scholarly journals The Influence Paths of Agricultural Mechanization on Green Agricultural Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 12984
Author(s):  
Yuanying Chi ◽  
Wenbing Zhou ◽  
Zhenyu Wang ◽  
Yu Hu ◽  
Xiao Han
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Agricultural Mechanization ◽  
Input Efficiency

For sustainable agricultural development, increasing efforts are put on promoting agricultural mechanization and green agricultural development all over the world. Based on the panel data of Chinese provincial agriculture from 2002 to 2018, the System Generalized Method of Moments model and mediation model are constructed to explore the paths of agricultural mechanization affecting green agricultural development. The results show that agricultural mechanization can not only promote the green agricultural development directly but also indirectly by transferring the agricultural labor force and increasing fertilizer input. However, because of the surge of pesticide demand, agricultural mechanization also leads to serious pollution indirectly. With the development of large-scale agricultural machinery, the direct promotion of agricultural machinery on green agricultural development will be more significant. However, it will be less efficient to substitute more agricultural labor force with machinery power. The problem of pesticide abuse will also become more serious. Therefore, it is important for green agricultural development to encourage human capital investment in agricultural mechanization. In addition, more attention should be paid to improving the input efficiency of fertilizers and pesticides so that agriculture will be sustainable in production and the ecological environment.

scholarly journals Influence of aging of agricultural labor force on large-scale management of land

资源科学 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 2284-2295
Author(s):  
Jiabin HAN ◽  
Shuyun LIU ◽  
Shufeng ZHANG ◽  
Yufeng LIU ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Scale Management

scholarly journals Socioeconomics Determinants to Adopt Agricultural Machinery for Sustainable Organic Farming in Pakistan: A Multinomial Probit Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9806
Author(s):  
Muhammad Waqar Akram ◽  
Nida Akram ◽  
Hongshu Wang ◽  
Shahla Andleeb ◽  
Khalil Ur Rehman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Multinomial Probit ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Farm Machinery ◽  
Organic Farmers ◽  
The Impact

Urbanization and low productivity are real threats to the sustainability of organic farming. The adoption of farm machinery plays a vital role in overcoming these threats to ensure a sustainable and more profitable organic farming model. Farm machinery can also increase farmland yield and reduce the need for labor, although the requirement of significant capital investment often prevents small farmers from buying machinery. There is an increased need to comprehend all relevant elements associated with farming machinery procurement and service delivery. In this article, we provide insight into the impact of different variables of farmers on the adoption of agricultural equipment. A total of 301 organic farmers were surveyed in three districts of Punjab, Pakistan. It was found that the most common machinery concerned herein are tube-well/pumps, tractors, tillage machinery, and thrashers/harvesters. Results from a multinomial probit estimation showed that farm machinery ownership is positively correlated with capital assets, civil infrastructure, alternative sources of power, and credit facility. The findings indicated that policymakers and stakeholders should not concentrate merely on short term planning, such as improving agricultural machinery’s adoption rate. Still, they should also strive to upgrade physical infrastructure and facilities and provide credit services to create an enabling environment that can empower the citizen in adopting large scale use of agricultural machinery for long term sustainability of organic farming.

scholarly journals Mekanisasi Pertanian dan Pengembangan Usaha Pelayanan Jasa Alsintan (UPJA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Herlina Tarigan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Agricultural Modernization ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Mechanization

<p>Agricultural Machinery Services Business (UPJA) is an institution based on the awareness of limited agricultural land, inadequate agricultural labor, fast planting time, and important agricultural modernization. UPJA is expected to overcome farming problems as well as being a factor of economic growth through capital accumulation and agricultural competitiveness. This paper is a critical review that aims to analyze agricultural mechanization and institutional development of UPJA as a rural economic institution for optimizing agricultural machinery. Results of the analysis show that the application of agricultural mechanization has been able to accelerate production process as well as to increase production and farming profits. The Special Effort (Upsus) program through agricultural machinery assistance has not run optimally. One way for optimizing the program is to grow and build UPJA as a manager of agricultural machinery. UPJA has the potential to spur the development of modern agriculture and at the same time it drives farmers’ economy in rural areas. Comprehensive and professional handling of UPJA is possible to develop this institution into a farmers’ corporation.</p><p> </p><p>Abstrak</p><p>Usaha Pelayanan Jasa Alsintan (UPJA) adalah lembaga yang dibangun dari kesadaran bahwa lahan pertanian di Indonesia sudah relatif sempit, tenaga kerja pertanian makin terbatas, perlu mengejar waktu tanam, dan pentingnya modernisasi pertanian. UPJA diperkirakan mampu mengatasi masalah usaha tani sekaligus menjadi faktor pertumbuhan ekonomi melalui akumulasi modal dan daya saing pertanian. Tulisan ini merupakan review ilmiah (critical review) yang bertujuan menganalisis mekanisasi pertanian dan  pengembangan kelembagaan UPJA sebagai lembaga ekonomi desa dalam rangka optimalisasi alsintan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan penerapan mekanisasi pertanian telah mampu mempercepat proses produksi, meningkatkan produksi, dan keuntungan usaha tani.  Program Upsus melalui bantuan alsintan belum berjalan secara optimal.  Salah satu bentuk upaya optimalisasi adalah dengan menumbuhkan dan membangun UPJA sebagai pengelola alsintan. UPJA potensial memacu berkembangnya pertanian modern sekaligus menggerakkan ekonomi petani di pedesaan.  Penanganan UPJA secara menyeluruh dan profesional berpotensi mengembangkan lembaga ini menjadi korporasi petani.</p>

RESTRICTIONS OF EXTENSIVE PRODUCTION TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY IN CHINA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Li ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Food Insufficiency ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Agricultural Mechanization

Being over-dependent on imports, China has been faced with the problem of food insufficiency in recent years.This paper, with the adoption of the indicators of agricultural development and relevant models, aims to explore factors affecting food security in China, in particular, technological elements. The findings demonstrate that technology plays a vital role in improving food production. It is recommended to increase the input of science and technology and improve agricultural mechanization.

scholarly journals Gender Disparities, Labor Force Participation and Transfer Payment: What Do Macro Data Say?

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-387
Author(s):  
Hale Akbulut
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Transfer Payment ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Transfer Payments ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
Employ Labor Force ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This paper analyzes the relationship between government transfer payments and labor force participation rates for a sample of 34 countries over the period of 1995- 2012. We benefit from two step system Generalized Method of Moments as a methodology and thereby eliminate the biases that may arise from endogenous variables. Our econometric results also confirm the employment of the dynamic methodology. First, we estimate the coefficients for overall population and then we re-estimate the coefficients for different genders. As a result of our estimations we observe that the significances and the values of coefficients increase when we employ labor force participation rates of females as dependent variable. Therefore, our findings suggest that transfer payments are more effective in working decisions of females.

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