Critical choices must now be made if growth is to be sustained. Significant potential exists for future growth, but bringing out this potential poses a major challenge for government policy. Agricultural strategy must shift its focus towards support for continuous productivity growth by peasant...

The agrarian question today the politics of poverty and inequality -- Rural development and social movements -- The politics of agrarian reform in Brazil : historical background -- Agrarian reform under sarney and Collor de Mello-Franco -- Agrarian reform under Cardoso -- Agrarian reform under...

The rural household epitomizes the central socioeconomic unit of the vernacular village. The territorial resources, livestock and human capital shape the particular features of each place and zone. The present study relies upon field research, namely a questionnaire undertaken in 354 rural...