Labor Employment And Agricultural Development In West Asia And North Africa

Author : Dennis Tully
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400906358

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Labor, Employment and Agricultural Development in West Asia and North Africa by Dennis Tully Pdf

The basic objective of agricultural research at ICARDA is to enhance producer and consumer welfare through increasing the productivity, stability, and profitability of agriculture. Improved practices must be technically, economi cally, and socially suitable to farmer conditions. The rainfed areas of West Asia and North Africa have highly variable environmental conditions as well as complex social and economic structures. In recent years, the region has been experiencing major changes in the relative availabilities and costs of the classical factors of production: land, labor and capital. These changes have important implications for the design of new agricultural technology. On the one hand, the availability of labor may be an important factor determining the acceptability of new technology. On the other, it is important to consider the impact that technology can have on rural employment. To develop a better awareness ofthese issues and their relevance to technology development, ICARDA initiated a project on Agricultural Labor and Tech nological Change (ALTC). The first stage of the project was a review of existing information' on these issues; this review was published as a book under the title Labor and Rainfed Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa.

Author : Dennis Tully
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990-10-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0792308166

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Labor, Employment and Agricultural Development in West Asia and North Africa by Dennis Tully Pdf

The basic objective of agricultural research at ICARDA is to enhance producer and consumer welfare through increasing the productivity, stability, and profitability of agriculture. Improved practices must be technically, economi cally, and socially suitable to farmer conditions. The rainfed areas of West Asia and North Africa have highly variable environmental conditions as well as complex social and economic structures. In recent years, the region has been experiencing major changes in the relative availabilities and costs of the classical factors of production: land, labor and capital. These changes have important implications for the design of new agricultural technology. On the one hand, the availability of labor may be an important factor determining the acceptability of new technology. On the other, it is important to consider the impact that technology can have on rural employment. To develop a better awareness ofthese issues and their relevance to technology development, ICARDA initiated a project on Agricultural Labor and Tech nological Change (ALTC). The first stage of the project was a review of existing information' on these issues; this review was published as a book under the title Labor and Rainfed Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa.

Author : Dennis Tully
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400905610

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Labor and Rainfed Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa by Dennis Tully Pdf

The basic objective of agricultural research at ICARDA is to enhance pro ducer and consumer welfare through increasing the productivity, stability, and profitability of agriculture. Improved practices must be technically, ec onomically, and socially suitable to farmer conditions. The rainfed areas of West Asia and North Africa have highly variable environmental conditions as well as complex social and economic structures. In recent years, the region has been experiencing major changes in the relative availabilities and costs of the classical factors of production: land, labor, and capital. These changes have important implications for the design of new agricultural technology. On the one hand, the availability of labor may be an important factor determining the acceptability of new technology. On the other, it is important to consider the impact that technology can have on rural employment. To develop a better awareness of these issues and their relevance to technology development, ICARD A initiated a project on Agricultural Labor and Tech nological Change. The first stage of the project is published here; it is a review of available literature on selected issues of regional importance, com bined with more detailed analyses of the situations of eight countries with important rainfed agricultural sectors. ICARDA greatly appreciates the financial assistance of the Ford Foun dation, which allowed us to support the execution of the study and publi cation of its findings. We also appreciate the great efforts of the authors in the face of often limited data and facilities.

Author : Nin-Pratt, Alejandro,El-Enbaby, Hoda,Figueroa, Jose Luis,ElDidi, Hagar,Breisinger, Clemens
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896292956

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Agriculture and economic transformation in the Middle East and North Africa: A review of the past with lessons for the future by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro,El-Enbaby, Hoda,Figueroa, Jose Luis,ElDidi, Hagar,Breisinger, Clemens Pdf

