Determinant of Rural Household Participation in Non-Farm and Level of Generated Household Income from the Activities: The Case of Haramaya Woreda, East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia

doi:10.7176/jesd/11-19-02

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In most developing countries, agriculture is the mainstay and the largest economic sector for both its contribution to the GDP and generation of employment
Some variations/differences were observed between those rural households who were participating in non-farm activities and non-participants in terms of demographic, economic and institutional factors
The two groups differ to some extent in sex, education, remittance, irrigation, credit, non-farm training, age, landholding size, livestock owned, household size, dependency ratio, farm experience, distance to nearest market and access to improved agricultural input

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Agriculture is the mainstay and the largest economic sector for both its contribution to the GDP and generation of employment. In sub-Saharan African countries, agriculture is the major economic activity accounting for the highest share of the GDP and creates a large proportion of employment opportunities (MoARD, 2010; FAO, 2016). Despite that agriculture is being major source of income and employment in most rural areas in developing countries, it has not been able to produce sufficient food to feed their population due to small ratio of cultivated land to population (Eshetu and Mekonnen , 2016). Haggblade et al, (2010) found that non-farm activities contributed 35-50 percent of rural household income across sub-Saharan African countries. This indicates one possible pathway to get out of food insecurity problem in developing countries is the promotion and establishments of nonfarm employments

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