LABOUR FORCE UTILI ZATION IN TRADITIONAL ARTAGRICULTURE: ESTIMATES OF SURPLUS LABOUR IN VILLAGE IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLIGHTS OF OF ETHIOPIA

Abstract

LABOUR FORCE UTILI ZATION IN TRADITIONAL ARTAGRICULTURE: ESTIMATES OF SURPLUS LABOUR IN VILLAGE IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLIGHTS OF OF ETHIOPI The question of surplus labour in traditional areussi yek eht fo eno neeb sah erutlucigs in development economics this article firat surveya of the controversies sut fo txetnoc eht ni tcejbus eht gnidnuorrhe ethiopian conditions.Alternative version of the labour availability approch were developed and used to estimate the surpl[s labour for a set of private forms and for collective farm located in the case of study village.The strength of the estimates was then assesed in the light of data gnereted by a time allocation sudy which allowed the researcher to closely examine how leisure time was distibuted between different demographic groups.