Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture

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dc.creatorZhang, Xiaobo
dc.creatorYang, Jin
dc.creatorReardon, Thomas
dc.date2015-02-06
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:04Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:44:05Z
dc.descriptionMost of the poor in the developing countries are smallholder farmers. Improving their productivity is essential for reducing poverty. Despite small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and rising labor costs, agricultural production in China has steadily increased. If one treats the farm household as the unit of analysis, it would be difficult to explain the conundrum. When seeing agricultural production from the lens of division of labor, the puzzle can be easily solved. In response to rising labor costs, farmers outsource some power-intensive stages of production, such as harvesting, to specialized mechanization service providers, which are often clustered in a few counties and travel throughout the country to harvest crops at very competitive service charges. Through such an arrangement, smallholder farmers can stay viable in agricultural production.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149847
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/113115
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150410
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150200
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceZhang, Xiaobo; Yang, Jin; Reardon, Thomas Anthony. 2015. Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1415. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149847
dc.subjectmicroeconomics
dc.subjectlabour market
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectwages
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectmechanization
dc.titleMechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture
dc.typeWorking Paper

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