adoption of non-pastoral livelihood strategies among the Borana pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. A large portion of the current non-pastoral participation is in petty and natural resource-based activities. Pastoral and crop production functions are estimated using the Cobb-Douglas model to analyse the economic rationale behind the growing pastoralist shift to cultivation and other non-pastoral activities. The low marginal return to labour in traditional pastoralism suggests the existence of surplus labour that can gainfully be transferred to non-pastoral activities. An examination of the pastoralist activity choices reveals that the younger households with literacy and more exposure to the exchange system display a more diversified income portfolio preference. The findings underscore the importance of human capital investment and related support services for improving the pastoralist capacity to manage risk through welfare-enhancing diversified income portfolio adoption.

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“…These results conclude that households with diversified earnings have higher incomes than those exclusively dedicated to agriculture, which is consistent with findings elsewhere in Africa . As a result of barriers to entry, poor households typically struggle to access highly profitable non-farming activities, whereas more advantaged families tend to profit from greater returns, thus creating a negative feedback loop between poverty, inequality and diversification (Barrett, Bezuneh, & Aboud, 2001;Woldenhanna & Oskam, 2001). Furthermore, the findings in this section contribute to the existing literature by showing that the contrast between diversified and non-diversified income households only explains a minor portion of overall income inequality; disparities within each group are in fact the major driver.…”

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Income inequality within smallholder irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Manero

2016

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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Income diversification and entry barriers: evidence from the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia

Cited by 138 publications

References 9 publications

Impact of off-farm income on food security and nutrition in Nigeria

Impact of off-farm income on food security and nutrition in Nigeria

Diversification and livelihood sustainability in a semi-arid environment: A case study from southern Ethiopia

Income inequality within smallholder irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa

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