Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper uses comparable income aggregates from 41 national household surveys from 22 countries to explore the patterns of income generation among rural households in Sub-Saharan Africa, and to compare household income strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa with those in other regions. The paper seeks t...

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Main Authors:	Davis, Benjamin, Di Giuseppe, Stefania, Zezza, Alberto
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	NONFARM EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE RURAL LABOR MARKET URBANIZATION GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHY LSMS INCOME
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29156

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spelling	okr-10986-291562021-05-25T10:54:42Z Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa Davis, Benjamin Di Giuseppe, Stefania Zezza, Alberto NONFARM EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE RURAL LABOR MARKET URBANIZATION GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHY LSMS INCOME This paper uses comparable income aggregates from 41 national household surveys from 22 countries to explore the patterns of income generation among rural households in Sub-Saharan Africa, and to compare household income strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa with those in other regions. The paper seeks to understand how geography drives these strategies, focusing on the role of agricultural potential and distance to urban areas. Specialization in on-farm activities continues to be the norm in rural Africa, practiced by 52 percent of households (as opposed to 21 percent of households in other regions). Regardless of distance and integration in the urban context, when agro-climatic conditions are favorable, farming remains the occupation of choice for most households in the African countries for which the study has geographically explicit information. However, the paper finds no evidence that African households are on a different trajectory than households in other regions in terms of transitioning to non-agricultural based income strategies. 2018-01-12T21:26:50Z 2018-01-12T21:26:50Z 2017-02 Journal Article Food Policy 0306-9192 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29156 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	NONFARM EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE RURAL LABOR MARKET URBANIZATION GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHY LSMS INCOME
spellingShingle	NONFARM EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE RURAL LABOR MARKET URBANIZATION GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHY LSMS INCOME Davis, Benjamin Di Giuseppe, Stefania Zezza, Alberto Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	This paper uses comparable income aggregates from 41 national household surveys from 22 countries to explore the patterns of income generation among rural households in Sub-Saharan Africa, and to compare household income strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa with those in other regions. The paper seeks to understand how geography drives these strategies, focusing on the role of agricultural potential and distance to urban areas. Specialization in on-farm activities continues to be the norm in rural Africa, practiced by 52 percent of households (as opposed to 21 percent of households in other regions). Regardless of distance and integration in the urban context, when agro-climatic conditions are favorable, farming remains the occupation of choice for most households in the African countries for which the study has geographically explicit information. However, the paper finds no evidence that African households are on a different trajectory than households in other regions in terms of transitioning to non-agricultural based income strategies.
format	Journal Article
author	Davis, Benjamin Di Giuseppe, Stefania Zezza, Alberto
author_facet	Davis, Benjamin Di Giuseppe, Stefania Zezza, Alberto
author_sort	Davis, Benjamin
title	Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short	Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full	Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr	Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort	are african households (not) leaving agriculture? : patterns of households’ income sources in rural sub-saharan africa
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29156
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Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa

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