Heterogeneous returns to income diversification : evidence from Nigeria (English)

This paper investigates the impact of income diversification on farming households' welfare in Nigeria on two rounds of the Nigeria General Household Survey-Panel, namely the 2010/2011 and 2012/2013. The study finds that income diversification is the norm in Nigeria, with about 60 percent of farmers diversifying away from subsistence farming into non-farm activities and cash crops. In addition, using the panel of farmers interviewed before and after...

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Bertoni,Eleonora;

Corral Rodas,Paul Andres;

Molini,Vasco;

Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni;
Document Date
2016/11/21
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7894
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Nigeria,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/11/21
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Heterogeneous returns to income diversification : evidence from Nigeria
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Bertoni,Eleonora; Corral Rodas,Paul Andres; Molini,Vasco; Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni.

Heterogeneous returns to income diversification : evidence from Nigeria (English). LSMS|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7894 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/385071479755915911

Heterogeneous returns to income diversification : evidence from Nigeria (English)

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