Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural engineering
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Economics of Farm Mechanization in the United States, 1959-60
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural engineering
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Economics of Farm Mechanization in the United States, 1950-1960
Author: The Economics of Farm Mechanization in the United States, 1950-1960
Author: Elizabeth Gould DavisPublisher:
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Category : Farm mechanization
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Economics of Farm Mechanization in United States, 1950-60
Author: Mechanization and the Use of Labor on Farms
Author: United States. Bureau of Agricultural EconomicsPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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The Political Economy Of Mechanization In U.s. Agriculture
Author: Barry PricePublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000304515
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
For more than a decade the trend toward increased mechanization in U.S. agriculture has been the source of farm worker protests, legislative hearings, and lawsuits. (The recent case pitting the University of California’s prestigious agriculture research establishment against Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers is a prominent example of such litigation.) A key question in the controversy is whether federal and state governments should continue to invest more than $1 billion per year in the development of large-scale, capital-intensive technologies known to have significant social costs. Opponents of continued public support for these new technologies argue that they will eliminate thousands of farm jobs when the nation already suffers from a serious unemployment problem; proponents contend that such capital-intensive technologies keep food prices down for consumers while generating the potential for increased wages for farm workers. This book explores both sides of the debate, tracing the history of the mechanization issue and assessing the economic and sociological bases of the opposing positions. Maintaining that present methods of analysis are not adequate for resolving the conflict, Professor Price suggests an alternative approach, highlighted by a detailed case study of the costs and benefits generated by a new harvest technology adopted in the tomato-processing industry in California. He singles out the role of market structure as the most important variable in the distribution of benefits resulting from mechanization. Finally he relates his research findings to policy alternatives concerning farm mechanization in general, as well as to other problems involving technological change.
A Framework for Research on the Economics of Farm Mechanization in Developing Countries
Author: Gordon GemmillPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Agricultural economics research paper presenting a framework for the economic analysis of the social implications and economic implications of agricultural mechanization in developing countries - specifies the major types of agricultural policy decisions in this field and the research needs for improving decision making, reviews selected economic studies on farm mechanization in terms of research methodology, etc., and makes suggestions for the redirection of research. Bibliography pp. 57 to 67.
Mechanization, Its Relation to Farm Labor and the Farm Business
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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An Economic Study of Farm Mechanization in the United States with the View of Evaluating Its Adoption in Western Pakistan
Author: Sheikh Iftekhar AhmadPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1812
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