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Author: Daniel Gelan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Access to land is also an important issue for the majority of Ethiopian people who, one way or the other, depend on agricultural production for their income and subsistence. Historically, as in contemporary Ethiopia, the issue of rural land is primarily a political or social question. (Samuel, 2006). With the growing population of the youth access to land is becoming crucial national issue to Ethiopia. Rural youth are a productive age group in rural society. Their engagement in agriculture can contribute a lot in enhancing productivity rural economy. However, the challenges of accessing to arable land are limiting the full participation of rural youth in agricultural productivity and transformation of rural economy. This study examines challenges of access to arable land by rural youth. It explores land access mechanisms used by rural youth, opportunities, challenges and problems they faced in accessing arable land in rural areas. The study focused on rural youth and involves their family head for the sake of full information on issue related to land and their family members. About 142 households those who have youth members were selected through probability proportional to size sampling method. Concerned officials at district level were also participated in giving information on current situation of arable land access and rural youth. The study revealed that large family size, high price of rental land, socio-cultural factors, small land size hold by their family, and informal agreement with land owners are the major challenges affecting arable land access in the study area. It was recommended that beside agricultural activities it is better to create; other options of economic activities, awareness on harmful traditional practices that leads to large family size, reconsider rural land policy in relation to youth.
Author: Daniel Gelan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Access to land is also an important issue for the majority of Ethiopian people who, one way or the other, depend on agricultural production for their income and subsistence. Historically, as in contemporary Ethiopia, the issue of rural land is primarily a political or social question. (Samuel, 2006). With the growing population of the youth access to land is becoming crucial national issue to Ethiopia. Rural youth are a productive age group in rural society. Their engagement in agriculture can contribute a lot in enhancing productivity rural economy. However, the challenges of accessing to arable land are limiting the full participation of rural youth in agricultural productivity and transformation of rural economy. This study examines challenges of access to arable land by rural youth. It explores land access mechanisms used by rural youth, opportunities, challenges and problems they faced in accessing arable land in rural areas. The study focused on rural youth and involves their family head for the sake of full information on issue related to land and their family members. About 142 households those who have youth members were selected through probability proportional to size sampling method. Concerned officials at district level were also participated in giving information on current situation of arable land access and rural youth. The study revealed that large family size, high price of rental land, socio-cultural factors, small land size hold by their family, and informal agreement with land owners are the major challenges affecting arable land access in the study area. It was recommended that beside agricultural activities it is better to create; other options of economic activities, awareness on harmful traditional practices that leads to large family size, reconsider rural land policy in relation to youth.
Author: Schmidt, Emily Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 21
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This paper examines labor diversification in Ethiopia, focusing on youth, and explores current conditions that youth face in both the agricultural and non-farm labor markets. Using data from the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS) and the National Labor Force Survey (NLFS), we explore current trends in labor diversification, along with youth non-farm engagement in rural and small towns. We find that youth (ages 25 to 34 years) have a greater probability of working in non-farm enterprises compared to mature individuals (age 35-64). However, wage labor opportunities remain scant in rural Ethiopia. The majority of individuals working in non-farm employment are engaged in small-scale trade activities.
Author: Kosec, Katrina Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 36
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How does the amount of land youth expect to inherit affect their migration and employment decisions? This paper explores this question in the context of rural Ethiopia using panel data from 2010 and 2014. We estimate a household fixed-effects model and exploit exogenous variation in the timing of land redistributions to overcome endogenous household decisions about how much land to bequeath to descendants. We find that larger expected land inheritances significantly lower the likelihood of long-distance permanent migration and of permanent migration to urban areas during this time. Inheriting more land is also associated with a significantly higher likelihood of employment in agriculture and a lower likelihood of employment in the nonagricultural sector. Conversely, the decision to attend school is unaffected. These results appear to be most heavily driven by males and by the older half of our youth sample. We also find several mediating factors matter. Land inheritance plays a much more pronounced role in predicting rural-to-urban permanent migration and nonagricultural-sector employment in areas with less vibrant land markets and in relatively remote areas (those far from major urban centers). Overall, the results suggest that inheritance strongly influences the spatial location and strategic employment decisions of youth.
