Examines growth and production trends in the export and food sectors since the mid-70s, analysing in detail the production and marketing of rice and public policies towards this sector. Looks at the implications of the recent liberalisation of rice prices for poverty and income distribution.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, cost benefit analysis of energy sources for groundwater irrigation in India - considers petroleum and biomass engines, electric motors and rural area electrification, animal traction, handpumps, etc.; considers irrigation potential and its impact on agricultural...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Literature survey of the economic implications and social implications of rural area electrification in developing countries and its role in rural development - deals with power generation, power consumption, use and cost benefit analysis of electricity and its impact on...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on nature and trends of rural area poverty and income distribution in Costa Rica - briefly outlines historical background to the agricultural economy; discusses recent trends in agricultural production, agricultural mechanization, farm size, etc.; examines land...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the commercialization of local levelly-developed agricultural technology in Jordan - reviews agricultural sector institutional framework, agricultural production, land utilization, agricultural credit, land tenure, labour shortages and agricultural market;...

ILO pub. Working paper, case studies of social implications and economic implications of structural change in plantations in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya and Tanzania - examines trends affecting agricultural production of cash crops and agricultural employment; comments on legislation regarding...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper suggesting labour shortage among peasant farmers as a factor explaining rural area poverty and low productivity in Malawi - based on a sample survey in the Lilongwe land development programme, examines land utilization, agricultural credit, agricultural production,...

ILO pub. Article on food production for and food security to new industrial developing areas in cold zones in USSR (northern and eastern siberia) - considers food planning to meet food requirements in areas of harsh climate and unfavourable soil conditions, focusing on the use of subsidiary...