Migration and nonfarm activities as income diversification strategies: the case of Northern Ghana

Francesca Marchetta

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Abstract: This article jointly analyses the determinants of participation in non-farm activities and of migration in Northern Ghana, combining household data with community-level information and data on the evolution of the yields of cash and staple crops. Our results confirm the role of education as a key asset to pursue opportunities in the off-farm sector and the role of farm size in reducing the probability to participate in non-farm activities. Poor households do not have enough resources to undertake non-farm activities and they opt for migration as a diversification strategy. Community-level assets are found to play a crucial role for understanding off-farm diversification.

Keywords: migration; income diversification; non-farm activities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-03-06
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Published in Revue canadienne d'études du développement / Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 34 (1), pp.1-21. ⟨10.1080/02255189.2013.755916⟩

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Working Paper: Migration and non farm activities as income diversification strategies: the case of Northern Ghana (2008)
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DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2013.755916

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