They had lived under authoritarian control as rural laborers.

But those farmers are outnumbered by the number of rural landless laborers.

The number of landless rural laborers also increased substantially, from 25 percent in 1970 to 40 percent in 1987.

The adscription system tied rural laborers to their place of birth and required them to rent farms on the estates.

The national Government put 17 departments to work to aid millions of rural laborers and peasants affected by the drought.

He was particularly taken by the simple dignity of rural laborers, which explains his fascination with Millet.

At least 150 million rural laborers have no steady income, according to government estimates.

Because of a shortage of rural laborers, the Amish have been welcomed as honest, reliable workers.

In the Bengal famine, rural laborers' negative freedom to buy food was not affected.

The domestic market was small but rapid growth took place after 1860 in export industries drawing on forest resources and mobile rural laborers.