Food wastage is prevalent in Southeast Asia and has significant implications for the region’s food, environmental and economic security. It is likely that the region wastes approximately 33 per cent of food, but accurate estimates are not available due to dearth of quantitative...

Working paper on trends in rural women's labour force participation and fertility patterns in China. Examines rural development policy based on the responsibility of the individual, household or work brigade for agricultural production. Covers women workers in agricultural employment and rural...

Working paper appraising an integrated approach to agricultural development and rural industrialization in 6 developing areas in West Bengal, India. Discusses investment in irrigation facilities, fertilizers, pesticides, etc. Examines the impact on crop yield, nonfarm employment opportunity and...

Based on 1987 and 1988 data from the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) and the Census of Small Scale Industries (CSSI).

Questions the argument that increased income from agricultural growth will stimulate non-agricultural activities and non-farm employment in rural regions. Taking the diversification of rural regions in China as an example, shows that collective forms of ownership can combine with market discipline.

Since the implementation of the economic reforms in 1978, there is a remarkable diversification trend in rural China characterized by an impressive development of rural enterprises. The main objective of this paper is to understand the forces driving this agro-industrial diversification which...