Rural off farm employment and its effect on adoption of labour intensive soil conserving measures in Tanzania

By:

Mduma, John Kedi

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York; Peter lang; 2005Description: 135 pISBN:

820498211

Subject(s):

Agriculture-Tanzania

DDC classification:

338.1 MDU

Summary: 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.

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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.

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