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Declining Labour Use in Agriculture : A Case of Rice Cultivation in Andhra Pradesh

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  • Duvvuru, Narasimha Reddy
  • Motkuri, Venkatanarayana

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The present paper examines the changing nature of labour use in rice cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. The study observed that there is a fast decline in labour use in respect of rice cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. All three forms of labour (family, casual and attached) have followed the same trend. But the share of casual labour in the total labour used in rice cultivation is increasing with a corresponding decline in the share of family labour. By gender, although both male and female labour use in rice cultivation has been declining, it is faster for female labour. Also, a noticeable decline in the share of harvesting and threshing/winnowing which are increasingly mechanized, in total labour used per hectare of rice cultivation. Between wage rate and labour inputs, it is observed that there are relatively higher female labour inputs per hectare in areas (Zones) where male wages are lower and vice versa.

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  • Duvvuru, Narasimha Reddy & Motkuri, Venkatanarayana, 2013. "Declining Labour Use in Agriculture : A Case of Rice Cultivation in Andhra Pradesh," MPRA Paper 49204, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Singaraju, Niyati & Bora, Kaushik, 2021. "Trends in Female Labour Absorption in Rice Cultivation: Evidence from India," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315409, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Usami, Yoshifumi & Das, Arindam & Swaminathan, Madhura, 2020. "Methodology of Data Collection Unsuited to Changing Rural Reality: A Study of Agricultural Wage Data in India," Review of Agrarian Studies, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, vol. 10(2), December.

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    Keywords

    Labour Use; Employment; Agriculture; Rice Cultivation; India; Andhra Pradesh;
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets

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