Employment in agric.

• labour input into agric. production; • labour market (supply and demand of

labour); • ‘decent work’ (that is productive work in

conditions of freedom, equality and human dignity): – income, work safety, social protection, rights at work,

etc.

• social aspects: such as living standards.

Standards

• Definitions: – urban/rural; farm holding; agricultural

household; agric. employment (all, most or some); etc.

• Classifications: – employment status; occupations; industry,

etc.

Data Collection

• Methods: – farm surveys; – agricultural surveys/censuses; – labour force surveys; – administrative sources; etc.

• Data collection: – Coverage: establishments, holdings, households,

persons?– Items : numbers, characteristics; multiple activities

(farm, non-farm); usual labour force char.; etc.

Agriculture InformalEnterprises (Market)

AgricultureQuasi-Corporations

(Market)

AgricultureCorporations

(Market)

Source of agricultural employment by type of enterprise and status in employment

Households Enterprises

Subsistence

Owners

Self-Consumption(Non Market)

Some Market

Employees

FamilyMembers

Owners

Employees

FamilyMembers

UrbanHouseholds

RuralHouseholds

All paid employees

Hardly

Hardly

Mostly

Mostly

Mostly

Some

Some

Hardly

Mostly

Hardly

Hardly

Hardly

Mostly

Hardly

Some

Some

Hardly

Few

Wholly

Mostly

Hardly

Hardly

None

None

Wholly

Wholly

None

Few

Few

None

Almost all paidemployees

Mostly paid employeesSome paidemployees

None paid

Work Force