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Smallholder Income Diversification In Zambia: The Way Out Of Poverty?

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Arne Bigsten (Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.)
Sven Tengstam (Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.)

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This paper investigates the relationship between income diversification and income change within Zambian smallholder households, and investigates what the constraints of income diversification are in this group. A panel data set of roughly 7000 smallholder farmer households interviewed in 2001 and 2004 is used. Different combinations of the four main income generating activities – farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wagework, and own-business income – are analyzed.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Collaborative Working Papers with number ZM-FSRP-WP-31.

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Keywords: food security; policy; Zambia; Africa; smallholder; income;

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  1. Arne Bigsten & Abebe Shimeles, 2007. "Can Africa Reduce Poverty by Half by 2015?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 25(2), pages 147-166, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Bigsten, Arne & Kebede, Bereket & Shimeles, Abebe & Taddesse , Mekonnen, 2002. "Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from Household Panel Surveys," Working Papers in Economics 65, Göteborg University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Reardon, Thomas, 1997. "Using evidence of household income diversification to inform study of the rural nonfarm labor market in Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 25(5), pages 735-747, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Jones Govereh & T.S. Jayne & A. Chapoto, 2008. "Assessment Of Alternative Maize Trade And Market Policy Interventions In Zambia," International Development Collaborative Working Papers ZM-FSRP-WP-33, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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