This paper outlines sectoral economic changes that have occurred in China and Vietnam following their market reforms and rapid economic growth. Bothe economies have experienced increased urbanization and a decline in the relative contribution of agriculture to GDP and to employment. There has been considerable movement of labor from agricultural to nonagricultural employment. Such movements are...

This paper reviews recent development of China’s agricultural domestic support policy, especially the transition from taxing farmers and agriculture to providing direct subsidies to grain production and purchased inputs. A model-based quantitative analysis on the effects of these policy changes has been conducted. Simulation results suggest that recent policy changes have likely achieved the de...

The epidemiological studies presented in this paper refer to the association between agricultural occupation of parents and the incidence of infertility, congenital malformations, miscarriage, low birthweight, small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth, preterm delivery and stillbirth. The results of the analyses showed that employment in agriculture increases the risk of specific morphological abno...

The last three decades offer much evidence of greater access to new avenues of employment with globalisation and rapid economic development in Southeast Asia including Thailand. Associated with this pattern is a trend towards employment related migration out of rural areas. In this paper, we look at the implications of globalisation from a rural perspective by examining the direct impact on emp...

The article summarizes the characteristics of use labor resources in agriculture by head farm, determining level resources, efficient shortening seasonal working period agriculture, creating an employment environment, prospects for organization small enterprises industrial surplus production agricultural products, storage rooms indicators reflecting general state productivity are presented. , a...

The CTAHR Economic Issues publication EI-3, Agriculture’s Contribution to Hawaii’s Economy— An Update, reported that in year 2000 agriculture con­ tributed 3.3 percent of total Hawaii sales, 2.2 percent of total real GSP, 3.8 percent of employment, and 2.2 per­ cent of labor income. That publication measured the contribution of agriculture in terms of its size relative to the entire Hawaii econ...