Many developing countries are currently experiencing a rapid expansion of supermarkets. New supermarket procurement systems could have important implications for farming and wider rural development. While previous studies have analyzed farm profit and income effects, possible employment effects...

Az elmúlt két évtized alatt az aktív korú, tartósan munkanélküli személyek megsegítésére a különböző kormányok egyaránt a közfoglalkoztatási programokat támogatták, amelyeket döntően a helyi önkormányzatok szerveztek meg. A szakértők szerint az eltérő érdekek...

This article examines the effects of commercialisation of agriculture on land use and work patterns by means of a case study in the Nyeri district in Kenya. The study uses cross sectional data collected from small-scale farmers in this district. We find that good quality land is allocated to...

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Regardless of the definition of the informal sector, there is wide spread consensus that the sector is important to the developing world. The International Lab-our Organization estimated that in 1990, 21 percent of the Sub-Saharan Africa's 227 million labour force was working in the informal...

Paper presented at the International Symposium Sustaining Food Security and Managing Natural Resources in Southeast Asia - Challenges for the 21st Century Organized by University of Hohenheim, Germany Chiang Mai University and Kasetsart University, Thailand International Center for Research in...

Este trabalho foi elaborado com o objetivo de avaliar a atuação de uma Cooperativa de Produção Agropecuária como possível indutora da sustentabilidade econômica, social e ambiental dos assentamentos de reforma agrária do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem-Terra. Para atender aos...

In the article one presented changes in the resource allocation of the land and the agricultural labour in 30 countries. One paid attention on the differentiation in these processes in countries. We presented dominant processes and curiosities. One evidenced the meaning of the financial support...

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