Title:	Rural Households’ Livelihood and Well-Being: Statistics on Rural Development and Agriculture Household Income
Authors:	Professor Berkeley Hill, Mr. Jan Karlsson, Mr. Neil Rothwell
Keywords:	Livelihood
Issue Date:	2007
Publisher:	UN ESCAP
Description:	Why this Handbook? As the world changes, so should the collection of public statistics that inform governments and citizens about the nature of their lives and their livelihoods. For rural communities and for agriculturalists, the past decades have seen large changes in the structure and significance of farming and in the composition of rural economies. In developed economies, food is less and less a matter of commodities and agriculture is more than just their production. With food sufficiency not an issue for most, consumers have developed strong preferences with respect to food quality and safety. In rural areas, farms are often no longer the mainstay of the economy, and many farm families have income from both the farm business and off-farm employment. Accordingly, public data collection is under increasing pressure to move away from an almost exclusive focus on commodity production and factor use. But move to what? This Handbook responds to the question, what next for rural and agricultural statistics? It envisages the need for better data and indicators on the environment, rural economies and communities, and, very importantly, the farm household itself.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/26795
ISBN:	978-92-1-116967-6
Appears in Collections:	Gender Studies

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