Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 14 Issue 1

Guest editorial: Introduction to the special issue on productive employment in rural farm and non-farm sectors in sub-Saharan Africa

Alphonse Singbo, Jourdain Chambord Lokossou, Luca Tiberti

Policy interventions and productive employment in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a gender-differentiated meta-analysis

Alphonse Singbo, Jourdain Chambord Lokossou

The farm sector is crucial for rural poverty alleviation, alongside the non-farm sector, which contributes to mitigating risks associated with crop failures. This paper…

Rural electrification and women's empowerment in Côte d’Ivoire

Jean-Louis Bago, Wadjamsse Djezou, Luca Tiberti, Landry Achy

This paper assesses the impact of this program on the rural women's employment opportunities using data from the 2015 round of the household's living standard survey (HLSS) of…

Pro-gender policies and the empowerment of women in the DRC

Christian Lukineyo Joshi, Helene Maisonnave, Robert Luanda Baroki, Anastasie Bulumba Mariam

The purpose of this study was to show how pro-gender public policies in the agricultural sectors can contribute to the reduction of gender inequalities in the labour market and…

Entrepreneurial competency in agriculture: is it a panacea for the problem of farmers' welfare?

Amare Abawa

Although the majority of Ethiopians continue the on-farm and off-farm work, the country still struggles to secure food for its citizens and farmer welfare is very low. To increase…

Rural non-farm engagement and agriculture commercialization in Ghana

Paul Kwame Nkegbe, Abdelkrim Araar, Benjamin Musah Abu, Yazidu Ustarz, Hamdiyah Alhassan, Edinam Dope Setsoafia, Shamsia Abdul-Wahab

Ghana's economy is largely agrarian, and the business of agriculture is dominated by smallholder farmers who are predominantly rural dwellers. As a result, efforts to lift rural…

Women’s employment in rural Senegal: what can we learn from non-farm diversification strategies?

Thierno Malick Diallo, Amoudath Adebomi Mazu, Abdelkrim Araar, Abdoulaye Dieye

As rural nonfarm activities grow in developing countries, less attention is being paid to the opportunities they may provide for women. The purpose of this study is to examine the…