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Off-Farm Activities and Welfare of the Beneficiaries

Sam Nkuranga
The objectives of this study were to determine the level of households earnings from off-firm economic activities in the study area, to find out the key welfare improvement indicators celebrated by the beneficiaries and to evaluate the relationship between the contributions of off-farm economic activities and the welfare of the beneficiaries. The researcher employed a correlational research design. The findings for objective one revealed that people who are involved in off-farm activities are likely to increase their earnings as presented by 77(50.9%) of respondents. The study also shows that Tailoring is mostly preferred activity by CORE Project' beneficiaries as they were 32(21.1%) of respondents. It was also found that the availability of capacity trainings as mentioned by 39(25.7%) of respondents motivated them to do off-farm activities. Objective two of this study revealed that food security was the most celebrated welfare indicator as mentioned by 33(21.7%) of the respondents. On the other hand, the findings revealed that the beneficiaries of the CORE Project are able to take 2 meals or 3 per day as a result of better earnings from off-farm economic activities.
Autor: Nkuranga, Sam
EAN: 9786204740447
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 96
Produktart: kartoniert, broschiert
Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Untertitel: A Case Study of CORE Project in Rwanda-Rusizi District. DE
Schlagworte: Empowerment Community Welfare Food Security
Größe: 150 × 220