Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/251022 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 315
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study investigates the determinants of smallholders' participation in rural off-farm activities, which includes rural non-farm own business and wage employment, and its effect on food shortage, relative deprivation and dietary diversity. To address these objectives, we use a three-wave panel dataset of 7,110 smallholder farm households in Ethiopia. The estimation result suggests that the gender composition of households, age, education, natural shocks, participation in community meetings, exposure to media, access to credit, farmland, agricultural markets and rural infrastructure such as electricity are the key determinants of smallholders' participation in rural off-farm activities. The estimation results also suggest that smallholders' participation in rural wage employment aggravates relative deprivation, while participation in rural non-farm own business activities reduce relative deprivation and food shortage. On the other hand, our estimation results indicate that participation in both nonfarm own business activities and wage employment improve the dietary diversity of smallholder farmers. Hence, well-designed policy interventions aimed at enhancing smallholder farmers' rural wage employment and non-farm own business participation could help to enhance dietary diversity and reduce food shortages and relative deprivation.
Subjects: 
Rural off-farm income
wage employment
non-farm own business
farm income
food shortage
relative deprivation
diet diversity
JEL: 
J00
J20
J43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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