Even though farming accounts for only about 1 percent of the total national workforce, it is at the core of the food … farming, including feed, seed, fertilizer, machinery, food processing, manufacturing, and exporting. The interrelationships …

the same time, it has slowed down the process of transferring agricultural labour force to non-farming jobs. In 2007 a … positive change in the demographic structure of farming population was recorded. Generally, between 1996 and 2007 a decline in … that a large portion of the labour force in individual farms remains unused. Over-intensive employment in farming may lead …

agribusiness has been variable. Two recent ACIAR studies concluded that there may be more to linking smallholders with the … agribusiness sector than individual smallholder characteristics. This paper hypothesizes that social capital influences the ability … of individual smallholders to take advantage of emerging agribusiness opportunities. It outlines a project proposed by …

suggests development policy be enlarged to encompass agribusiness enterprises. Localized agribusiness can help rural …