Examines the consequences of export-led agricultural growth for food production, food supply, food prices and agricultural wages.

Assesses proposal to clear environmentally valuable forests to develop irrigation-based agriculture. Balances environmental concerns against employment, income and food security objectives.

Examines the role of skills in cluster development and how skills development can facilitate cluster development, in particular in developing countries.

ILO pub. Article on agrarian structure, agricultural mechanization and agricultural employment in the context of agricultural development in Chile from 1955 to 1965 - reviews structural and technological changes that occurred, assesses their impact on productivity and employment in various...

Reviews employment trends in the plantation sector from the early 1970s to the late 1980s.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on rural poverty and the dualistic nature of agrarian structures (dualistic farming) in Guatemala - examines level and trend of rural poverty through indicators such as household income, housing, illiteracy and nutrition; notes paradox of high rate of agricultural...