Impact of technological changes and economic liberalization on agricultural labor employment and Productivity

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Impact of technological changes and

economic liberalization on agricultural

labor employment and Productivity

Soliman, Ibrahim and Ewaida, Osama

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

15 December 1996

L’EGYPTE

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Revue Scientifique arbitrée Quart annual

De la

Société Egyptienne d’Econnomie Politique de Statistique

Et de Législation

o. 445

Impact of Technological Changes and Economic

Liberalization on Agricultural Labor Employment and

Productivity

By

Ibrahim Soliman, PhD & Osama Ewaida, PhD

Summary and Conclusion

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