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 Nigeria general household survey-panel, namely 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 a severe...

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Bertoni,Eleonora;

Corral Rodas,Paul Andres;

Molini,Vasco;

Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni;
Document Date
2016/11/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
125595
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Nigeria,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/04/23
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). Poverty and Equity Global Practice Working Paper Series|no. 088 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/799571524481250319

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

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