ISSN 2329-9797
International Journal of Agricultural Economics and Extension ISSN 2329-9797 Vol. 7 (10), pp. 001-009, October, 2019. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Determinants of non-farm activities participation decisions of farm households in Burkina Faso
Pam Zahonogo
Department of Economics, University Ouaga II, Burkina Faso, 03 BP 7164 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso. E-mail: [email protected]. Tel: +226 70 26 81 13 or +226 78 24 11 24. Fax: +226 50 31 55 49.
Accepted 26 March, 2019
Abstract
The aim of the study is to address the issue of non farm activities participation decisions of rural households in Burkina Faso. The analysis is based on a multinomial Logit model using data collected over the 1999 to 2004 period from four agro-ecological zones: the Sudanese zone, the Sahelian zone, the north-Guinean zone and the south-Guinean zone. The results indicate that the contribution of non-farm activities to household income was significant in the rural area irrespective of the zone considered and households combined several strategies for diversifying sources of household income, which vary with zones. In the Sahelian-Sudanese zone, the number of working people in the household, the income from farming, the age of the head of the household, his/her level of education, the technology used in production and rainfall were found to be the factors that significantly influenced the participation in non farm activities. In the Guinean-zone, the variables that significantly influenced participation are production technology, farm income, rainfall, the number of working people in the household, the level of education of the head of the household and his/her age.
Key words: Non-farm activities, rural households, multinomial Logit model, Burkina Faso.