Fassil Eshetu, Elias Mekonnen

Determinants of Off-Farm Income Diversification

And its Effect on Rural Household Poverty in Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Data from 500 rural farm households were collected using multistage sampling technique from Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia and the determinants of off farm income diversification and its effect on rural poverty were examined with the help of Logit and Multinomial Logit Models. The regression result revealed that age, education, access to infrastructure, livestock ownerships, credits uses, and farm income are the main determinants of households' participation in off farm activities. In addition, off farm participation rate was 76% while off farm income accounts for 51% of the total household income in the study areas. The estimation results of the Logit model also showed that off farm participation significantly reduces the probability of being poor of rural farm households. The study also determined the poverty line and about 29.8% of the population were found below poverty line. Therefore, to reduce rural poverty, entry barriers to off farm activities ( access to finance, market, education and infrastructures) need to be overcome and off farm opportunities (micro and small enterprises) in rural areas have to be expand by government.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 52
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 96g
• ISBN-13: 9783330353114
• ISBN-10: 3330353112
• Artikelnr.: 56997926

Autorenporträt

Fassil Eshetu ist Dozent am Fachbereich Wirtschaft der Universität Arba Minch, Äthiopien. Ausbildung: MSc in Wirtschaftspolitik-Analyse. Erfahrung: Assistenz-Dozentin, 2008-2012; Dozentin, 2013-2017. Assistenzprofessor seit März 2017. Forschungsfähigkeiten: Umfassende Kenntnisse der Statistikprogramme SPSS, STATA und EVIEWS und drei Veröffentlichungen.