Sources and transfers of cash income in the rural economy: The case of smallholder mixed farmers in the semi-arid zone of Mali

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Network Paper No. 25
June 1990

by

Siegfried Debrah
ILCA Semi-arid/Sub-humid Programme, BP 60, Bamako, Mali
and
Keffing Sissoko
INRZFH, BP 1704, Bamako, Mali

The authors acknowledge the valuable comments of the editor, Addis Anteneh, and Senait Seyoum of LED on earlier versions of the paper.

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Introduction

Study area

The farming system

Net value of farm production

Sources of cash income (farm and non-farm)

Food crop acquisition and disposal patterns

Sale patterns of livestock

Crop and livestock cash income transfers towards the satisfaction of household needs

Conclusions and policy implications

Appendix