In low-income countries, rural areas are currently home to the majority of households. Most households in these rural areas are engaged in small-scale agriculture. As economies grow and countries develop it is expected that some households will specialise in farming, but that many others will move out – or ‘step out’ – of farming. Household members will take up work in the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) or migrate to towns and cities.
This Topic Guide is about stepping out, about how people in smallholder farming households leave agriculture for employment that offers better returns.
Source: http://dx.doi.org/10.12774/eod_tg.february2015.wigginssetal
Published By:
EVIDENCE ON DEMAND
Thematic Area:
Agriculture
Type of Publication:
Other Publications
Year:
2015
