Farm Mechanization : A New Challenge for Agriculture in Low and Middle Income Countries of Europe and Central Asia

dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2013-02-26T18:30:27Z
dc.date2013-02-26T18:30:27Z
dc.date2010-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:37:45Z
dc.descriptionThis report shows that trends in farm mechanization are attributable to differing approaches to reform and differing agricultural resource endowments. The level of reform determines the pattern and extent to which labor and capital change, with land reform and commodity market liberalization as the underlying forces for change. These reforms substantially raise the incentives to invest as a means to increase productivity and incomes. In countries where this initial threshold of reform has not been attained agricultural incomes grow more slowly and there is less incentive to invest. Where the incentives to invest are high a second round of reform is necessary to facilitate investment reforms which deepen and strengthen financial markets and improve the business environment.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/16279367/europe-central-asia-farm-mechanization-new-challenge-agriculture-low-middle-income-countries-europe-central-asia
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/12505
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/12505
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/407745
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCELERATED DEPRECIATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL CENSUS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectARABLE LAND
dc.subjectBANKING SECTOR
dc.subjectBUDGET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectCAPITAL INTENSIVE PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL CREDIT
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL FARMING
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCOMPETITION POLICY
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectCONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
dc.subjectCOST OF CAPITAL
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectCULTIVATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC RECOVERY
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectELASTICITIES
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTS
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectFACTOR MARKETS
dc.subjectFAMILY LABOR
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectFARM LABOR
dc.subjectFARM MECHANIZATION
dc.subjectFARM OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectFARM WORKER
dc.subjectFARM WORKERS
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL DEEPENING
dc.subjectFINANCIAL LEASING
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectHIGH WAGES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINPUT PRICES
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectLABOR COSTS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLAND RESOURCES
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLOW INTEREST RATES
dc.subjectMARKET LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectMARKET PRICES
dc.subjectMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMONETARY POLICY
dc.subjectNOMINAL INTEREST RATE
dc.subjectNOMINAL INTEREST RATES
dc.subjectOPERATING COSTS
dc.subjectPARTIAL PRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectPLANTING
dc.subjectPOLICY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectPRICE CONTROLS
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectPRODUCT MARKETS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPROFIT SHARING
dc.subjectQUOTAS
dc.subjectREAL INTEREST RATES
dc.subjectREAL WAGES
dc.subjectREGRESSION ANALYSIS
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSMALL FARMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL COSTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSTATE INTERVENTION
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectSUBSIDIARY
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE GROWTH
dc.subjectTAX RATES
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.titleFarm Mechanization : A New Challenge for Agriculture in Low and Middle Income Countries of Europe and Central Asia

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