Research Article

Determinants of Smallholder Farmers’ Income Diversification in Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 5

Farmer’s income diversity sources or scores, SID in the study area.

Farmer’s income sources: SIDMeanStandard deviation

Livestock rearing0.240.16
Crop production0.340.24
Mixed farming0.080.16
Nonfarm self-employment0.170.22
Nonlabor income source0.010.08
Agricultural wage employment0.050.12
Nonagricultural wage employment0.070.14
Overall Simpson Index of Diversity (SID)0.560.21