Reardon, ThomasBarrett, C. B.Webb, Patrick2016-04-192016-04-192001Food Policy 26(4): 315-3310306-9192http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65961Metadata only recordAsset, 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.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightRural developmentEconomic policyLivelihoodsEconomic impactsIncome diversificationEmploymentOff-farm earningsAgricultural householdsRural areasDevelopment policyEconomic impactsFarm/Enterprise ScaleNonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: Concepts, dynamics, and policy implicationsAbstractCopyright 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.