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Title: | Non-farm work and food security among farm households in Northern Ghana |
Authors: | Owusu, Victor Abdulai, Awudu Abdul-Rahman, Seini |
Keywords: | Africa Non-farm employment Household income Food security Impact assessment |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Food Policy 36 (2011) 108–118 |
Abstract: | This paper examines the impact of non-farm work on household income and food security among farm
households in the Northern Region of Ghana. We analyze the impact by employing propensity score
matching method that accounts for self-selection bias. The matching results show that participation in
non-farm work exerts a positive and statistically significant effect on household income and food security
status, supporting the widely held view that income from non-farm work is crucial to food security and
poverty alleviation in rural areas of developing countries. |
Description: | Article published in Food Policy 36 (2011) 108–118 Also available at : www.elsevier.com/ locate/foodpol |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7140 |
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