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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Farm labour"”.
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Farm labour in a demarcated area of the Western Cape
… research project is to gain knowledge concerning farm labour in the Western Cape. Specifically, we seek to define: a) The role of Coloured people, Africans and Whites as farm workers; b) the interaction amongst the three mentioned racial groups; c) the community structure of the three racial …
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Agriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960
… as is the way in which different groups of farmers reacted to these developments. The second chapter discusses the position of farm workers. The system of labour tenancy is considered and stress is laid on the various tensions within the system which became prominent at this time. The use of …
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Harvest Histories: A Social History of Mexican Farm Labour in Canada since 1974
… explores the historical precedents of seasonal farm labour in Canada through the lens of the interior or the personal on the one hand, through an oral history approach, and the external or the structural on the other, in dialogue with existing scholarship and through a critical assessment of the …
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Structural adjustments to the farm labour force, 1994-2011 : a Mincerian exploration of returns to education and experience
… of agricultural legislations, such as ESTA, most farm workers' living standards have decreased. Many farm workers earned significantly less than other unskilled workers therefore, to improve their wages, a minimum wage was introduced. However, the minimum wage only increased the wages of farm …
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“Vacation for Victory!” British Columbia’s call for a Women’s Land Army during the Second World War and the prairie women who answered
… in agricultural regions with a depleted labour force, only British Columbia and Ontario instituted a Provincial Women's Land Army. However, while Ontario's Farm Labour Program quickly gained momentum, British Columbia experienced difficulty in recruiting women from within their province …
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Market participation of commercial Black farmers in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
… produce is important amongst commercial Black farmers as a mechanism contributor in rural employment and income generation. In South Africa, most commercial Black farmers are characterised by poor market participation through lack of land ownership and as a result, reduced investment on farming …
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The survival and re-emergence of family farming: A study of the Holsworthy area of west Devon
… in West Devon and interviews with one hundred farmers in the area. The way in which family labour farming has adapted to the changing economic and social conditions of the twentieth century is analysed. The process of specialisation of production, the rise of owner-occupation of land and the …
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Not yet Soko Huru : the local appropriation of 'free market' discourse in the coffee industry of rural Kenya, Meru District (1998)
… acute in relation to the social division of labour, and in relationships between individuals within households. Women, in particular, have been adversely effected by structural adjustment since the economic viability of the rural household is based on women's farm labour, yet they are …
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Analysis Of Factors Affecting The Technical Efficiency Of Smallholder Dairy Farmers In Njombe District
… Technical Inefficiency (TI) of smallholder dairy farmers. Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function in which the parameters for the production frontier and for the inefficiency model were estimated jointly using the maximum likelihood technique on cross section data of 81 smallholder …
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An educational intervention program for female farm dwellers focusing on resource management
In this study, the empowering of the female farm dwellers by education and training in order to increase their knowledge and skills in family resource management, is investigated. It forms part of the FLAGH Study (Farm Labour, Agriculture and General Health). Education and training can empower …
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Roles of grasslands in sustainable improvement of land productivity in Bukoba District, Tanzania
… limiting the productivity of the land. In this farming system, grasslands form an integral part in land productivity. However, changes in land tenure systems particularly for grasslands in recent years have undermined the functionality of the agro-ecological system. This study was designed to …
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THREE ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA: LABOUR ALLOCATION, ADOPTION OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE AND CO-OPERATIVE PARTICIPATION
Smallholder farmers dominate agricultural production in many developing countries and produce a significant portion of the food that is consumed within those countries. Given their important contribution, there is strong consensus that improving productivity among smallholder farmers is one of the …