The Determinants of Rural Livelihood Diversification in Developing Countries

By F. Ellis. 2008

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science

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Forest Clearing in Rural Livelihoods: Household-Level Global-Comparative Evidence (2014, background): “…for analyzing rural household economic strategies (Ellis & Bahiigwa, 2003), migration (Ellis, 2003), coastal and fisheries development (Allison & Horemans, 2006), trade (Bacon, Mendez, Gliessman, Goodman, & Fox, 2008), health (VanWey, Hull, & Guedes, 2012) and income diversification (Ellis, 2000a).”
Determinants of non-farm livelihood diversification: evidence from rainfed-dependent smallholder farmers in northcentral Ethiopia (Woleka sub-basin) (2017, background): “Likewise, the reasons behind diversification as a livelihood strategy, according to Ellis (2000), are often divided into two principal considerations: necessity (involuntary and desperation reasons) or choice (voluntary and proactive reasons).”
Hanging in, stepping up and stepping out: livelihood aspirations and strategies of the poor (2009, positive): “Our description of both stepping-up and stepping-out strategies has assumed that these are strategies which take advantage of opportunities – or, to use the language of livelihood diversification, are encouraged by ‘pull factors’ (Ellis 2000: 289–302).”
Microfinance and Climate Change Adaptation (2009, background): “The former implies forward planning to minimise and spread risk (e.g. accumulate assets, diversify income sources, reinforce reciprocity agreements), while the latter refers to maintaining consumption during and after a crisis (e.g. search for new credit/income, sell assets, reduce consumption).”
Resilient Adaptation to Climate Change in African Agriculture (2010, background): “Thus, an assets bundle and its combinations is positively linked with livelihood strategies – the more assets people have at their disposal, the wider the range of adaptation options available to them in their strategies to secure their livelihoods (DFID 2000; Ellis 2000).”
The puzzle of East and Southeast Asia's persistent smallholder (2016, background): “To be sure, growing occupational multiplicity or livelihood diversification are not limited to the East Asian region; it is a ‘pervasive and enduring’ characteristic of the global South generally (Ellis, 2000: 290; and see Wiggins, 2014).”
Contribution of forest provisioning ecosystem services to rural livelihoods in the Miombo woodlands of Zambia (2013, result): “Households in the study area were shown to combine a number of income streams, using multiple sources of income to diversify their livelihoods, as was consistent with existing literature on rural livelihoods (Belcher et al. 2005; Ellis 2000; Sunderlin et al. 2005).”
PERCEPTIONS AND ADAPTATIONS OF BEEKEEPERS AND HONEY HUNTERS TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE CASE OF THE COMMUNES OF NATITINGOU AND TANGUIETA IN NORTHWEST OF BENIN (2012, positive): “Diversification into other activities, specifically nonfarm, could be one of the means used by smallholder farmers in the region to cope with the environment and reduce poverty (Ellis, 2000; Soini, 2005).”
Determinant factors of livelihood diversification: Evidence from Ethiopia (2017, background): “Hossain, 1997), the existence of risk (Bryceson, 1996), and seasonality (Ellis, 2000).”