This chapter presents a review and synthesis of effects of education in agriculture,
summarizes major contributions, and suggests major research gaps in the literature …

Three themes are related to women's economic roles in the agricultural household. First the
unified family as coordinator of production and consumption over a life cycle. Second the …

Ethiopia's agricultural productivity is considered low despite the presence of various
agricultural policies. These policies focus mainly on on-farm agricultural development to the …

The redirection of farm policy in the 1996 farm bill has generated much interest in seeking
environmentally friendly and economically viable ways to protect farm income. Agricultural …

This paper investigates whether human capital affects the productivity and labor allocation of
rural households in four districts of Pakistan. We find that households with better educated …

We model jointly several types of discrete-choice labour decisions of farm couples: farm
work, off-farm work and hired farm labour. Rather than estimating a set of reduced-form …

One of the most important questions regarding the phenomenon of part‐time farming is
whether it is a stable situation or just a step in the way out of agriculture. This article provides …

Background This study analysed the relationship between agroforestry and non-farm
income diversification activities. A survey was conducted on 136 farm households by …

Sustainable livelihoods in less developed countries are threatened by human, natural,
physical, social and financial factors. Pakistan is also facing severe negative impacts of …

The determinants of off‐farm work by married farm couples are examined using data from
the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and multinomial logistic regression …