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Diversification of Livestock-Keeping Smallholders in Mountainous Rural Regions of Azerbaijan and Georgia

  • Diversified livelihoods combining farming, livestock keeping and non-farm income arecharacteristic of many rural households worldwide. For the Central Asian and Caucasian region,livestock keeping is especially important in terms of land use and socio-cultural heritage. We contributeto the literature with data from the under-researched Caucasus region and investigate: (i) the extent ofdiversification in smallholder households; (ii) the role of livestock keeping in diversification; (iii) theinfluence of household-specific and location-specific variables and diversification on householdincome. Based on a dataset of 303 households, we calculate contribution margins for the mainagricultural activities, household income, and diversification indices and analyze the influence ofdiversification, asset and location variables on household income with a regression model. Householdincome is generally diversified and a combination of four income sources (crops, livestock, poultry/beesand social benefits) was the most frequent. The econometric analysis shows that higher householdincomes are positively correlated with higher household land and livestock assets, the presence ofnon-farm work and social benefit income sources and with an increasing specialization as measuredby the diversification index. For enhancing rural household incomes and slowing down rural-urbanmigration, the development of non-farm job opportunities is recommended.

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Author: Regina Neudert, Naiba Allahverdiyeva, Niyaz Mammadov, Alexandre Didebulidze, Volker Beckmann
URN:urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-39402
DOI:https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/land9080267
ISSN:2073-445X
Parent Title (English):Land
Publisher:MDPI
Place of publication:Basel
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2020/08/10
Release Date:2020/10/18
Tag:Caucasus; agriculture; arable farming; contribution margin; diversification; household income; livestock keeping; rural regions; smallholder; socio-economic analyses
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Volume:9
Issue:8
Article Number:267
Faculties:Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Botanik und Landschaftsökologie & Botanischer Garten
Collections:Artikel aus DFG-gefördertem Publikationsfonds
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung