Determinants Of Household Livelihood Diversification Strategies

Using cross-sectional data from six states in South Sudan in 2017,this study investigated the determinants of rural household livelihood diversification strategies.The Econometric analysis to determine the impact of rural household livelihood diversification strategies in South Sudan has received little attention due to the fact that South Sudan is still a newest country in the world.This study uses multiple logistics models to determine family life diversification policies.Data analysis shows that agriculture+ non-agriculture is the main source of rural household income,accounting for about 86%,agriculture alone accounts for 12%,non-Farm income accounts for about 1.24%of total income,and ultimately,off farm activities account for about 1%of the total sample population.Multinomial logistic results show that the family's livestock ownership have negative impact on the livelihood strategies of rural families,while the family occupation,dependent ratio,household head education level and market distance of on-farm and off farm families have a positive impact on the livelihood of rural families Strategy.The Probit results in Table 7 shows that the determinants of household diversification include distance to market and education level have positive effects while dependent ratio and household gender have negative effects on the household diversification strategies of the household head.Rural livelihood development strategy should focus on promoting agricultural and non-agricultural activities in order to realize community self-development.