The Rural Non-Farm Economy and Poverty Alleviation in Tehsil Sillanwali, District Sargodha

Abstract

Rural non-farm economic activities are getting wide spread recognition in most of the   developing countries due to increasing inability of farm sector to provide employment and reasonable livelihood to rural households. These activities are disaggregated into three groups (1) Farm based non-agricultural activities, (2) wage-employment, and (3) self-employment and the study estimates the logit models to know the factors to involve in such activities. The study also investigates the factors influencing income among the rural households in Tehsil Sillanwali, district Sargodha. The results indicate that the poor and households owning more animals have more chances to involve in first category, whereas the dependency ratio is inversely related with it.  Education, male to female ratio and household size are the significant determinant of the second type activities. Households owning capital assets have more chances to involve in the third type category. Whereas the results for income model depict that education; land-ownership and involvement in non-farm economic activities are found to be significant factors to affect the household income.