Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries
Farm-level diversification, the adoption of alternative income-generating activities by farm households, is rarely deemed an explicit objective by economists. Where agricultural transformation has occurred, markets function well and agriculture is a waning portion of overall national product, such a...
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1997
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| author | Delgado, Christopher L. Siamwalla, Ammar |
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| description | Farm-level diversification, the adoption of alternative income-generating activities by farm households, is rarely deemed an explicit objective by economists. Where agricultural transformation has occurred, markets function well and agriculture is a waning portion of overall national product, such as the rice growing regions of Southeast Asia, farm diversification might be a desirable outcome of pursuing a market liberalization objective, but is probably not an end in itself. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where these conditions often do not hold, development depends on pro-actively commercializing rural areas. African farmers tend to diversify their production activities widely to mitigate risk, but to only produce one or two exportable commodities. High transaction costs are common barriers to diversification into new export opportunities, especially for the poor and less well-informed, who tend to fall behind during times of rapid structural change. Identifying appropriate rural institutions to incorporate rural people into new export opportunities is a major priority for relevant policy research; contract farming and participatory cooperatives offer promise and merit further study. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1611802025-11-06T05:18:10Z Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries Delgado, Christopher L. Siamwalla, Ammar alternative agriculture exports Farm-level diversification, the adoption of alternative income-generating activities by farm households, is rarely deemed an explicit objective by economists. Where agricultural transformation has occurred, markets function well and agriculture is a waning portion of overall national product, such as the rice growing regions of Southeast Asia, farm diversification might be a desirable outcome of pursuing a market liberalization objective, but is probably not an end in itself. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where these conditions often do not hold, development depends on pro-actively commercializing rural areas. African farmers tend to diversify their production activities widely to mitigate risk, but to only produce one or two exportable commodities. High transaction costs are common barriers to diversification into new export opportunities, especially for the poor and less well-informed, who tend to fall behind during times of rapid structural change. Identifying appropriate rural institutions to incorporate rural people into new export opportunities is a major priority for relevant policy research; contract farming and participatory cooperatives offer promise and merit further study. 1997 2024-11-21T09:53:59Z 2024-11-21T09:53:59Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161180 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Delgado, Christopher L.; Siamwalla, Ammar. 1997. Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries. MTID Discussion Paper 20. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161180 |
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| title | Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries |
| title_full | Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries |
| title_short | Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries |
| title_sort | rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries |
| topic | alternative agriculture exports |
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