Declining Labour Use in Agriculture: A Case of Rice Cultivation in Andhra Pradesh

Narasimha Reddy Duvvuru and Venkatanarayana Motkuri

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Abstract: The present paper examines the changing nature of labour use in rice cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. The study observed that there is a fast decline in labour use in respect of rice cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. All three forms of labour (family, casual and attached) have followed the same trend. But the share of casual labour in the total labour used in rice cultivation is increasing with a corresponding decline in the share of family labour. By gender, although both male and female labour use in rice cultivation has been declining, it is faster for female labour. Also, a noticeable decline in the share of harvesting and threshing/winnowing which are increasingly mechanized, in total labour used per hectare of rice cultivation. Between wage rate and labour inputs, it is observed that there are relatively higher female labour inputs per hectare in areas (Zones) where male wages are lower and vice versa.

Keywords: Labour Use; Employment; Agriculture; Rice Cultivation; India; Andhra Pradesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J23 J31 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-08
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