Analysing the Incidence of Labour Cost on Organic Production: Implications on Competitiveness
Journal Title: Quarterly Journal of Business Studies - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
International trade of organic food has increased dramatically over the last decades and it is dominated by a South-North relationship in which small farms of the South hemisphere export their production to countries of the North. These farms are currently facing important challenges in this relationship that negatively affect their ability to compete in international markets of organic goods. It is argued that the use of family labour can help farmers of the South to gain competitive advantage. The objective of this article is to present a counterargument based on the idea that the use of family labour is not feasible in some countries of the South given the nature of their rural labour market. This counterargument is supported by a case study.
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Jaime Rodríguez, Werther Kern, Daniel E. May
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