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Informal employment affects around 130 million workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, of whom at least 27 million are young people, and represents nearly half of non-agricultural employment. Its incidence varies across the region's countries (from 30.7% in Costa Rica to 73.6% in Guatemala), sectors and population groups. Fighting informality has become a clear objective in the region. Some Latin American countries have taken big steps to reduce informality, applying a different mix of specific ...

This study analyzes the seed, feed, energy, fertilizer, and plant protection agents farm input sectors from two perspectives: the demand side and the supply side. Average input shares in the EU-27 for seeds and fertilizers declined while they increased for feeds. Market concentration is the largest in the plant protection agents sector followed by the energy sector, and lowest in the feed sector.

This briefing note is a guidance document for Members of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament who are part of the delegation to Austria and South Tyrol. The briefing note provides a general overview of the country’s geographical, economic and demographic situation and detailed information on the nature of its agricultural system.

The establishment of a set of antitrust compatible agreements is crucial in strengthening the economic power of producers. Better regulation principles call for a smart approach to the Single CMO proposal based on the extension of rules and the promotion of compatible practices like codes of conduct, standards contracts, quality schemes or price observatories. Furthermore, there should be more emphasis given to encouraging a consistent and unique interpretation of EU Competition Law since the ...

Esta nota constituye un documento de apoyo a los miembros de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural del Parlamento Europeo que se reunirán en Hungría. La nota presenta un marco general de la situación geográfica, económica y demográfica del país y un estudio detallado de las características del sistema agrícola nacional.

Esta nota ha sido redactada como documento de apoyo a la delegación de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural del PE en su desplazamiento a Brasil de abril 2008. Consta de: 1) una parte introductoria, que presenta los principales datos físicos y demográficos; 2) un capítulo dedicado a la economía brasileña en general; y, finalmente, 3) un análisis en detalle del sector agrario, tanto a nivel productivo como comercial, con comentarios complementarios respecto a los recientes problemas sanitarios ...