The village impact of machine treshing and implications for technology development in the semi-arid tropics of Peninsular India

Thomas S. Walker; K. G. Kshirsagar

The dynamic consequences of machine threshing in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) of Peninsular India are evaluated. Limited diffusion of threshers in the SAT of the country. Cost savings and profitability of mechanical threshing. The marked decrease in labour hiring for threshing between 1975/76 and 1978/79. The authors conclude that machine threshing did not significantly reduce costs, increase cropping intensity or greatly harm labour. (DÜI-Sen)

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Year of publication:	1985
Authors:	Walker, Thomas S. ; Kshirsagar, K. G.
Published in:	The journal of development studies : JDS. - Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge, ISSN 0022-0388, ZDB-ID 3018-1. - Vol. 21.1985, 2, p. 215-231
Subject:	Agrarmaschinen \| Agrartechnik \| Indische Union \| Indien \| India \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Tropen \| Tropics \| Technologiepolitik \| Technology policy

Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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