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Nonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: Concepts, dynamics, and policy implications

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dc.contributor.authorReardon, Thomasen
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, C. B.en
dc.contributor.authorWebb, Patricken
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialRural Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:45Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:45Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractAsset, 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 Livelihoods in Rural Africa: Cause and Consequence of Change." We concentrate on core conceptual issues that bedevil the literature on rural income diversification and the policy implications of the empirical evidence presented in this special issue.en
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dc.identifier1125en
dc.identifier.citationFood Policy 26(4): 315-331en
dc.identifier.issn0306-9192en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65961en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevier Science Ltd.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectIncome diversificationen
dc.subjectEmploymenten
dc.subjectOff-farm earningsen
dc.subjectAgricultural householdsen
dc.subjectRural areasen
dc.subjectDevelopment policyen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleNonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: Concepts, dynamics, and policy implicationsen
dc.typeAbstracten
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