Rural nonfarm employment and farming: household-level linkages |
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Authors: | Benjamin Davis Paul Winters Thomas Reardon Kostas Stamoulis |
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Institution: | UNICEF, P.O. Box 44145, Nairobi, Kenya;Department of Economics, American University, Washington, DC 20016-8029, USA;Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA;Food and Agriculture Organization, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | This article introduces the articles in Agricultural Economics , vol. 40 no. 2 (March 2009). First, we introduce their objectives in a brief review of existing literature on developing country trends in rural income diversification, in particular rural nonfarm employment (RNFE) and its impact on farm technology choice in crops and livestock, and thus on agricultural modernization and diversification. Then we preview the key points of the articles, which use distinctive primary datasets from Albania, Bulgaria, China, India, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, and Vietnam to document the impacts of RNFE and their implications for farm technology and farm activity. |
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Keywords: | F21 F23 L1 L8 N5 O1 O3 Q1 |
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