Landless Workers and Rice Farmers

Landless Workers and Rice Farmers

Author: Antonio J. Ledesma

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 9711040433

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Perspectives from the household level; Agrarian reform in two villages; Implications for the Philippine agrarian reform program.


Farming Systems and Poverty

Farming Systems and Poverty

Author: John A. Dixon

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9789251046272

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A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.


Women in Rice Farming

Women in Rice Farming

Author: International Rice Research Institute

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 0566051052

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Technology and the demand for women's labor in Asian rice farming; Observations on institutions, infrastructure technology and women in rice farming; The changing role of women in Japanese agriculture; Women's labor and the technological development of rice cultivation in Japan; Half-sky role of China's women in rice farming systems; Wives at work; Changing labor allocation patterns of women in rice farm households; Women and the modernization of rice agriculture; The impact of new farming technology on women's employment; Women's access to land resources; Women's role in the improvement of rice farming systems in coastal awamplands; Women in rice farming systems in Bangladesh and how technology programs can reach them; Women and technology; Women laborers in rice producing villages of Bangladesh; The role of women in household production systems and rice farming in Nepal; Technological infusion and employment conditions of woemn in rice cultivation areas; Rural women and high yielding rice technology in India...


Pesticides, Rice Productivity, and Farmers' Health

Pesticides, Rice Productivity, and Farmers' Health

Author: Agnes C. Rola

Publisher: IRRI CABI

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 971220037X

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Introduction and overview of conclusions; Pest-related yield losses in rice: reality and perceptions; Crop protection technologies; A profile of pesticide use for rice; Choice of crop protection technologies under risk: an expected utility maximization framework; Pesticide exposure, farmers' health, and choice of pest control technologies; IPM implementation in the Philippines: a policy overview; Regulating pesticide use in Philippine agricultural production: some policy considerations.


The City Connection

The City Connection

Author: Lillian Trager

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780472063901

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Evaluates migration in light of the migrant's social network


Agricultural Land Redistribution

Agricultural Land Redistribution

Author: Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 0821379623

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Despite 250 years of land reform all over the World, important land inequalities remain, especially in Latin America and Southern Africa.While in these countries, there is near consensus on the need for redistribution, much controversy persists around how to redistribute land peacefully and legally, often blocking progress on implementation.This book focuses on the "how" of land redistribution in order to forge greater consensus among land reform practitioners and enable them to make better choices on the mechanisms of land reform. Reviews and case studies describe and analyze the al.