In this paper, we use the “2002 Chinese Household Income Project Survey” (CHIPS2002) data to examine how heterogeneous social interactions affect the peer effect in the rural–urban migration decision in China. We find that the peer effect, measured by the village migration ratio, significantly increases the individual probability of outward migration. We also find that the magnitude of the peer...

rural economy has an important role in rural sustainable development in every region or country. however, the rural economy in iran is too much depending on agriculture and development of other rural economy in particular nonfarm activities, has been neglected by iranian rural communities. therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the role of non-farm business on rural sustainable develo...

Diversity in rural incomes Although the agricultural sector has tended to receive most policy attention in rural areas, the rural poor derive their income from multiple sources – even in relatively undiversified economies. Notwithstanding problems with data reliability and comparability, there is growing evidence that, in sub-Saharan Africa, rural households commonly depend on non-farm sources ...

the socio-economic factors affecting land use changes in the maraveh tappeh region was determined from the viewpoint of beneficiaries and experts. the items of questionnaires designed as rating scale based on the five options likert. reliability of questionnaires was determined by cronbach's alpha. two sets of questionnaires were designed for beneficiaries and experts. reliability of benef...

In the past decade a political and economic crisis has unfolded in Zimbabwe, resulting in two-digit negative growth rates, sky-rocketing inflation, decline in the rule of law and a disintegration of markets, notably rural input, output and labour markets. There has been little or no primary data collection to document the effects of these crises on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. This p...

Evidence on whether diversifying farm production leads to improved household dietary diversity and nutrition remains inconclusive. Existing studies analyzing the link between are mainly based cross-sectional methods, which could be biased by omitted confounding factors. Using two waves of a panel survey 900 rural households in Tanzania, this paper examines diversity, while minimizing potential ...

more than 80 percent of the china's population is located in the rural areas, 95 percent of which use coal, wood etc for cooking and heating. limited by data availability, the association between household solid fuels and cardiovascular diseases (cvds) in china's rural areas is ignored in prior studies.this cross sectional study was conducted from 2010-2012 and carried out on rural population a...

While tissue culture (TC) technology for vegetative plant propagation is gradually gaining in importance in Africa, rigorous ex post assessments of welfare effects for smallholder farm households is lacking. Using recent survey data and accounting for self-selection in technology adoption, we analyze the impacts of TC banana technology on household income and food security in Kenya. To assess f...

This paper reviews major lines of theoretical and empirical research on farm household production choices in developing countries. It provides a wide-ranging literature review of different microeconomic approaches to peasant economy, shedding light on the underlying reasons that lead modern development economists away from the neoclassical framework to study “real people in real environments.” ...