What agricultural jobs are there?
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| It is well-known that agricultural policies and production practices influence what farmers choose to grow. | |
| Agricultural education has dual outcomes: a skilled agricultural workforce and successful citizens that are agriculturally literate contributors in a democratic society. | |
01 Jan 2003 31 Citations | The household heads living in larger households, having a larger farm size, and working full-time (more hours per week) in permanent jobs are more likely to stay in agricultural employment. |
31 Citations | This recognises the diversity of agricultural practises that are evident in different areas of the world, which may be quite removed to what might be recognisable as ‘agriculture’ in places such as Europe. |
| Too fine a distinction, therefore, will not be drawn between agricultural and nonagricultural jobs on the farm or even between employment "in agriculture" and employment which grows out of agricultural enterprise. | |
88 Citations | We argue that an understanding of what produces satisfied agricultural technicians is important in its own right, but is also important for indirectly increasing agricultural production in these developing countries. |
26 Citations | Such matters are important, and farm income directly affects farm family welfare; but there are many other facets to agricultural policy, which in large part have been neglected. |
| Consequently, farmers are distracted from agriculture and tend to migrate to cities to look for alternative jobs. | |
| There is evidence that agricultural employment moves counter-cyclically, as opposed to non-agricultural employment. | |
31 Citations | We show that countries where crop diversity increased also supported more agricultural jobs. |
31 Citations | Unemployment is a major concern affecting livelihoods all over the world; policies to enhance crop diversity and prevent the loss of associated agricultural jobs are urgently needed. |
93 Citations | Those who are further away from such centers are even less likely to be in well-paying non-farm jobs if they are living in areas with greater agricultural potential. |
| Results show that there is a relationship between agricultural commodity prices and agricultural employment. | |
| The findings reveal a positive impact of the agricultural technologies implemented under Planting for Food and Jobs programme on rice productivity and welfare of rice farmers in Northern Ghana. | |
07 May 2014 | There appears to be a link to people working in the soil and as agricultural workers. |