Non-farm income and household welfare in rural Burkina Faso: a focus on the household land tenure situation

IF 1.9 Q2 ECONOMICS

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2023-11-24 DOI:10.1108/ijse-05-2023-0423

Windinkonté Séogo

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Abstract

Purpose

This study investigates how income from non-farm activities affects households' consumption in two land holders' groups: households with insecure land holding and households with secure land holding.

Design/methodology/approach

Following an instrumental variable approach, this study analyzes data collected on a nationwide sample of 1,800 households in rural Burkina Faso.

Findings

For insecure land holders' group, this study finds that income from non-farm activities has a positive effect on household consumption per capita. Moreover, the share of household food consumption is negatively associated with non-farm income in this group. For secure land holders' group, the results show that non-farm income has only a negative effect on the share of their food consumption.

Originality/value

The study highlights the livelihood sustaining role of non-farm activities for rural households. Unlike previous studies, the results show that non-farm income is particularly important for land tenure insecure households facing risk of losing agricultural income.

Peer review

The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-05-2023-0423

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布基纳法索农村的非农业收入和家庭福利:重点关注家庭土地保有情况

目的研究非农业活动收入对两类土地所有者群体(无保障土地持有户和有保障土地持有户)家庭消费的影响。设计/方法/方法采用工具变量方法，本研究分析了从布基纳法索农村地区全国1800户家庭样本中收集的数据。研究发现:对于不安全土地持有人群体，非农业活动收入对家庭人均消费有正向影响。此外，在这一群体中，家庭食品消费的份额与非农收入呈负相关。对于有保障的土地持有人群体，研究结果表明，非农收入对其粮食消费份额仅具有负向影响。独创性/价值本研究强调了非农业活动对农村家庭维持生计的作用。与以往的研究不同，研究结果表明，对于面临失去农业收入风险的没有土地保有权的家庭来说，非农收入尤为重要。同行评议本文的同行评议历史可在:https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-05-2023-0423

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS ECONOMICS-

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3.20

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5.30%

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Social Economics publishes original and peer-reviewed theoretical and empirical research in the field of social economics. Its focus is on the examination and analysis of the interaction between economic activity, individuals and communities. Social economics focuses on the relationship between social action and economies, and examines how social and ethical norms influence the behaviour of economic agents. It is inescapably normative and focuses on needs, rather than wants or preferences, and considers the wellbeing of individuals in communities: it accepts the possibility of a common good rather than conceiving of communities as merely aggregates of individual preferences and the problems of economics as coordinating those preferences. Therefore, contributions are invited which analyse and discuss well-being, welfare, the nature of the good society, governance and social policy, social and economic justice, social and individual economic motivation, and the associated normative and ethical implications of these as they express themselves in, for example, issues concerning the environment, labour and work, education, the role of families and women, inequality and poverty, health and human development.