Labour Absorption In Agriculture

Combining a wide range of analytical models and empirical investigations, this book describes international and historical variations in agricultural labor absorption in Asia, and argues that poor countries should aim to increase output and employment in the agricultural sector instead of following the practice of developed nations of economic progress and employment through urban industrialization.

ILO pub-WEP pub-ARTEP pub. Research report on insufficient agricultural employment in rural areas in Asia, with particular reference to Japan, China and Taiwan, China - discusses the use of agricultural mechanization and irrigation in rice and food cropping, considers employment opportunities of farm households together with disguised unemployment, reviews trends in land ownership, labour markets, etc. In light of the green revolution, and constitutes part of a WEP research project. Graphs, references and statistical tables.

ILO pub-WEP pub-ARTEP pub. Monograph of essays comprising a comparison of agricultural employment trends, issues and prospects in the rice-based agricultural sector in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines - examines the impact of technological change (agricultural mechanization, irrigation, fertilizers, higher-crop yielding varieties, etc.), discusses labour productivity and wages, and includes a conference report. Graphs and references. List of participants. Conference held in Bogor 1981 Jun 11 to 13.