But rural households are also involved in a range of economic activities, and in some areas farming is not the principal activity of the poor. Thinking in terms of assets and livelihoods suggests that there are multiple paths out of poverty (Ellis, 2000, OECD, 2010). As summarised in Foster et al. ( The first set of constraints involves household assets, such as land, livestock, machinery and related productive assets, and less-flexible assets such as education levels and health of family members.