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abstract: 'Income diversification is an essential livelihood strategy among
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small-scale farmers in low-income countries. Through income
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diversification, farmers can potentially invest off-farm earnings into
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their farm business to enhance productivity and income from farming.
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Conversely, working off-farm can lead to a labour-loss effect which can
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reduce farm performance. This study therefore assesses the effect of
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off-farm work (OFW) on farm income using data from 486 smallholder
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farmers in northern Ghana. An endogenous treatment regression model was
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used to assess the effect of diversifying income sources on farm income.
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The results showed that involvement in OFW enhanced farm income per acre
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by GH c Other factors that enhanced farm income included years of formal
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education and access to extension services and input subsidy. Farmer
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group membership and household size however reduced farm income. The
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farm sector can therefore take advantage of the positive linkage with
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the non-farm sector to improve farm income levels of farmers. In this
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light, government''s rural industrialization policy should seek to
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provide more job opportunities outside the farm sector to enable
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smallholder farmers to take advantage of such opportunities to improve
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income from on-farm activities.'
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affiliation: 'Anang, BT (Corresponding Author), Univ Dev Studies, Dept Agr \& Food
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Econ, POB TL 1882, Tamale, Ghana.
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Anang, Benjamin Tetteh; Apedo, Clever Kwasi, Univ Dev Studies, Dept Agr \& Food
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Econ, POB TL 1882, Tamale, Ghana.'
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article-number: '2196861'
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author: Anang, Benjamin Tetteh and Apedo, Clever Kwasi
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author-email: benjamin.anang@uds.edu.gh
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author_list:
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- family: Anang
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given: Benjamin Tetteh
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- family: Apedo
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given: Clever Kwasi
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2196861
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files: []
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issn: 2332-2039
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journal: COGENT ECONOMICS \& FINANCE
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keywords: 'off-farm work; farm income; endogenous treatment regression model;
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northern Ghana'
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keywords-plus: 'NONFARM INCOME; PARTICIPATION; DETERMINANTS; DIVERSIFICATION;
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EMPLOYMENT; IMPACT'
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language: English
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month: DEC 31
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '50'
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orcid-numbers: Anang, Benjamin/0000-0003-0093-2660
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papis_id: fd2e283de291f1a376b84cc3fd16f06d
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ref: Anang2023influenceofffarm
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researcherid-numbers: 'Apedo, Clever Kwasi/ISU-4279-2023
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times-cited: '0'
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title: The influence of off-farm work on farm income among smallholder farm households
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in northern Ghana
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000963198500001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
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volume: '11'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2023'
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