In Search of Rural Entrepreneurship: Non‐farm Household Enterprises (NFEs) as Instruments of Rural Transformation in Ethiopia

Abebe Ejigu Alemu, Jìmí O. Adésínà · 2017 · African Development Review

Summary. Non-farm household enterprises in rural Ethiopia significantly improve livelihoods and are driven by education, cooperative membership, socioeconomic factors, transport access, communication, credit availability, and extension services. The study of 415 households shows that policies strengthening infrastructure, credit systems, extension services, and rural cooperatives can accelerate enterprise development and rural transformation across sub-Saharan Africa.

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  title   = {In Search of Rural Entrepreneurship: Non‐farm Household Enterprises (NFEs) as Instruments of Rural Transformation in Ethiopia},
  author  = {Abebe Ejigu Alemu and Jìmí O. Adésínà},
  journal = {African Development Review},
  year    = {2017},
  doi     = {10.1111/1467-8268.12255},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12255}
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DOI

10.1111/1467-8268.12255

Countries

Ethiopia

Regions

Africa

Categories

entrepreneurship, rural-data-and-definitions, policy

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2026-04-28