Analysis of Employment Trend in Flue-Cured Tobacco Planting

Based on the investigation of the amount of labor used in each production link of flue-cured tobacco planting in Liuyang since 1989, and through the analysis of the changes of labor-related factors, it is concluded that the amount of labor used in tobacco planting in Liuyang experienced a significant increase and relatively stable stage in the early 1990s, and it has been declining continuously since the beginning of the 21st century; the change of flue-cured tobacco planting technology mode, as well as mechanized, large-scale and specialized production are the main factors that affect the change of the amount of labor used in flue-cured tobacco planting in Liuyang. Based on the method of changing the technical model to reduce amount of labor used, the types of labor used for planting of flue-cured tobacco can be divided into the following types: reducing the amount of labor by technical methods; reducing the amount of labor by making use of weather; reducing the amount of labor by using drugs; reducing the amount of labor used at the cost of reducing the technical implementation standards of a certain production link. The change of labor used in flue-cured tobacco planting is not only related to the cost and price factors, but also related to the profound social and economic background. In the future, reducing labor and cost is the trend of flue-cured tobacco production, and mechanization, large-scale and specialized production are the main development direction of flue-cured tobacco production, but under the condition that flue-cured tobacco production is still dominated by manual operation, maintaining a certain amount of labor is still the basis for maintaining high quality of flue-cured tobacco planting at present.