The agriculture sector is key for economic and social development, but the sector’s potential has not received enough attention from policy makers and stakeholders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Political transitions, instability, and the resulting refugee crisis have shifted focus away from other pressing development challenges, including slow progress in economic diversification, high unemployment, and persistent high food insecurity and rural poverty. Despite its small contribution to GDP, agriculture is strategic for sustainable development in the MENA countries. Agriculture, for example, is central to achieve food and water security in a region characterized as one of the most food insecure and water scarce in the world. The sector’s role in employment is also central, given the region’s high structural unemployment. However, it will not be possible for MENA countries to develop agriculture without a pathway to structural economic transformation. The region has already started the process of transformation but longstanding challenges remain. This report aims to examine the drivers, constraints, and social implications of agricultural development in MENA and to explore possible cornerstones for new and sustainable development strategies in the context of economic transformation. More specifically, the report provides answers to the following questions: • What development strategies and policies did governments in MENA put in place over the past three decades and how did they affect the performance of agriculture? • How did the structural characteristics of the MENA countries affect agricultural development and the economic transformation process in the region? • What did we learn from the past performance of agriculture? What should be the central elements guiding future agricultural policies? • What are elements of a new and sustainable development strategy in MENA countries? • What is the role of agriculture and agro-industries for development in MENA?

Author : Kusum Nair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039903641

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Transforming Traditionally by Kusum Nair Pdf

Author : Thomas L. Nordblom,Farouk Shomo
Publisher : ICARDA
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Feeds
ISBN : 9789291270330

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Food and Feed Prospects to 2020 in the West Asia/North Africa Region by Thomas L. Nordblom,Farouk Shomo Pdf

Author : M. Riad El-Ghonemy
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429715587

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Land, Food And Rural Development In North Africa by M. Riad El-Ghonemy Pdf

This study of rural development in six North African nations addresses the issues surrounding poverty and landlessness. Providing an Islamic perspective on policy-making, the author describes the influence of Islam on development in these countries, and stresses the Islamic religious and moral revival as a major factor in policy-making toward reduc

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9004107452

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Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East by Anonim Pdf

During the last two decades, the number of anthropologists conducting research in the Middle East has increased considerably. Together they have produced an abundance of valuable studies, often based on prolonged periods of ethnographic fieldwork. "Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East. A Bibliography" offers a comprehensive survey of their results. The first volume, published in 1992, covered publications which appeared between 1965 and 1987. The second volume brings the bibliography further up to date, listing publications between 1988 and 1992, and adds some 260 titles which were published up through 1987. As in the first volume, the majority of the titles are annotated.

Author : Philip S. Cocks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Arid regions agriculture
ISBN : OCLC:31432142

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The Sustainability of Small Farms in West Asia and North Africa by Philip S. Cocks Pdf

Author : Tuncer Bulutay
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9221091937

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Employment, Unemployment and Wages in Turkey by Tuncer Bulutay Pdf

Author : Chris Gosden,Jon G. Hather
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134828494

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The Prehistory of Food by Chris Gosden,Jon G. Hather Pdf

The Prehistory of Food sets subsistence in its social context by focusing on food as a cultural artefact. It brings together contributors with a scientific and biological expertise as well as those interested in the patterns of consumption and social change, and includes a wide range of case studies.

Author : Satoshi Kojima
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1782541268

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Sustainable Development in Water-stressed Developing Countries by Satoshi Kojima Pdf

This innovative book investigates the practical applications of sustainable development in the spirit of the Brundtland Report, paying special attention to water-stressed developing countries. Satoshi Kojima argues that the main objective of sustainable development is poverty alleviation within the present generation without destroying those ecosystems underpinning life support systems. The policy implications of such sustainable development policies are investigated with an original quantitative policy analysis framework. Researchers in environmental, ecological and development economics will find this book of great interest. It will also appeal to researchers and scholars interested in water management and related issues."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Aomar Boum,Thomas K. Park
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 1003 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442262973

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Historical Dictionary of Morocco by Aomar Boum,Thomas K. Park Pdf

A historical reference work on Morocco must take as its subject al-maghrib al-aqsa (the far west) as the Arabic scholars have generally referred to the approximate region of present-day Morocco, roughly the north-west corner of Africa but at times including much of the Iberian peninsula, because the modern nation-state is a relatively recent creation owing much to events in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. External influences on Morocco tend to come across the narrow straits of Gibraltar to the north, from the east along the Mediterranean litoral, or up from the Sahara. In each case, access is constrained by geography and continued control from outside the region has been difficult to manage over the long term. Although many of the dynasties that came to power in Morocco conquered much broader regions, history and topology have so conspired that there is still more coherence to an historical focus on al-maghrib al-aqsa than is the case for most modern nation-states. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Morocco contains a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Morocco.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PSU:000056043112

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Abstracts on Tropical Agriculture by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015058373807

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The Cumulative Book Index by Anonim Pdf

A world list of books in the English language.