Combine harvester outsourcing services and seasonal rural non-farm employment in Myanmar

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Development
cg.coverage.countryMyanmar
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MM
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierBen Belton: 0000-0002-6474-6472
cg.creator.identifierPeixun Fang: 0000-0001-8543-8244
cg.creator.identifierThomas Reardon: 0000-0003-3442-3282
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13480
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Myanmar Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn2040-5790
cg.issue1
cg.journalApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.volume47
dc.contributor.authorBelton, Ben
dc.contributor.authorFang, Peixun
dc.contributor.authorReardon, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-11T20:08:00Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-11T20:08:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/159536
dc.titleCombine harvester outsourcing services and seasonal rural non-farm employment in Myanmaren
dcterms.abstractPrior research on mechanization outsource services has not explored seasonal variations in drivers and outcomes of adoption by smallholders. These omissions are important because seasonality of crop cultivation may influence intensity of demand for machines, while seasonality of demand for non-farm labor may influence the availability and cost of agricultural workers and the opportunity costs of on-farm self-employment. We analyze seasonal correlates of combine harvester outsource service use in Myanmar. Surprisingly, adoption is not associated with lower labor costs or higher net margins from paddy cultivation. Rather, using combines releases family labor into more remunerative dry season non-farm employment.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademics
dcterms.available2024-09-29
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBelton, Ben; Fang, Peixun; and Reardon, Thomas. 2025. Combine harvester outsourcing services and seasonal rural non-farm employment in Myanmar. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 47(1): 97-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13480en
dcterms.extentpp. 97-124
dcterms.issued2025-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherWiley
dcterms.subjectagricultural mechanizationen
dcterms.subjectseasonal variationen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectcropsen
dcterms.subjectworkforceen
dcterms.subjecttechnology adoptionen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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