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Economics & Trade
Economic and trade issues at the global, regional, national and local levels have a profound impact on agriculture. Furthermore, increasing globalisation means that agricultural production and practices are affected by broader economic policies, private sector activity, trade liberalisation, value chains, and labour and employment issues.This section provides resources specifically dealing with these issues.
Economic development
Agroindustry, Agribusiness
- India's 'fish-out-of-groundwater' story
- Flower power begins to bloom in the Pacific
- Farmers grasp the business of change
- Agribusiness in South Asia
- Gem of the Pacific
- Contract farming in Indonesia: smallholders & agribusiness working together
- Linking agribusiness & small-scale farmers in developing countries: Is there a new role for contract farming?
- Challenges of agribusiness & agro-industries & development
- Improved trade in mangoes from the Philippines, Thailand & Australia
- Business management tools
Trade and market access
- Improving the business climate in NTT: case of agriculture trade in West Timor
- The Uruguay Round reform program for trade in agriculture
- World markets for organic fruit & vegetables
- Commodities and trade
- Agricultural markets
- Effects of globalisation & economic development on Asian livestock
- Sailing close to the wind: navigating the WTO Hong Kong ministerial
- Linking farmers to markets
Employment
- Agricultural labour as stakeholders in land reform: a review
- An overview of child labour in agriculture
- FAO Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) website
- Rural non-farm employment under trade reform: evidence from Vietnam, 1993-2002
- Agricultural workers & their contribution to sustainable agriculture
Value chains
- Value chains in developing countries: research situation & relevance to development policy
- Participatory value chain analysis for improved farmer incomes, employment & food security
- Chain empowerment: supporting African farmers to develop markets
- Global value chains in the agrifood sector
- Cambodia agriculture sector diagnostic report