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von Braun, Joachim; Hotchkiss, David; Immink, Maarten. |
Modernization of traditional agriculture entalls increased participation of the smallholder sector in the exchange economy. The achievement of this participation requires an open trade regime, domestic policies that ensure against market failures and public policy that effectively permits use of a new production technology for sustained growth. To open up these opportunities to small farmers, investment in rural intrastate is essential, as is investment in education that will enable these farmers to participate as entrepreneurs in the growth process must stimulate employment and increased returns to land. Nontraditional vegetables for export have a higher labor content and therefore promise to help foster rural modernization. In this study of... |
Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Vegetable trade; Guatemala; Exports; Small Farms; Food supply; Agricultural laborers; Household surveys; Crop Production/Industries. |
Ano: 1989 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42169 |
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Huang, Li-min; Peng, Da-lei; Liu, Cheng-wu; Yu, Peng. |
On the strength of expounding the general situation of study area and the status quo of agricultural laborers in China, the changes of the scale and structure of them from 1985 to 2009 are analyzed by relying on the survey from farmers and statistical data from the government. The causes of these changes are analyzed from the aspects of rural farmland policy,birth-control policy, farmland marginalization and industrialization. Based on the study on the causes, the impacts of the changes on food production are analyzed from operation scale of household, the grain cropping area, the multi-cropping index and land productivity. The results show that the quality of agricultural laborers is decreasing form 1985 to 2009, which is characterized by the lack of... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural laborers; Peasant household; Food production; Yinshanpo Village; China; Agribusiness. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97994 |
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