The vast majority of households in rural Viet Nam undertake agricultural activities and for many this is their main …

While much research on China has focused on rural to urban migration and transitions of rural households away from … agriculture, little is known about the changes within the rural agricultural sector. Yet, the agricultural sector continues to …

This chapter considers the linkages between agricultural development and rural non-farm activities. The chapter is … motivated by growing evidence that non-farm activities provide an increasingly important share of rural incomes in many low … reducing poverty in rural areas, and increased evidence of factor and commodity flows between rural and urban areas …

This paper argues that the development of the rural economy is a key factor for achieving inclusive growth, one that … conditions in Philippine rural labor markets and agriculture can be characterized as casual or informal, with low skill … of development literature that posits a traditional sector, mostly located in rural areas, and highly depending on …

This paper presents the main characteristics of the workforce in rural areas. The primary objective of the study is to … highlight the importance of the workforce resource in the Romanian rural space, as a key element of sustainable development …, given that 47.7% of the population resides in rural areas. The study aims to analyze the implication of the degree of …