Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market

Recent evidence suggests that the mechanization of agriculture is proceeding rapidly in areas of Myanmar close to the country’s major city, Yangon, as farmers - driven by the need to remain profitable in the face of labor shortages and rising wage rates - adopt a variety of labor saving technologies...

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Autores principales: Win, Myat Thida, Thinzar, Aye Mya, Zu, A Myint
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Michigan State University 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148320
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author Win, Myat Thida
Thinzar, Aye Mya
Zu, A Myint
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description Recent evidence suggests that the mechanization of agriculture is proceeding rapidly in areas of Myanmar close to the country’s major city, Yangon, as farmers - driven by the need to remain profitable in the face of labor shortages and rising wage rates - adopt a variety of labor saving technologies (Win and Thinzar 2016). In this brief, we present findings from the first survey in Myanmar to analyze the supply side of agricultural mechanization. We find evidence of rapid growth in the number, geographical distribution, and sales of agricultural machinery supply businesses. The range and value of machinery sold accelerated rapidly, especially post-2011 as the country opened economically. New hire-purchase financing arrangements for machinery played a key role in facilitating this growth.
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spelling CGSpace1483202025-12-08T10:11:39Z Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market Win, Myat Thida Thinzar, Aye Mya Zu, A Myint industrial supply capital leasing sales labour costs farm equipment wages combine harvesters agricultural mechanization agricultural development financing Recent evidence suggests that the mechanization of agriculture is proceeding rapidly in areas of Myanmar close to the country’s major city, Yangon, as farmers - driven by the need to remain profitable in the face of labor shortages and rising wage rates - adopt a variety of labor saving technologies (Win and Thinzar 2016). In this brief, we present findings from the first survey in Myanmar to analyze the supply side of agricultural mechanization. We find evidence of rapid growth in the number, geographical distribution, and sales of agricultural machinery supply businesses. The range and value of machinery sold accelerated rapidly, especially post-2011 as the country opened economically. New hire-purchase financing arrangements for machinery played a key role in facilitating this growth. 2018-03-15 2024-06-21T09:24:21Z 2024-06-21T09:24:21Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148320 en Open Access application/pdf Michigan State University Win, Myat Thida; Thinzar, Aye Mya; and Zu, A Myint. 2016. Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market. Food Security Policy Project Research Highlights #6. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. http://fsg.afre.msu.edu/fsp/burma/RESEARCH_HIGHLIGHT_6.pdf
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capital leasing
sales
labour costs
farm equipment
wages
combine harvesters
agricultural mechanization
agricultural development
financing
Win, Myat Thida
Thinzar, Aye Mya
Zu, A Myint
Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market
title Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market
title_full Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market
title_fullStr Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market
title_full_unstemmed Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market
title_short Supply side evidence of Myanmar’s growing agricultural mechanization market
title_sort supply side evidence of myanmar s growing agricultural mechanization market
topic industrial supply
capital leasing
sales
labour costs
farm equipment
wages
combine harvesters
agricultural mechanization
agricultural development
financing
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148320
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