Rural off farm employment and its effect on adoption of labour intensive soil conserving measures in Tanzania
Mduma, John Kedi
Rural off farm employment and its effect on adoption of labour intensive soil conserving measures in Tanzania - New York Peter lang 2005 - 135 p.
This study analyzes two related aspects: households' participation in off-farm employment as a livelihood strategy and the effects of participation in off-farm employment on households' adoption of labor intensive soil conserving tech nologies. Several factors are significant but spatial econometric analysis re veals that model parameters vary substantially across space. In addition, households supplying labor off-farm are generally associated with reduced adoption of terraces, hedgerows and cut-offs. The negative impact of sup plying labor off-farm can be moderately cushioned when households also hire labor to work on the construction or maintenance of soil conserving structures. However, it is shown that hired labor is not a perfect substitute for households' own labor and does not fully off-set the effect of a household's off farm labor supply.
820498211
Agriculture-Tanzania
338.1 MDU
Rural off farm employment and its effect on adoption of labour intensive soil conserving measures in Tanzania - New York Peter lang 2005 - 135 p.
This study analyzes two related aspects: households' participation in off-farm employment as a livelihood strategy and the effects of participation in off-farm employment on households' adoption of labor intensive soil conserving tech nologies. Several factors are significant but spatial econometric analysis re veals that model parameters vary substantially across space. In addition, households supplying labor off-farm are generally associated with reduced adoption of terraces, hedgerows and cut-offs. The negative impact of sup plying labor off-farm can be moderately cushioned when households also hire labor to work on the construction or maintenance of soil conserving structures. However, it is shown that hired labor is not a perfect substitute for households' own labor and does not fully off-set the effect of a household's off farm labor supply.
820498211
Agriculture-Tanzania
338.1 MDU