Seasons that will never return: The impact of farm mechanization on employment, incomes and population distribution
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1984-05-14
Authors
De Klerk, Mike
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Abstract
The study on which this paper is based is set out to assess the
nature and strength of the link between recent changes in agricultural
technology and employment in South Africa. Amongst its objectives were
to determine
the degree to which mechanisation has occurred on maize farms in
recent years,
how the labour process has changed,
- changes in the level of employment and the characteristics of farm
workers,
- the causes of mechanisation,
and whether any decline in employment has led to a rise in unemployment.
From the findings, it was possible to make a number of deductions
about changes in the geographical distribution of the population and
in the incomes of farm workers and their families.
Description
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 14 May, 1984.