Labor-Intensive Multiple Cropping Systems and the H-2A Program: Evidence from the Crawfish Industry

Surendra Osti, Maria Bampasidou and J. Matthew Fannin

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2019, vol. 34, issue 01

Abstract: Labor-intensive production operations, such as crawfish, depend on the H-2A program to secure labor. The 10-month limit on the H-2A guest-worker visa could affect the efficiency of these operations as employers will need to reapply to hire H-2A workers.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.287147

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