@article{Abdul-Hakim:197927,
      recid = {197927},
      author = {Abdul-Hakim, Roslan and Hadijah Che-Mat, Siti},
      title = {Determinants of Farmer’s Participation in Off-Farm  Employment: A Case Study in Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development},
      address = {2011-12-05},
      number = {393-2016-23906},
      series = {1-ajard-27-37},
      pages = {12},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {This paper investigates the determinants of agricultural  households’participation in off-farm employment. Towards  this end, a logit model is employed to identify factors  that determine the participation in off-farm employment.  Here, determinants of participation in off-farm employment  are divided into four categories – individual, household,  farm and local area characteristics. With regards to the  local area characteristics, the analysis is extended by  including a new variable, which is the economic  characteristic of the area. The results of the analysis  show that the main determinants that influence the farmer’s  decision to participate in off-farm employment are age,  gender, household size, dependency ratio, remittance, land  size, types of agricultural activities, working hours  allocated to the farm, the ratio of income from  agricultural sources in total income of the farmer.  Furthermore, this study uncovers that the economic  characteristic of the area where the farmer reside is  important determinant of the farmer’s decision to  participate in off-farm job.One of the policy implications  from the finding of this study is that, if the agricultural  households are to be encouraged to participate in off-farm  jobs, a balanced development in the rural areas must be  pursued.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/197927},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.197927},
}