Author: Katrina Kosec Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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How does the amount of land that youth expect to inherit affect their migration and employment decisions? We explore this question in the context of rural Ethiopia using a 2014 cross-sectional dataset indicating whether or not youth household members from a previous 2010 survey had migrated by 2014, and in which sector they worked in 2014. We estimate a household fixed effects model and exploit exogenous variation in the timing of land redistributions to overcome endogenous household decisions about how much land to bequeath to descendants. We find that larger expected land inheritances significantly lower the likelihood of long-distance permanent migration and of permanent migration to urban areas. Inheriting more land also leads to a significantly higher likelihood of employment in agriculture and a lower likelihood of employment in the non-agricultural sector. Conversely, the decision to attend school is unaffected. These results appear to be most heavily-driven by males and by the older half of our youth sample. We also find suggestive evidence that several mediating factors matter. Land inheritance is a much stronger predictor of rural-to-urban permanent migration and non-agricultural-sector employment in areas with less vibrant land markets, in relatively remote areas (those far from major urban centers), and in areas with lower soil quality. Overall, these results affirm the importance of push factors in dictating occupation and migration decisions in Ethiopia.
Author: J. E. Sumberg Publisher: Cabi ISBN: 9781789249828 Category : Africa Languages : en Pages : 184
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This book brings together recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy, imagine their futures and how development policies and interventions find traction (or not) with these realities. Through framing, overview and evidence-based chapters, it provides a critical perspective on current discourse, research and development interventions around youth and rural development. It is organised around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas; have no interest in agriculture; cannot access land; are stuck in permanent waithood; that the rural economy provides (or can provide) a wealth of opportunity; and that they can be the engine of rural transformation. It draws from existing literature and new analysis arising from several multi-country and multi-disciplinary studies, focusing on gender and other aspects of social difference. It is a major contribution to current debates and development policy about youth, agriculture and employment in rural Africa.
Author: Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 15
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Important changes in farms and farm demographics are noted in Ethiopia since 2004/05. These changes have important implications on discussions of the future of Ethiopian agriculture. Comparing the national agricultural sample survey of the Ethiopian Statistical Services (ESS) data between 2004/05 and 2016/17, we find that: (1) Average farm sizes of smallholders declined by more than 10 percent over the decade, from 1.2 to 0.9 hectares; the decline in farm sizes of female headed households is more pronounced at over 21 percent, (2) Farmers are becoming older: the share of Ethiopian farmers under 35 declined from 36 to 30 percent, (3) The youth have smaller and declining farm sizes, declining from 0.9 to 0.8 hectares, (4) Rental markets are becoming more important, with 12 percent of crop land being rented in at the end of the period; especially the youth rely more on rental markets to access land, with 20 percent of their land rented in, and (5) Education levels are rapidly increasing, with the share of illiterate youth farmers declining from 56 to 30 percent. This has important implications for the future of Ethiopian agriculture and the overall economy.
Author: Mueller, Valerie Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: 0896296857 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 4
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The rural population in Africa south of the Sahara is growing, and its rural economy is still underdeveloped. The pressure to create jobs in rural areas is therefore particularly acute. There is cause for optimism, however. Evidence suggests that agriculture is transforming in many African countries, albeit slowly, and that youth are often participating in this process. Further research is needed to accelerate this progress.
Author: Ghebru, Hosaena Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 26
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The paper examines the role of land access in youth migration and employment decisions using a two wave panel data set from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) from Nigeria. Overall, the findings show that the size of expected land inheritance is significantly and negatively associated with long distance migration and migration to urban areas, while a similar impact is negligible when a broader definition of migration is adopted and when migration is deemed as temporary. A more disaggregated analysis by considering individual characteristics of the youth shows that results are more elastic for older youth and those that are less educated, while we find no difference when comparisons are made by gender. Similar analysis on the influence of land access on youth employment choices shows strong evidence that the larger the size of the expected land inheritance the lower the likelihood of the youth being involved in non-agricultural activities and a higher chance of staying in agriculture or the dual sector. The results further reveal that youth in areas with a high level of agricultural commercialization and modernization seem to be more responsive to land access considerations in making migration and employment decisions than are youth residing in less commercialized areas. Finally, the results from the differential analysis suggest that rural-to-urban migration and the likelihood of youth involvement in the dual economy is more responsive to the size of the expected land inheritance for less educated youth as compared to more educated ones.
Author: Valerie Mueller Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0198848056 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 323
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Many people believe that Africa will struggle to create jobs for its rapidly-growing population, and that rural youth will eventually migrate to cities or other countries. This book uses survey data to create a nuanced understanding of the constraints and opportunities facing rural youth in Africa.
Author: Daniel Gelan
Author: Daniel Gelan
Author: Schmidt, Emily
Author: Kosec, Katrina
Author: Katrina Kosec
Author: J. E. Sumberg
Author: Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane
Author: Mueller, Valerie
Author: Ghebru, Hosaena
Author: Valerie Mueller
Author: Dessalegn, Mengistu