Non-farm rural activities in a peasant e
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Jackeline Velazco Portocarrero; Trevor Young; David Colman
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The paper investigates the prospects of a non-farm, labour-intensive, rural activity (hat making) with strong linkages to an agriculturally backward economy. Hat making employs exclusively family labour, the main input (straw, paja de palma) is purchased from Ecuador, and consumers are concentrated