Examines why there is in Venezuela a chronic shortage of local labour in agriculture and why Venezuelan agriculture calls on foreign labour, especially Columbian. Low agricultural wages and a declining birth rate provide some of the answers. -E.Williams

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Migrant Workers South and Central America Americas Latin America economics population demography developing country Population Dynamics Agricultural Workers Developing Countries Agriculture socioeconomic status Colombia income social status health care manpower Health Manpower South America Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics Western Hemisphere Venezuela Article employment status migration international migration Demographic Factors Emigration and Immigration Economic Factors Transients and Migrants social class Human Resources employment Labor Force English Abstract