The Rural Development Strategy of the Government of National Unity 4.
Poor households protect themselves from income risk by diversifying their sources of income.
A rural household is likely to depend on some agricultural production, small scale entrepreneurial activities, a remittance from a family member, and, if at all possible, a pension. None of these is secure, so even when one seems to offer real hope of raising household income, a broad range of activities is often maintained. The wider the range of jobs and activities that is created in an area, the more people can provide services to each other, the more markets will be created, and money circulate. A development plan for a rural area must therefore tackle employment issues through as wide a range of activities as possible. This will allow many households to benefit from increases in productivity in at least some of their activities, and create increased access to markets.