Publication: Small Farmers in Developing Countries : Some Results of Household Surveys Data Analysis
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2006-11
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2012-06-26
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Using data obtained from Living Standards Measurement Surveys of rural households, the socioeconomic trends in rural households is defined for a limited set of countries in the 90's and 2000's. These trends are studied in light of seven categories of rural economies: self-employed agriculture, employer agriculture (land owners), employee agriculture, self-employed not agriculture; employer not agriculture, employee not agriculture, not in the labor force. Relative differences in income, consumption and poverty are documented.
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“Modrego, Félix; Charnay, Romain; Jara, Esteban; Contreras, Hugo; Rodríguez, Cristián. 2006. Small Farmers in Developing Countries : Some Results of Household Surveys Data Analysis. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9205 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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