Technical change in sugar cane harvesting: a comparison of Cuba and Jamaica (1958-1980)

Edquist C.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper comprising a comparison of technological change involving agricultural mechanization in sugar cane harvesting in Cuba and Jamaica from 1958 to 1980 - discusses trends in agrarian structures, choice of technology, relationships between profitability and the political system, and describes agricultural productivity implications of the transition from a capitalist to a socialist economic system in Cuba, use of Soviet, Australian and other harvesters (agricultural machinery), etc. Bibliography pp. 84 to 86.

Keywords: technological change; agricultural mechanization; sugar cane; harvesting.; trend; agrarian structure; choice of technology; profitability; political system; productivity.; capitalist; socialist.; economic system; agricultural machinery; changement technologique; mécanisation agricole; canne à sucre; récolte; tendance; structure agraire; choix de technologie; rentabilité; régime politique; productivité; capitaliste; socialiste; système économique; machines agricoles; cambio tecnológico; mecanización agrícola; caña de azúcar; cosecha; tendencia; estructura agraria; elección de tecnología; rentabilidad; régimen político; productividad; capitalista; socialista; sistema económico; maquinaria agrícola (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 86 P. pages
Date: 1982
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

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