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Haidar Ali

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• Research Article
  Factors Affecting Off-farm Employment of Small Farmers in Peshawar Valley
  Author(s): Haidar Ali, Malik Muhammad Shafi and Noor Paio KhanHaidar Ali, Malik Muhammad Shafi and Noor Paio Khan
  
  The present study investigated the factors affecting off-farm employment of small farmers in Peshawar Valley. A sample of 201 small farmers was selected using random sampling technique and data were collected through a pretested interview schedule. This study focuses on two selected districts i.e. Peshawar, and Charsadda. Four villages were selected two each from the sampled districts. Analysis showed that the coefficients of household size, educational level of the sampled respondent, age of the sample small farmer, were positively related to the off-farm employment, while farm area operated was negatively but significantly related to off-farm employment. Similarly the small farm households of developed villages perform more off-farm employment than the small farm households of underdeveloped villages. This could be associated to the developed means of transport and communications, b.. Read More»
  

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