Poverty dynamics and the determining factors among East African smallholder farmers.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Rapid economic development in East Africa is matched by extremely dynamic smallholder livelihoods.

Objective

To quantify the changes in poverty of smallholder farmers, to evaluate the potential of farm and off-farm activities to alleviate poverty, and to evaluate the potential barriers to poverty alleviation.

Methods

The analyses were based on a panel survey of 600 households undertaken in 2012 and re-visited approximately four years later in four sites in East Africa. The sites represented contrasting smallholder farming systems, linked to urban centres undergoing rapid economic and social change (Nairobi, Kampala, Kisumu, and Dar-es-Salaam). The surveys assessed farm management, farm productivity, livelihoods, and various measures of household welfare.

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SUBMITTER: Hammond J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10009503 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature