Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence
This chapter analyzes recent patterns of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar from the demand side (farms) and the supply side (machinery dealerships). On the demand side, we analyze the historical and current use of machinery in agriculture, based on a survey of rural households conducted in 2016...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Win, Myat Thida Belton, Ben Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | This chapter analyzes recent patterns of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar from the demand side (farms) and the supply side (machinery dealerships). On the demand side, we analyze the historical and current use of machinery in agriculture, based on a survey of rural households conducted in 2016 in the Ayeyarwady delta close to Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. On the supply side, we draw evidence from a survey of agricultural machinery supply businesses. Myanmar’s agriculture sector has encountered labor shortages and rising wages since 2011 as workers have begun to move to urban industrial and service sectors. Farmers have responded by rapidly substituting machinery for manual labor. In surveyed areas of Ayeyarwady, draft animals used for land preparation have almost disappeared. Of paddy-farming households, 94 percent used machines for land preparation, and only 12 percent still used draft animals. Widespread mechanization of harvesting has also occurred. Half of all sampled paddy- |
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| spelling | CGSpace1428912025-11-06T04:11:11Z Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence Win, Myat Thida Belton, Ben Zhang, Xiaobo supply balance policies surveys equipment technology households farmers demand agriculture agricultural mechanization mechanization rural areas governance This chapter analyzes recent patterns of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar from the demand side (farms) and the supply side (machinery dealerships). On the demand side, we analyze the historical and current use of machinery in agriculture, based on a survey of rural households conducted in 2016 in the Ayeyarwady delta close to Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. On the supply side, we draw evidence from a survey of agricultural machinery supply businesses. Myanmar’s agriculture sector has encountered labor shortages and rising wages since 2011 as workers have begun to move to urban industrial and service sectors. Farmers have responded by rapidly substituting machinery for manual labor. In surveyed areas of Ayeyarwady, draft animals used for land preparation have almost disappeared. Of paddy-farming households, 94 percent used machines for land preparation, and only 12 percent still used draft animals. Widespread mechanization of harvesting has also occurred. Half of all sampled paddy- 2020-11-01 2024-05-22T12:11:15Z 2024-05-22T12:11:15Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142891 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293809 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293823 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Win, Myat Thida; Belton, Ben; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2020. Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence. In An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia?, eds. Xinshen Diao, Hiroyuki Takeshima, and Xiaobo Zhang. Part Three: Late-Adopter Asian Countries, Chapter 8, Pp. 263-284. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293809_08. |
| spellingShingle | supply balance policies surveys equipment technology households farmers demand agriculture agricultural mechanization mechanization rural areas governance Win, Myat Thida Belton, Ben Zhang, Xiaobo Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence |
| title | Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence |
| title_full | Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence |
| title_fullStr | Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence |
| title_short | Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence |
| title_sort | myanmar s rapid agricultural mechanization demand and supply evidence |
| topic | supply balance policies surveys equipment technology households farmers demand agriculture agricultural mechanization mechanization rural areas governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142891 |
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