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Factors Affecting Variability in Farm and Off-farm Income [PDF]
Agricultural Finance Review, 2011 The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting the relative variability in farm and off-farm income for Canadian farm operators. Previous attempts have been limited by the lack of available data combining both farm and off-farm income ...
Alfons, Weersink, Poon, Kenneth
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What may determine off-farm income? A review [PDF]
Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2017 Farming is treated as one of the riskiest businesses. Political decisions, especially these related to the agricultural sector, may be treated as of a great importance. As a consequence, farm owners seek to diversify their sources of income and run other
Radosław PASTUSIAK +3 more
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THE RELATION BETWEEN FARM PRODUCTION RISK AND OFF-FARM INCOME [PDF]
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 1993 This paper presents a model of the farm labor allocation decision based on risk and return characteristics of different activities. It is shown that off-farm employment can play an important role in the diversification of farm family income, implying ...
Kyle, Steven C.
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OFF-FARM INCOME, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION, AND FARM ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [PDF]
, 2007 The economic well-being of most U.S. farm households depends on income from both onfarm and off-farm activities. Consequently, for many farm households, economic decisions (including technology adoption and other production decisions) are likely to be ...
Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge +5 more
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Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation
Journal of Land Use Science, 2022 Few land-allocation models consider the impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation. We provide a concept to integrate off-farm income in a mechanistic multiple-objective land-allocation model, while distinguishing between farms with and without ...
Thomas Knoke +2 more
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The off-farm income and organic food expenditure nexus: Empirical evidence from rural Ghana
Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2023 This study uses evidence gathered from survey responses from 572 rural households in Ghana to examine the link between organic expenditure and off-farm income.
Martinson Ankrah Twumasi +4 more
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Rural women participation in farm and off-farm activities and household income in Bangladesh
Heliyon, 2022 The present study was mainly an impact of farm and off-farm activities on household income and participation of rural women in the Thakurgaon district of Bangladesh.
Md. Soriful Islam +3 more
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Effect of Farm Income and Off-Farm Wage Variability on Off-Farm Labor Supply [PDF]
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2002 This study models the effects of variability in farm income and off-farm wages on farm operators' labor allocation decisions. A simple theoretical model is employed to develop hypotheses, which are then tested empirically. Variability in farm income and off-farm wages is predicted to have a positive and negative effect, respectively, on off-farm hours ...
Mishra, Ashok K., Holthausen, Duncan M.
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Farm Household Income and On- and Off-Farm Diversification [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2005 The paper analyzes the relationship between off-farm labor allocation and on-farm enterprise diversification as farm household income stabilization strategies with census data from the federal state of Upper Austria, Austria. The results suggest that both on-farm diversification and off-farm labor allocation are related to farm and household ...
McNamara, Kevin T., Weiss, Christoph R.
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The influence of off-farm work on farm income among smallholder farm households in northern Ghana
Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 Income diversification is an essential livelihood strategy among small-scale farmers in low-income countries. Through income diversification, farmers can potentially invest off-farm earnings into their farm business to enhance productivity and income ...
Benjamin Tetteh Anang +1 more
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