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Title:From Social Negotiation to Contract: Shifting Strategies of Farm Labor Recruitment in Tanzania under Market Liberalization
Author:Ponte, StefanoISNI
Year:2000
Periodical:World Development
Volume:28
Issue:6
Period:June
Pages:1017-1030
Language:English
Geographic term:Tanzania
Subjects:economic policy
labour recruitment
rural households
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Labor and Employment
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
External link:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00012-7
Abstract:In Tanzania, previous to economic reforms, social mobilization of farm labour allowed the more marginalized sectors of rural society to pool their efforts together and overcome labour shortages. Market liberalization has increased the degree of commercialization of rural life due to easier access to incentive goods and higher cash needs. These factors, combined with agricultural liberalization, which opened new marketing options, have pushed farming households to shift from growing 'slow' crops to growing 'fast' crops for the market. This shift, in turn, has allowed farming households to ensure faster returns to their capital and a more evenly distributed cash flow thoughout the year. 'Fast' crops, however, need more labour in shorter periods of time than 'slow' ones. As a result, a system of contractual access to farm labour has substituted the system based on social negotiation, which could not meet the new labour needs of farming households. Consequently, socioeconomic inequality is increasing. The paper is based on data collected in 1995-1996 in Songea and Morogoro Rural Districts. App., bibliogr., notes, ref., sum.
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