«By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia
International cooperation priorities and Sustainable Development Goals agree on the linkage between agriculture and economics in developing countries’ progress towards sustainability. In rural Ethiopia, agriculture is the major source of income and livelihood. In this study, it is aimed to analyse t...
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| author | Elena Urquía-Grande Raquel Pérez-Estébanez Elisa Isabel Cano-Montero Julián Chamizo-González |
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| description | International cooperation priorities and Sustainable Development Goals agree on the linkage between agriculture and economics in developing countries’ progress towards sustainability. In rural Ethiopia, agriculture is the major source of income and livelihood. In this study, it is aimed to analyse the association between farmers’ experience, education, gender, cultivation of crop diversity, access to various financial resources and income levels among different villages. The methodology adopted is action research, performed during various research stays in rural Ethiopia, and using both qualitative and quantitative surveys. The quantitative results were analysed through multivariate statistical analysis. Interesting results emerge; for example, farmers from rural villages that have been using wells previously donated by the non-profit organization (NPO) show various positive impacts. They attend continuous training in agriculture, nutrition, and economics; they have more crop diversification, and they use varied financial resources. All these factors, as well as socio- demographic variables, link farmers’ income levels to villages’ improvement and empowerment, creating significant challenges for institutional design of alternative policies to maximize farmers’ livelihood, sustainability and socioeconomic development in Third World countries. The article adds to the very small body of research, particularly of quantitative analysis, on factors associated with farmers’ income in Africa based on primary data. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a69255cce65642f680b41d4c30a727572025-01-03T01:47:21ZengUniversidad de Zaragoza, Cátedra de Solidaridad y Ciudadanía GlobalRevista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo2254-20352254-20352021-05-0110119421410.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.476«By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural EthiopiaElena Urquía-Grande0Raquel Pérez-Estébanez1Elisa Isabel Cano-Montero2Julián Chamizo-González3Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)International cooperation priorities and Sustainable Development Goals agree on the linkage between agriculture and economics in developing countries’ progress towards sustainability. In rural Ethiopia, agriculture is the major source of income and livelihood. In this study, it is aimed to analyse the association between farmers’ experience, education, gender, cultivation of crop diversity, access to various financial resources and income levels among different villages. The methodology adopted is action research, performed during various research stays in rural Ethiopia, and using both qualitative and quantitative surveys. The quantitative results were analysed through multivariate statistical analysis. Interesting results emerge; for example, farmers from rural villages that have been using wells previously donated by the non-profit organization (NPO) show various positive impacts. They attend continuous training in agriculture, nutrition, and economics; they have more crop diversification, and they use varied financial resources. All these factors, as well as socio- demographic variables, link farmers’ income levels to villages’ improvement and empowerment, creating significant challenges for institutional design of alternative policies to maximize farmers’ livelihood, sustainability and socioeconomic development in Third World countries. The article adds to the very small body of research, particularly of quantitative analysis, on factors associated with farmers’ income in Africa based on primary data.http://ried.unizar.es/index.php/revista/article/viewFile/476/476_bythepricking_enagriculturefarmers’ incomeaction researchsustainabilityethiopia |
| spellingShingle | Elena Urquía-Grande Raquel Pérez-Estébanez Elisa Isabel Cano-Montero Julián Chamizo-González «By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo agriculture farmers’ income action research sustainability ethiopia |
| title | «By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full | «By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | «By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | «By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia |
| title_short | «By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia |
| title_sort | by the pricking of their thumbs farmers income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural ethiopia |
| topic | agriculture farmers’ income action research sustainability ethiopia |
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