Impact of Technology on INCREASE OF FOOD PRODUCTION IN HARYANA ?
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It also gives producers greater control over plant and animal production, processing, distribution, and storage, which results in: Greater efficiencies and lower prices. Safer growing conditions and safer foods. Reduced environmental and ecological impact.
Abstract
This paper presents a survey of recent literature on the impact of various components of technology on employment in Indian agriculture. The effect of HYV technology (HYV seeds, chemical fertiliser, irrigation) and mechanisation (tractors, combine harvesters, etc) on employment is reviewed separately for crop production over the year and for individual crops. An attempt is made to identify the impact of technology on employment of labour according to size of holding, composition of labour (family/hired, male/female) and seasonality. Labour absorption in allied agricultural and non-agricultural activities is also explored. This is followed by an attempt to analyse the links between the growth of agricultural output and employment. [This the concluding part of the paper which is published in two parts. The first part appeared last week.]
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First published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 as the Economic and Political Weekly, EPW, as the journal is popularly known, occupies a special place in the intellectual history of independent India. For more than five decades EPW has remained a unique forum that week after week has brought together academics, researchers, policy makers, independent thinkers, members of non-governmental organisations and political activists for debates straddling economics, politics, sociology, culture, the environment and numerous other disciplines.