A vision about the farming sector’s future: What is in there for farmers in the time of the second machine age?

Rizov, Marian (2016) A vision about the farming sector’s future: What is in there for farmers in the time of the second machine age? Project Report. Lincoln Business School.

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Abstract

Recent technological advances both on the farm and in the lab have made farming more independent form nature than ever before. Arguably, the new and accessible technologies are helping us to better understand and ‘manage’ nature and thus for first time in history farming is becoming as any other industry, susceptible to specialisation and economies of scale. This in turn, besides increased productivity, leads to fundamental organisational change away from family control towards corporate forms with associated implications for employment and rural livelihoods – automation in farming replaces both ‘muscles and brains’.

Keywords:Farming, Technology, Industrial organisation, Employment, Welfare
Subjects:L Social studies > L112 Agricultural Economics
L Social studies > L391 Sociology of Science and Technology
L Social studies > L100 Economics
J Technologies > J990 Technologies not elsewhere classified
L Social studies > L113 Economic Policy
Divisions:Lincoln International Business School
ID Code:23327
Deposited On:24 Jun 2016 09:00

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