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Migrant (farm)workers and farmers in China and Myanmar: a perspective from the sugarcane sector. [PDF]

open access: yesAgric Human Values
Wang C   +9 more
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The Agricultural Mechanization Controversy

Science, 1985
Attorneys of California Rural Legal Assistance are suing the University of California on behalf of 19 farm workers, alleging that publicly funded mechanization research displaces farm workers, eliminates small farmers, hurts consumers, impairs the quality of rural life, and impedes collective bargaining. This article reviews the evidence and finds that
P L, Martin, A L, Olmstead
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Agricultural mechanization and land productivity in China

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 2022
This study estimates the impacts of the adoption of different mechanized farming strategies (i.e. no-mechanized farming, semi-mechanized farming, and full-mechanized farming) on land productivity.
Xiaoshi Zhou, Wanglin Ma
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Agricultural mechanization and cropland abandonment in rural China

Applied Economics Letters, 2021
This study examines the impacts of the adoption of three mechanized farming strategies (no-mechanized, semi-mechanized, and full-mechanized farming) on cropland abandonment, using the 2016 China Labour-force Dynamics Survey data.
Wanglin Ma, Zhongkun Zhu, Xiaoshi Zhou
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Effect of Agricultural Mechanization Services on the Technical Efficiency of Cotton Production

Agriculture
As the process of agricultural modernization accelerates, exploring the impact of agricultural mechanization services on production technology efficiency has become a key issue for enhancing agricultural productivity and promoting sustainable ...
Yaxue Zhu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effects of adopting large farms’ agricultural mechanization services on agricultural productivity

Applied Economics
Using data from 2,000 farm households in Henan province in China, this study investigates the relationship between large farms’ provision of agricultural mechanization services (AMS) and agricultural productivity. The statistics show that 75.02%, 74.12%,
Shihai Zhao, Jingxia Wu, Tongwei Qiu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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