02422nam a2200349Ia 4500 0000005070 20251012174603.0 990609s1998 it a i000 0 eng d 9251042004 9789251042007 engfrespa HD900.6 S67 630.9 The state of food and agriculture 1998. Subtitle on cover: Rural non-farm income in developing countries. Rome Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1998. xxi, 371 p ill. 24 cm. 1 3 1/2 in. computer diskette. "The statistical material in this publication has been prepared from information available to FAO up to July 1998" --T. p. verso. "This year's special chapter reviews rural non-farm income (RNF)and employment and their contribution to economic development in developing countries. It underlines the fact that these two economic factors enhance food security by improving rural peo ple's access to food, by providing cash for farmers to use on their farms and by creating crucial synergies between farming and RFN economies that help them both grow and modernize"-- Inner front cover. Title on diskette: Time series for SOFA '98. "The time series data for about 150 countries, country groups and regions are provided in English, French and Spanish"--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references. Special chapter: Rural non-farm income in developing countries. System requirements for acoompanying disk: IBM or compatible PC; KB RAM; DOS 3.0 or higher; VGA, EGA, MCGA, CGA or Hercules monochrome. Agriculture. Food production. Food security. Non-farm income. Time series for SOFA '98. FAO agriculture series no. 31. 0081-4539 Input this URL in a browser to get JPEG cover art data. JPEG http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=9251042004:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=0 cover art Input this URL in a browser to get JPEG cover art data. JPEG http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=9251042004:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=0 cover art 6713 6713