2022
DOI: 10.31220/agrirxiv.2022.00137
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Balancing the trade-offs between land productivity, labor productivity and labor intensity.

Abstract: Agricultural intensification, through increased yields, and raising incomes, through enhanced labor productivity, are two dimensions prioritized for achieving sustainable agricultural development. Prioritizing these two outcomes leaves a third element of a trade-off space, labor intensity, as a hidden adjustment variable. In contexts where agriculture is the main source of livelihood for the majority of the population and when the prospects of labor absorption in the nonfarm sector are scarce, the density of a… Show more

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