Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty?

• The relationship between income diversification (combinations of farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wage-work, and own-business) and income change for Zambian smallholder households between 2001 and 2004 is investigated. Panel data analysis shows that a higher degree of diversification is associated with 30-110 % higher income. Endowments and constraints that determine selection into activity-combinations are also studied. Location matters a lot. Education opens up opportunities for non-agricultural wage-work. Diversification into agricultural wage-work depends on land-shortage. Households that are less cash constrained are more likely to diversify into business. These factors also determine how successful households are within the activity-combinations chosen.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Smallholders

income diversification

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