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| Kuiper, Marijke H.; Meijerink, Gerdien W.; Eaton, Derek J.F.. |
| A concentration of poor in rural areas has resulted in a research and policy focus on agricultural technologies and (poor) households impact on soil productivity. But farm households do not live of farming alone, non-farm activities play a principal role even in remote areas. With a unique household-level dataset covering seven regions in Africa and two in Asia we analyze (1) the importance of non-farm income in different geographical zones; (2) the role of geographical factors in determining access to non-farm employment; (3) the role of non-farm income in external input use and soil nitrogen balances. Distinguishing geographical zones based on the distance to urban areas we find the share of non-farm income increasing from 12 percent in the remote areas... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Off-farm income; Rural development; Micro-economics; Labor and Human Capital; Q12; D1; J43; Q24. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25442 |
