Labor Impacts

Marnus Gouse ()
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Marnus Gouse: University of Pretoria

Chapter 13 in Socio-Economic Considerations in Biotechnology Regulation, 2014, pp 189-200 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Agricultural production in most African countries is characterized by labor-intensive but low-input, low-output production systems compared to capital-intensive, profit-driven mechanized production systems in developed countries. It thus follows that when considering the labor impacts of GM crops it is important to distinguish between farmers in developed countries using mechanized production systems and farmers in developing countries where agriculture is generally the sole source of livelihood and employment. Adoption of GM agricultural technologies can result in substantial laboursaving for farmers and in a production systems where labor is a limiting factor, increased labor productivity might result in production expansion and additional employment opportunities over the longer term. However, in the short term and in absence of mitigating strategies, laboursaving technologies can impact negatively on the rural poor who sell their labor.

Keywords: Genetically Modify; World Trade Organization; Genetically Modify Crop; Herbicide Tolerant; Social Accounting Matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9440-9_13

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