DETERMINANTS OF RURAL ON-FARM LIVELIHOODS DIVERSIFICATION
The purpose of this paper was to identify the factors influencing households to diversify rural on-farm livelihood activities in Intsika Yethu Local Municipality. This is against a background where literature suggests low livelihoods diversification among rural households despite several claimed ben...
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| author | Abongile Tyenjana Amon Taruvinga, Prof |
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| description | The purpose of this paper was to identify the factors influencing households to diversify rural on-farm livelihood activities in Intsika Yethu Local Municipality. This is against a background where literature suggests low livelihoods diversification among rural households despite several claimed benefits of diversification. Cross-sectional survey data was randomly collected for this study in October 2018 from 190 rural households in Intsika Yethu Local Municipality. A structured questionnaire was used for that purpose. Ordered logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that diversification of on-farm livelihood activities was influenced by the gender of household head, education level of household head, household size, and number of livestock units owned. To promote on-farm livelihoods diversification in rural areas, the paper suggests targeting gender differential, informal education and awareness, labor dynamics associated with on-farm livelihood activities and household livestock units. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8a367ccede64de59924e5f0de141d9a2022-12-22T02:13:06ZengUniversity of Life Sciences in PoznańJournal of Agribusiness and Rural Development1899-52411899-57722019-12-0154410.17306/J.JARD.2019.01200DETERMINANTS OF RURAL ON-FARM LIVELIHOODS DIVERSIFICATIONAbongile Tyenjana0Amon Taruvinga, Prof1Agricultural Economics and Extension, Alice Campus, Ring Road, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700Agricultural Economics and Extension, Alice Campus, Ring Road, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700The purpose of this paper was to identify the factors influencing households to diversify rural on-farm livelihood activities in Intsika Yethu Local Municipality. This is against a background where literature suggests low livelihoods diversification among rural households despite several claimed benefits of diversification. Cross-sectional survey data was randomly collected for this study in October 2018 from 190 rural households in Intsika Yethu Local Municipality. A structured questionnaire was used for that purpose. Ordered logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that diversification of on-farm livelihood activities was influenced by the gender of household head, education level of household head, household size, and number of livestock units owned. To promote on-farm livelihoods diversification in rural areas, the paper suggests targeting gender differential, informal education and awareness, labor dynamics associated with on-farm livelihood activities and household livestock units.http://www1.up.poznan.pl/jard/index.php/jard/article/view/1200on-farm livelihood diversification,rural households,ordered logistic regression,Intsika Yethu Local Municipality |
| spellingShingle | Abongile Tyenjana Amon Taruvinga, Prof DETERMINANTS OF RURAL ON-FARM LIVELIHOODS DIVERSIFICATION Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development on-farm livelihood diversification, rural households, ordered logistic regression, Intsika Yethu Local Municipality |
| title | DETERMINANTS OF RURAL ON-FARM LIVELIHOODS DIVERSIFICATION |
| title_full | DETERMINANTS OF RURAL ON-FARM LIVELIHOODS DIVERSIFICATION |
| title_fullStr | DETERMINANTS OF RURAL ON-FARM LIVELIHOODS DIVERSIFICATION |
| title_full_unstemmed | DETERMINANTS OF RURAL ON-FARM LIVELIHOODS DIVERSIFICATION |
| title_short | DETERMINANTS OF RURAL ON-FARM LIVELIHOODS DIVERSIFICATION |
| title_sort | determinants of rural on farm livelihoods diversification |
| topic | on-farm livelihood diversification, rural households, ordered logistic regression, Intsika Yethu Local Municipality |
| url | http://www1.up.poznan.pl/jard/index.php/jard/article/view/1200 |
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