Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture
Despite small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and rising labor costs, agricultural production in China has steadily increased. If one treats the farm household as the unit of analysis, it is difficult to explain the conundrum. When seeing agricultural production through the lens o...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2020
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| author | Zhang, Xiaobo Yang, Jin Reardon, Thomas |
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| description | Despite small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and rising labor costs, agricultural production in China has steadily increased. If one treats the farm household as the unit of analysis, it is difficult to explain the conundrum. When seeing agricultural production through the lens of the division of labor, the puzzle can be easily solved. In response to rising labor costs, farmers outsource some power-intensive stages of production, such as harvesting, to specialized mechanization service providers, which are often clustered in a few counties and travel throughout the country to provide harvesting services at competitive prices. Through such an arrangement, smallholder farmers can stay viable in agricultural production. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1427682025-11-06T04:15:55Z Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture Zhang, Xiaobo Yang, Jin Reardon, Thomas agricultural production fertilizers supply balance policies surveys technology farmers labour agriculture harvesters smallholders farm equipment harvesting agricultural mechanization pesticides remuneration rural areas governance Despite small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and rising labor costs, agricultural production in China has steadily increased. If one treats the farm household as the unit of analysis, it is difficult to explain the conundrum. When seeing agricultural production through the lens of the division of labor, the puzzle can be easily solved. In response to rising labor costs, farmers outsource some power-intensive stages of production, such as harvesting, to specialized mechanization service providers, which are often clustered in a few counties and travel throughout the country to provide harvesting services at competitive prices. Through such an arrangement, smallholder farmers can stay viable in agricultural production. 2020-11-01 2024-05-22T12:11:01Z 2024-05-22T12:11:01Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142768 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293809 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293823 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102095 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Zhang, Xiaobo; Yang, Jin; and Reardon, Thomas. 2020. Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture. In An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia?, eds. Xinshen Diao, Hiroyuki Takeshima, and Xiaobo Zhang. Part Two: Early-Adopter Asian Countries, Chapter 2, Pp. 71-96. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293809_02. |
| spellingShingle | agricultural production fertilizers supply balance policies surveys technology farmers labour agriculture harvesters smallholders farm equipment harvesting agricultural mechanization pesticides remuneration rural areas governance Zhang, Xiaobo Yang, Jin Reardon, Thomas Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture |
| title | Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture |
| title_full | Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture |
| title_short | Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture |
| title_sort | mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in chinese agriculture |
| topic | agricultural production fertilizers supply balance policies surveys technology farmers labour agriculture harvesters smallholders farm equipment harvesting agricultural mechanization pesticides remuneration rural areas governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142768 |
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