Chapter 9 Rural non-farm employment policy

Abstract

A relatively high share of employment is in food processing (about 5% of total non-farm employment), indicative of the tendency for agricultural processing activities, both in the Northeast and Southeast. Most employment, however, is not related to the agricultural sector, for example, ceramics and wooden goods that represent mainly artisan production or textiles that may be related to cotton production. However, these are mostly justified by the existence of a low-cost labor force.

Citation

Bar-El, R. (2008), "Chapter 9 Rural non-farm employment policy", Bar-El, R. (Ed.) Regional Development and Conflict Management: A Case for Brazil (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 127-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1572-8323(08)08009-0