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The role of livelihood diversification strategies in the total household income in Takusa Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
Agricultural income alone is insufficient to meet basic amenities for smallholder farm households, and livelihood diversification strategies are a must in vulnerable and challenging environments to improve household income.
Negusie Abuhay Mengistu   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A study of changes in rent payment and their impact on net income on fieldcrops farms in Bulgaria [PDF]

open access: yesARPHA Proceedings
The last two decades have seen an increase in rent payments from tenant farms. High rent prices are affecting farm profits and net income. More resources are leaving the farm to compensate for rented farmland, which reduces profits and slows down farm ...
Damyan Kirechev
doaj   +3 more sources

Determinants of rural household income diversification in Senegal and Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper investigates the determinants of income diversification using data on rural farm households from two Sub-Saharan African countries; Senegal and Kenya. Data were analyzed using regression techniques.
Alobo, Sarah
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Farm Household Income Diversification as a Survival Strategy

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
The analyses focus on the structural change in agriculture and farm households for the selected hilly and mountainous areas in Slovenia before and after the accession to the European Union, with an emphasis on empirical analysis of a sample of income ...
Š. Bojnec, K. Knific
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tax Policy and Farm Organization

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced substantial changes to the tax code, affecting farms' organizational incentives. This study examines farms' responses to the TCJA along extensive and intensive margins, focusing on organizational and labor expense adjustments.
Tia M. McDonald, Katherine Lacy
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Valuation of Meat Alternatives and Labeling Policies: A Comparative Perspective

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates and compares US consumer perceptions and the impact of environmental, human health, and animal welfare information related to conventional meat on preferences for meat alternatives and labeling policies. Using the best–worst scaling method across 10 different burger alternatives, our results show that the meat burger is
Daniele Asioli   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Has the Household Old-Age Burden Affected Farm Household Incomes? Evidence from a Survey of Chinese Farm Households

open access: yesAgriculture
Income increase is an important way to achieve comprehensive human development and to escape from poverty, and the growing aging problem in rural China poses a challenge to farm household income increase.
Hongwei Lu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Off-Farm Income among Smallholder Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana: Application of a Double-Hurdle Model

open access: yesAdvances in Agriculture, 2019
Income diversification by farm households has gained the attention of researchers and policy makers due to its commonness especially in developing countries.
Benjamin Tetteh Anang, R. Yeboah
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Social Food Infrastructure in Addressing SNAP Participation Gaps: Evidence From Linked Administrative and Ground‐Sourced Data

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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