Nonfarm activities play an important role in the determination of rural household income,
consumption expenditure, and household FOOD SECURITY. However, much less studies …

Poverty has become the fate of the rural areas since they have become the victims of
Climate change and ever-increasing catastrophic events. The disaster-prone rural areas, in …

The desire to increase household income and insure against agricultural production risk has
led rural households to increasingly diversify their income sources. Yet the potential roles of …

There is growing interest in understanding the links between land reforms, land markets,
and poverty reduction in Africa. The study uses four‐wave panel data from the northern …

This study uses panel data to demonstrate two dimensions of land ownership: the
distribution between households at a given time and changes within a household over time …

This study was motivated by the profound disparity of farmers' income in northern Thailand.
We aimed to investigate the inequalities in the distribution of estimated income among urban …

This study uses household's survey data to analyze income portfolios and determinants in
rural Nigeria. The results indicate that, while farming accounts for half of total household's …

I sincerely express my gratefulness to my supervisors Dr John Mburu and Dr Patrick Irungu,
for their direction from the conception of the study to finishing of the thesis. I am thankful for …

Abstract The Uwezo Fund in Kenya is a youth, women and persons with disabilities fund
which has its genesis in the pledge from the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta. The …

Livelihood diversification is a norm in rural Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and has been
recognised an important pathway for promoting economic growth. This study uses …