Contract Farming and Family Labor Process in Northeastern Brazil

本项目审查了非洲大陆的合同农业安排， 巴西东北部的圣弗朗西斯科山谷， 水果和蔬菜公司何时、何地、为何以及如何的问题 寻求建立合同农业，为什么和如何农业家庭 参与其中，对两个家庭的影响 和公司。 它测试了一系列来自现有的假设， 文献和初步实地考察，了解原因 合同农业的后果。 其中一些假设 是关于公司合同农业安排的逻辑： 他们研究了合同和劳动力之间的关系， 生产过程的强度，作物的目的地， 加工和前公司在分成种植方面的经验。 其他 假设是关于合同农业对 涉及的家庭。 结构化访谈的样本 合同农业家庭和工资依赖家庭将被 用于检验合同农业提供更高 收入和更稳定的收入;它减少了范围 家庭成员从事的创收辅助活动 合同农业的成功与以下因素有关： 劳动力资源更加丰富。 深度访谈 公司经理和合同农业家庭 提供额外数据，以供解释和交叉核对 统计结果。

This project examines contract farming arrangements in the Sao Francisco Valley of northeast Brazil, It addresses the question of when, where, why and how fruit and vegetable firms seek to institute contract farming, why and how farming families become involved in them, and the outcomes for both families and firms. It tests a series of hypotheses derived from existing literature and from a preliminary field visit, about the causes and consequences of contract farming. Some of these hypotheses are about the logic of contract farming arrangements for firms: they examine the relationships between contracting and labor intensity of the production process, the destination of crops for processing, and former firm experience in sharecropping. Other hypotheses are about the impact of contract farming on the families involved. Structured interviews with a sample of contract farming families and of wage-dependent families will be used to test the hypothesis that contract farming provides higher incomes and more stable incomes; that it decreases the range of income-generating auxiliary activities that family members perform; and that success of contract farming is correlated with greater availability of labor resources. In-depth interviews with firm managers, and with contract farming families will provide additional data for interpretation and cross-checking of statistical results.