This paper examines the structures of information transfer to the agricultural (production) and agro-alimentary (transformation and commercialization of the products) sector within Spain. A historical perspective is provided to better illustrate the reality and complexity of Spain with regard to the systems of agrarian extension, agricultural research, resources provided by Spain’s central admi...

After more than two decades of agrarian change in Tajikistan, farming structures seem to crystallise. The first signs towards farm individualisation were observed only around 2000, which were the result of significant pressure from outside, when the post-conflict state was highly susceptible to pressure from multilateral institutions. Over time, striking differences in agrarian structures have ...

In Mexico, the bdemocratization of natural assetsQ through an agrarian reform process laid the territorial foundation for the establishment of a large community forest sector. The common property regime and agrarian policies established by the Mexican Revolution also created a common form of governance for all of rural Mexico. Concepts from common property theory and social and natural capital ...

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The paper provides an overview and a comparison of land markets covering the three candidate countries for European Union membership: Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia and Turkey. We analyse and compare agricultural land structures and factors driving land markets. The analyses are based on the available crosssection and time-series evidence on agricultural land structure...

Achievement of diverse economic, social, environment conservation etc. goals development greatly depends on the specific system of governance in different countries, industries, regions, communities, etc. [1-7]. Having in mind the importance of agrarian sector (in terms of employed resources, contribution to individuals and social welfare, positive and/or negative impacts on environment, etc.),...

Note: Oxfam GB is grateful to the publisher, Blackwell, to the authors and the journal editors for permission to post on its land rights website this important article which (slightly revised) was published in the Journal of Agrarian Change, vol. 3, nos.1 and 2, January and April, 2003, pp. 67-112, in a special issue on Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights. See the Journal of Agrarian Change...

This article analyses processes of exploitation, accumulation and social reproduction in rural Java. Using fieldwork a primarily agrarian predominantly non-agrarian village, it underlines the ways which pluri-active labouring class households contribute to through variety forms petty self-employment wage-labour – above all sharecropping female homework, is interwoven seamlessly with reproductiv...