Labor, markets, and agricultural production

Author(s)

• Ploeg, Jan Douwe van der
• Long, Ann

Bibliographic Information

Labor, markets, and agricultural production

Jan Douwe van der Ploeg ; translated by Ann Long

（Westview special studies in agriculture science and policy）

Westview Press, 1990

Note

Bibliography: p. 285-298

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Focusing on the complex and often contradictory relationships between agricultural production and markets, the author examines the micro-macro linkages between farm production, farm labour issues and the degree of autonomy or dependancy vis-a-vis markets. By comparing the case of farmers in Peru, generally regarded as peripheral agricultural producers, with European farmers able easily to access the centralized markets of the EEC, Dr van der Ploeg is able to draw general conclusions about the ongoing process of commoditization of agriculture and the roles farmers play in agrarian development.

Table of Contents

• Heterogeneity and styles of farming
• dairy farming in Emilia Romagna, Italy
• potato production in the Peruvian highlands
• peasant struggles, unions and co-operatives
• the strife for intensification
• commoditization and the social relations of production
• the agrarian question reconsidered.

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Details

• NCID: BA10757950
• ISBN:
  • 0813378273
• LCCN: 90012404
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: dut
• Place of Publication: Boulder
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 313 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD1433
  • DC20 : 338.1/6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Agricultural productivity -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Produce trade -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Agricultural laborers -- Case studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00202075