Are African Households (Not) Leaving Agriculture? : Patterns of Households’ Income Sources in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
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The paper finds no evidence that African households are on a different trajectory than households in other regions in terms of transitioning to non-agricultural based income strategies, and seeks to understand how geography drives these strategies.About:
This article is published in Food Policy.The article was published on 2017-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 213 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Household income & Distribution (economics).read more
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