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dc.contributor.authorNasir, M.
dc.contributor.authorKotu, B.H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:03:26Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:03:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationNasir, M. & Kotu, B. H. (2014). The effect of off farm employment on agricultural production and productivity: evidence from Gurage zone of Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. 5(23), 85-98.
dc.identifier.issn2222-1700
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1069
dc.description.abstractTheoretically there are two possible impacts of off-farm employment on agricultural production and productivity. On the one hand, they can enhance farm production by providing the finance needed for farm inputs and technologies and, on the other hand, off-farm activities may have a detrimental effect on farm output by competing farming for labor. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of off-farm employment participation of farm households on agricultural crop output yield and productivity. The data used for this study is collected from four rural kebeles of farm households with the total sample size of 221, and individual household head was selected by applying a multistage sampling technique. Sub districts were selected purposively based on their distance from the nearby town (Wolkite) as well as the type of crops produced, while households were selected randomly from a stratified sample frame. We used OLS and Tobit regressions to analyze the data. The results show that households’ engagement in off-farm activities is inversely related to crop production and, to some extent, to land productivity implying that the rural non-farm economy competes with agriculture for labor and that marginal productivity of labor in agriculture is positive.Theoretically there are two possible impacts of off-farm employment on agricultural production and productivity. On the one hand, they can enhance farm production by providing the finance needed for farm inputs and technologies and, on the other hand, off-farm activities may have a detrimental effect on farm output by competing farming for labor. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of off-farm employment participation of farm households on agricultural crop output yield and productivity. The data used for this study is collected from four rural kebeles of farm households with the total sample size of 221, and individual household head was selected by applying a multistage sampling technique. Sub districts were selected purposively based on their distance from the nearby town (Wolkite) as well as the type of crops produced, while households were selected randomly from a stratified sample frame. We used OLS and Tobit regressions to analyze the data. The results show that households’ engagement in off-farm activities is inversely related to crop production and, to some extent, to land productivity implying that the rural non-farm economy competes with agriculture for labor and that marginal productivity of labor in agriculture is positive.Theoretically there are two possible impacts of off-farm employment on agricultural production and productivity. On the one hand, they can enhance farm production by providing the finance needed for farm inputs and technologies and, on the other hand, off-farm activities may have a detrimental effect on farm output by competing farming for labor. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of off-farm employment participation of farm households on agricultural crop output yield and productivity. The data used for this study is collected from four rural kebeles of farm households with the total sample size of 221, and individual household head was selected by applying a multistage sampling technique. Sub districts were selected purposively based on their distance from the nearby town (Wolkite) as well as the type of crops produced, while households were selected randomly from a stratified sample frame. We used OLS and Tobit regressions to analyze the data. The results show that households’ engagement in off-farm activities is inversely related to crop production and, to some extent, to land productivity implying that the rural non-farm economy competes with agriculture for labor and that marginal productivity of labor in agriculture is positive.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectOff Farm Employment
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectProduction
dc.titleThe effect of off farm employment on agricultural production and productivity: evidence from gurage zone of southern Ethiopia
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationEthiopian Civil Service University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica South Of Sahara
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.journalJournal of Economics and Sustainable Development
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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