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India’s rural employment guarantee boosts demand for agricultural technology

This study shows that the program (i.e., MGNREGA) leads small and marginal farm owners to adopt labor-saving technologies that replace labor-intensive alternatives. In other words, MGNREGA decreases the threshold farm size associated with basic labor-saving technology use. In addition, MGNREGA’s foc...

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Main Authors: Bhargava, Anil K., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Food Policy Research Institute, International Livestock Research Institute, International Rice Research Institute, WorldFish
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Subjects:
marginal farms
education
rural employment
skilled labour
labour legislation
social protection
demand
farm income
unskilled labour
labour costs
smallholders
public works
innovation adoption
agricultural mechanization
rural development
labour-saving technologies
agricultural productivity
remuneration
skill training
agricultural workers
female labour
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149611

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