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Rural Livelihood Diversification

A Solution for Poverty in the Post-Soviet Rural Baltic States

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ID4843628
AuthorsRasa Žakevičiūtė (0000-0002-8460-3890, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä PO Box 35 FI‐40014 Finland, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume59
Issue3
Pages560-580
Publication date2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soru.12259
OpenAlexW2946910652
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited22

This article analyses rural livelihood diversification through a longitudinal follow-up survey, that targets former collective farm workers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It argues, that between 1995 and 2010 the former collective farm workers employed three distinct livelihood diversification strategies in order to create their living. A wage-based livelihood diversification strategy, which does not include any agricultural practices, was more common among the better-off households. A farm-based livelihood diversification strategy, which does not rely on salaries, was more often employed by the poor. A mixed strategy, that combines both wage income and farm activities, was used by both better-off (above the poverty line) and poor households (below the poverty line). The paper also finds that livelihood diversification and poverty among the researched households have country specific patterns, which coincide with the general rural development in Baltic states

Agriculture · Business · Development economics · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Livelihood · Political science · Poverty · Rural area · Rural poverty · Socioeconomics · Wage · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Rural development and sustainability

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Unique citing works6
Citations per year1
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5
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