Agricultural Resources and Trade Strategies: Response to Falling Land-to-Labor Ratios in Malawi

This study assesses how growing land scarcity relative to family labor is influencing farm household decisions to trade in agricultural land and labor markets to improve their livelihood. Using the farm household model, I analyze decisions to rent-in land or hire out labor among smallholders in Mala...

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Main Author: Sarah Ephrida Tione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Land
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/12/512