With rapid growth and development, nonfarm employment has become an important source
of livelihood for millions of rural households in China. Rural nonfarm employment is leading …

This study examines the effect of non‐farm labour participation on poverty reduction in rural
Mauritania. Farm households with more land and livestock participate to a greater extent in …

Evidence on rural wage employment is thin and lacks nuance for different employment
sources, insights on dynamic effects, and an understanding of the channels of effects. We …

Purpose Despite a reduction in poverty the global population in 2015, the incidence of
poverty remains very high in Sub-Saharan African countries. Most of the countries in the …

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has been receiving increasing attention in recent policy
dialogues for its potential to improve agricultural transformation, risk management, and …

This study aims at assessing the impact of rural, non-farm activities on smallholder farmers'
income-poverty. It answers these research questions: Is there any significant difference in …

We quantitatively evaluate general equilibrium effects of input subsidy programs in
agriculture. First, we present cross-country evidence that staple-targeting subsidy programs …

Market access for smallholders is a key policy issue in develo** economies. However,
smallholders often face barriers in accessing remunerative marketing channels. Combining …

This study evaluates the impact of non-farm enterprises on the poverty status of rural farming
households in Nigeria. The data were obtained from General Household Survey fielded by …

Charcoal production is one of the main sources of households' income in some part of rural
Ethiopia. However, existing literature has rarely explored the presence of an entry barrier …