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Table 19. Composition of household annual income (% of total income), NyaungdonTownship, 1996.SourcesRainfedIrrigatedLandless Landowner Landless LandownerAverageAgricultureFarm/garden 7 66 437 28Agricultural labor 11 3 1410 10Animal husbandry 6 3 1 1 3Fishing 6 – 9 4 5Forestry 7 2 9 – 5Total 37 7437 52 51NonagricultureIndustry 8 2 9 10 7Trading 143 1416 12Transport 15 1 9 4 7Construction 9 2 11 2 6Personal service 12 10 2 1 6Gov’t employment 5 46 4 5Rental service – 49 4 4Transfer – – 4– 1Total 63 26 64 41 49A majority of the income (64%) of the landless households was generated fromnonfarm activities. Trading, transport operation, personal service, and constructionlabor were the major sources of nonfarm income, with shares of about 9–15% each intotal income.On the other hand, a larger proportion (63%) of the total income generated bylandowner households came from agricultural activities. The higher income of theirrigated farm households compared to the rainfed households was attributed to theintensive rice cultivation in these villages. Income from agricultural labor contributeda higher percentage in the irrigated villages (10% vs 3%) because of the increasedopportunity for farm work brought about by the new rice-based productionsystems. Trading, transport operation, and personal service were also the major sourcesof nonfarm income for the farm households, which contributed 34% to total income.A higher share of nonfarm income in the farming households belonging to the irrigatedvillages (41% vs 26%) was observed, implying that family members were ableto engage in more high-paying off-farm activities since farm operators tended to hiremore agricultural laborers to do the farm tasks.Income distributionTo determine the pattern of income distribution in each village, the households wereranked with respect to per capita income and the corresponding income shares ofSocioeconomic and biophysical characterization of rainfed . . . 429

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