Analysis of off-farm work decisions among smallholder farm households in Burkina Faso

Soumaila Gansonré

Development in Practice, 2019, vol. 29, issue 3, 326-335

Abstract: This article investigates off-farm work decisions by smallholder farm households. Using data on 1,101 households from Burkina Faso, it demonstrates that in addition to the usual household socio-demographic characteristics, remittances, access to information and beneficiary of specific training affect off-farm work decisions, as well as rainfall factors and idiosyncratic health shocks. Community characteristics such as accessibility and number of inhabitants are also key factors. While suggesting that off-farm work is less likely to be undertaken for accumulation purposes, these results have important policy implications. In particular, policy measures should consider each segment as a separate entity.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2018.1541965

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