ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper based on a case study of conditions of employment among agricultural workers in commercial farming in the rain FED region of Varhad, India - notes on-going labour surplus and stagnating agricultural production with a trend towards proletarianization; regrets...

Analyzes the banana industry crisis and its labour related effects. Highlights the continuing importance of the banana industry to the region.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on factors affecting agricultural research and agricultural technology, comprising a case study of India - discusses the theoretical background, institutional framework of research centres, divergencies and complementarities in research organisation and allocation,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on economic development impact of labour force emigration in Yemen - discusses migration trends, issues and prospects, and examines the impact on skill and labour shortages, balance of payments, economic structure, agricultural production, trade and inflation in...

Examines the economic and social consequences of the decline in international prices for coffee, cocoa, and cotton. Covers the period 1980 to 1992.

Focuses on the relationship between the overall growth of the economy and the growth of food production. Discusses the impact of relative food and agricultural prices on rural-urban wage differentials.

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

Examines growth and production trends in the export and food sectors since the mid-70s, analysing in detail the production and marketing of rice and public policies towards this sector. Looks at the implications of the recent liberalisation of rice prices for poverty and income distribution.