A vision about the farming sector’s future: What is in there for farmers in the time of the second machine age?

Marian Rizov

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Abstract: Recent technological advances both on the farm and in the lab have made farming more independent form nature than ever before. Arguably, the new and accessible technologies are helping us to better understand and 'manage' nature and thus for first time in history farming is becoming as any other industry, susceptible to specialisation and economies of scale. This in turn, besides increased productivity, leads to fundamental organisational change away from family control towards corporate forms with associated implications for employment and rural livelihoods - new technology in farming replaces both 'muscles and brains'.

Keywords: Agriculture; technology; employment; industrial organisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 D13 D21 J43 L23 Q16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Working Paper: A vision about the farming sector’s future: What is in there for farmers in the time of the second machine age? (2016)
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