Estimating the Impact of Salinity Stress on Livelihood Choices and Incomes in Rural Bangladesh
Estimating the Impact of Salinity Stress on Livelihood Choices and Incomes in Rural Bangladesh
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DOI：
10.1002/jid.3364
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发表时间：
2018-11-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Ranganathan, Thiagu
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作者：
Anik, Asif Reza;Ranjan, Ram;Ranganathan, Thiagu
本文探讨了孟加拉国西南部农村家庭生计选择的盐度的影响。我们发现，涉及各种生计选择的家庭决定相互依存。高盐度降低了家庭创业的可能性，而那些只从事农业的家庭则因盐度而遭受重大作物损失。家庭还面临着生计活动和创业活动之间的权衡，即参加一种活动会减少参加另一种活动的可能性。事实上，拥有较多农业用地的家庭通过从事与渔业有关的活动而受益于高盐度，而边缘家庭则依靠增加劳动力供应。版权所有（c）2018约翰威利父子有限公司
This paper explores the impact of salinity on livelihood choices of rural households in south-western Bangladesh. We find interdependence among households' decisions involving various livelihood choices. High salinity reduces a household's probability of entrepreneurship while those households that stick only to agriculture suffer significant crop losses because of salinity. Households also face a trade-off between subsistence and entrepreneurial activities, that is, participation in one type of activity reduces the probability of participation in the other. Households with more agricultural land, in fact, benefit from high salinity levels by taking up fisheries related activities, whereas marginal households resort to increasing labour supply. Copyright (c) 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.