Job futures: Agriculture, rural transformation, and employment (C08#)

• Subject Area: Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Sociology
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 328966760

Households in rural Africa typically have diversified income and employment sources inside and outside of agriculture. With rapidly rising population numbers, natural resource scarcities, and ongoing structural transformation, the diversification of livelihoods will likely continue. This project collects household and employer survey data from four countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia) to analyze current and future job availability, accessibility, and quality in different rural sectors. Statistical models are used to evaluate people’s participation in different types of employment and effects on income, inequality, food security, and gender roles.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 228: Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Matin Qaim