SUPPLY SIDE EVIDENCE OF MYANMAR’S GROWING AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION MARKET

Myat Thida Win, Aye Mya Thinzar and A Myint Zu

No 251851, Miscellaneous Publications from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: Recent evidence suggests that the mechanization of agriculture is proceeding rapidly in areas of Myanmar close to the country’s major city, Yangon, as farmers - driven by the need to remain profitable in the face of labor shortages and rising wage rates - adopt a variety of labor saving technologies

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6
Date: 2016-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.251851

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