LABOR-TIME: ECOLOGICAL BODIES AND AGRICULTURAL LABOR IN 19TH- AND EARLY 20TH-CENTURY EGYPT
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DOI: 10.1017/s0020743818000028
Abstract: Abstract Beginning in the second decade of the 19th century, Egyptian agriculture began a process of transformation from basin to perennial irrigation. This shift facilitated the practice of year-round agriculture and the cultivation of summer… read more here.
Keywords: labor; perennially irrigated; agriculture; labor time ... See more keywords
New evidence regarding the effects of contract farming on agricultural labor use
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DOI: 10.1111/agec.12606
Abstract: Contractual agreements between smallholder farmers and agribusiness companies have gained in importance in many developing countries. While productivity and income effects of contracting in the small farm sector were analyzed in many previous studies, labor… read more here.
Keywords: labor; labor use; agricultural labor; new evidence ... See more keywords
Developing a Palestinian Resistance Economy through Agricultural Labor
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DOI: 10.1525/jps.2017.46.3.7
Abstract: In 2013, four Palestinians incorporated Amoro Agriculture, Palestine’s only mushroom farm. In the absence of an alternative to Israeli mushrooms on the Palestinian market, Amoro’s products were welcomed as an engaged example of the boycott… read more here.
Keywords: palestinian resistance; agricultural labor; resistance; resistance economy ... See more keywords
Rural Population Aging, Capital Deepening, and Agricultural Labor Productivity
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DOI: 10.3390/su15108331
Abstract: Whether the aging of rural population will affect the high-quality development of China’s agriculture is an important issue facing the construction of China’s characteristic modern agriculture. Using panel data from 30 provinces in China from… read more here.
Keywords: rural population; population aging; agricultural labor; population ... See more keywords