ECONOMIES OF AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN SOHAG GOVERNORATE | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 14, Volume 39, Issue 2, June 2008, Pages 225-254 PDF (1.15 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2008.269713 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abd Elwakeel Ibrahim Mohamed1; Yehia Ali Hussein1; Salah ail Fadlalha1; Mourad Fouad Girgis* 2 | ||
| 1Department of Agricultural Economics – Faculty of Agriculture – Assiut University | ||
| 2Agricultural Economics Research Institute - Agricultural Research Center | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Labour is one of the Factors of production such as land, capital, and occupies special importance which is related to the human component, as the basis for economic development. The research followed a plan, which began as an introduction to the problem included research, and its objectives, and style of research, data sources, and included some of the concepts of research, and some previous studies related to the topic of research, as well as current status of agricultural employmentin the Governorate research. The evolution of agricultural labour and others Agricultural, wages, and needs nationwide, needs and animal husbandry, the agricultural labour family and were, and discussion also covered the quantification of human labour component, estimating employment defective open and disguised, and the work of balancing supply and demand of human agricultural employment, has completed the study perception of the future labour market in agricultural Governorate study. As well as the economic model to describe the standard of the agricultural labour market, was obtained analytical results of a statistical estimates, using the normal method of least squares (OLS), and the three stages (3SLS). The study found many of the findings highlighted in is : 1- the existence of surplus agricultural labor estimated at about 1.9 million man / day, as well as the existence of inadequate employment, both in the agricultural sector, which is the first open inadequate employment by 8.4% of the total working days available, and the second is inadequate employment Disguised by 0.8%. In the same time , the agricultural labour force necessary for agricultural production ander the present level of technology is about 20.8 million man labour days. This means that the disguised under employment is about 0.17 man labour days or 0.8 % of total agricultural labour force using in present actual agricultural production in the governorate in Sohag Governorate. | ||
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