Survival strategies among rural smallholders and petty commodity producers: a case study of western Guatemala

Smith Ca.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on nonfarm employment of peasant farmers and skilled workers in Western Guatemala. Examines the rural economy and organisation of agricultural marketing. On the basis of a sample survey of 2544 households in 143 rural communitys carried out from 1976-1978, considers the agricultural production, handicrafts and other commodity production, Analyses the rural area occupational structure and income distribution.

Keywords: nonfarm employment; peasant farmer; skilled workers.; rural economy; agricultural market; sample; survey.; household.; rural community; agricultural production; handicrafts.; commodity.; rural area; occupational structure; income distribution; statistical table; emploi non agricole; paysan; travailleur qualifié; empleo no agrícola; campesino; trabajador especializado; économie rurale; marché agricole; échantillon; enquête; ménage; collectivité rurale; production agricole; artisanat décoratif et d'expression; produit de base; zone rurale; structure de l'emploi; répartition du revenu; tableau statistique; economía rural; mercado agrícola; muestra; encuesta; hogar; comunidad rural; producción agrícola; artesanía decorativa y tradicional; producto de base; zona rural; estructura del empleo; distribución del ingreso; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 91 P. pages
Date: 1986
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10-6, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1986/86B09_25_engl.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992441223402676

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Vesa Sivunen ().