The Role Of Non- And Off-farm Activities In Rural Household Livelihoods The Case Of Gubalfto Woreda North Wollo Zone Amhara Region

This study tries to explore the characteristic of non-and off-farm activities and their role in ruralrnhousehold livelihoods in Gubalaflo Woreda of Amhara Regional State. The challenges ofrnundertaking non-and ofJ-farm activities of the study Woreda and local government institutionalrnsupport to non-and ofJ-farm activities are also explored.rnThe study used household survey, focus group discussions, key-informant in- depth interviews,rnandjield observation to generate primary data.rnDescriptive statistical analysis was utilized to present results and discussions. The study jindsrnthat orientation toward non-and off-farm activities in the study area is a result of historicalrnfactors, transforming structures and pressures arising from declining agricultural productionrnand productivity. Findings indicate that households were forced to undertake additionalrnactivities in order to compensate failures in agricultural income and in order to maintain theirrnsocial and economic viability. Non-and off- farm activities of the study area are survival orientedrnseasonal supplementary activities, but their contribution to household livelihood security is ofrngreat value in economic and social terms.rnThe implication of the study is that stimulating the non-farm sector requires interventionsrnranging from well organized, planned and demand driven institutional support at local andrnregional level through developing existing niches to expanding large and medium scalernirrigation at local level.

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