...Ghanshyam Pandey; Seema Kumari Purpose In low-income economies agriculture plays an important role in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. Agricultural growth achieved through diversification toward the higher value crops enhance income and mitigate risk. The present study focuses...

... of this study is to analyze the factors influencing farmer’s diversification strategies while taking into account the simultaneous decision-making process. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a nation-wide farm household data from the US. The diversification decisions are analyzed using multivariate...

...Md Ejaz Anwer; Bimal Kishore Sahoo; Simantini Mohapatra Purpose Agriculture diversification acts as income enhancing as well as distress mitigating strategy. India has witnessed rise in per-capita income which in turn has increased the demand for food particularly high-valued food items...

... of return. Practical implications Even though the paper makes a case for community‐based wildlife conservation at a national level, the benefits of diversification into wildlife conservation are likely to be high only in those rural areas that can sustain wildlife populations sufficient to generate...