This article provides a comprehensive review of the literature on the nature and evolution of
rural livelihood diversification in sub-Saharan Africa, and the situation regarding …

Livelihood diversification is an essential strategy for managing economic and environmental
shocks and reducing rural poverty in develo** countries. This article presents a …

Asset, activity and income diversification lie at the heart of livelihood strategies in rural
Africa. This paper introduces a special issue on the topic “Income Diversification and …

Climate variability and change is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers in Africa.
Climate related risks are linked to low productivity, food insecurity and poverty. However, the …

Longitudinal data on household living standards open the way to a deeper analysis of the
nature and extent of poverty. While a number of studies have exploited this type of data to …

Understanding household livelihood strategies is pivotal to minimize rural poverty in the
least developed countries like Nepal. This study is an attempt to assess livelihood strategies …

While the poverty implications of off-farm income have been analyzed in different develo**
countries, much less is known about the impact of off-farm income on household food …

Rural nonfarm employment (RNFE) and incomes (RNFI) are crucial to Latin American rural
households. The 11 rural household income studies in this volume, reviewed in this paper …

Household-level panel data from a representative sample of rural households in Southern
Mali describing the different sources of household income are used to examine the …

A growing literature suggests that in low-income countries, households with few assets can
be trapped in chronic poverty. This article reviews relevant threads of the poverty traps …