Labor and Rainfed Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Regional Overview Papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Labor and the Adoption and Impact of Farm Technology

      • Dennis Tully

      Pages 3-23

   3. Labor Markets in North Africa and the Near East: A Survey of Developments Since 1970

      • Simon Commander, Simon Burgess

      Pages 25-47

   4. Mechanization, Off-Farm Employment and Agriculture

      • Alan Richards, Ahmed Ramezani

      Pages 49-65

   5. Household Labor Issues in West Asia and North Africa

      • Dorene R. Tully

      Pages 67-92

   6. Perspectives from Labor Studies in South Asia

      • Jayati Ghosh

      Pages 93-99

3. Country Review Papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Agricultural Labor and Technological Change in Turkey

      • Haluk Kasnakoglu, Halis Akder, A. Arslan Gurkan

      Pages 103-133

   3. Agricultural Labor and Technological Change in Cyprus

      • Georges Panayiotou

      Pages 135-161

   4. Agricultural Labor and Technological Change in the Syrian Arab Republic

      • M. Al-Ashram

      Pages 163-183

   5. Agricultural Labor and Technological Change in Jordan

      • Zulkuf Aydin

      Pages 185-208

   6. Agricultural Labor and Technological Change in Iraq

      • K. A. Mahdi

      Pages 209-227

   7. Agricultural Labor and Technological Change in the Yemen Arab Republic

      • Richard Tutwiler

      Pages 229-251

   8. Agricultural Labor and Technological Change in Tunisia

      • Nicholas S. Hopkins

      Pages 253-271

   9. Agricultural Labor and Technological Change in Morocco

      • Azzeddine M. Azzam

      Pages 273-295

4. Back Matter

   Pages 297-299

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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.

• Agricultural Sector
• agriculture
• development
• labor market
• paper
• production
• productivity
• stability
• welfare

'Overall the text has been skilfully edited and compiled and it provides an indepth background and analysis of the key issues in a very readable forum....it will certainly be of interest to both students and researchers of agriculture in this region.' Biodiversity and Conservation 1:121 1992

• The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria

  Dennis Tully

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