The future of small farms in Asia
Farms throughout Asia are predominantly small. By nature, small farms use labour‐intensive production methods. The question arises as to the viability of small farms in the face of the rapidly increasing wage rate in most Asian countries. There is also indication that the production efficiency of sm...
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| author | Otsuka, Keijiro Liu, Yanyan Yamauchi, Futoshi |
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| description | Farms throughout Asia are predominantly small. By nature, small farms use labour‐intensive production methods. The question arises as to the viability of small farms in the face of the rapidly increasing wage rate in most Asian countries. There is also indication that the production efficiency of small farms has declined relative to large farms in many Asian economies, indicating the increasing disadvantage of small farms in Asia. Therefore, this study argues that unless new policy measures are taken to expand farm size, Asia as a whole is likely to lose comparative advantage in agriculture and become an importer of food grains in the future. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1484322024-10-25T08:00:14Z The future of small farms in Asia Otsuka, Keijiro Liu, Yanyan Yamauchi, Futoshi large farms small farms food security mechanization Farms throughout Asia are predominantly small. By nature, small farms use labour‐intensive production methods. The question arises as to the viability of small farms in the face of the rapidly increasing wage rate in most Asian countries. There is also indication that the production efficiency of small farms has declined relative to large farms in many Asian economies, indicating the increasing disadvantage of small farms in Asia. Therefore, this study argues that unless new policy measures are taken to expand farm size, Asia as a whole is likely to lose comparative advantage in agriculture and become an importer of food grains in the future. 2016-05-12 2024-06-21T09:24:40Z 2024-06-21T09:24:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148432 en Wiley Otsuka, Keijiro; Liu, Yanyan; and Yamauchi, Futoshi. 2016. The future of small farms in Asia. Development Policy Review 34(3): 441 - 461. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12159 |
| spellingShingle | large farms small farms food security mechanization Otsuka, Keijiro Liu, Yanyan Yamauchi, Futoshi The future of small farms in Asia |
| title | The future of small farms in Asia |
| title_full | The future of small farms in Asia |
| title_fullStr | The future of small farms in Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The future of small farms in Asia |
| title_short | The future of small farms in Asia |
| title_sort | future of small farms in asia |
| topic | large farms small farms food security mechanization |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148432 |
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