The labour supply conditions for the transformation of peasant agriculture in Africa: Lessons from a Malawian experience
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The labour supply conditions for the transformation of peasant agriculture in Africa: Lessons from a Malawian experience | |
| Creator | Simukonda, Pacharo H. | |
| Description | In implementing rural development projects, African states expect that the otherwise poor peasantry would respond positively by maximising use of the productivity-enhancing technologies available to them, in order to improve their income status. The basic requirement is that the producer must supply significantly higher levels of productive labour-time, mainly from subsistence production and other traditional activities. The Malawi experience suggests that this process revolves around the critical role of both the physical and psychological dimensions of labour-time application. Therefore, the transformation of peasant commodity-surplus producers is unlikely to be effectively achieved, unless attainable commodity income is sufficient to at least support both customary production and subjectively defined socio-economic goals. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2000-06-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajems.v3i2.2608 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences; Vol 3, No 2 (2000); 212-234 2222-3436 1015-8812 | |
| Language | eng | |
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