Women agricultural workers Paddy in an agricultural field in Pathukannu near Pots
Farmers who are dedicated to the land that participate in non -agricultural activities tend to improve job efficiency on their farms, according to a recent study.
The study aimed to understand the impact of multiple works on the efficiency of the use of agricultural labor. The researchers used data from the International Institute for Culture Research for Semi -arid Tropics (ICRISAT) or states farmers such as Odisha, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Madhya Pradeshy.
“This is important since participation in non -agricultural activities alters the decisions of labor allocation of farmers between agricultural and non -agricultural activities,” the researchers said in their article.
The data came from the town’s dynamics project in southern Asia. The researchers adopted data wrapping analysis to estimate the efficiency of labor use. This is a mathematical technique that compares the efficiency of multiple workers who do the same child or task without having to enter how they do it.
Anviksha Drall, an assistant professor of Economics at the National Law Faculty of the University of India, Bengaluru and Sabuj Kumar Mandal, associated professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of Iit-Madras, conducted the study.
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The researchers found that when farmers emigrated, either within their state or outside, they obtained new knowledge about agricultural practices that applied to their farms when they returned. Often, farmers had time in their hands after sowing seeds. In the intermediate months, his family continued with agricultural work. The great farmers with financial fair hired labor to work in their absence, Mandal said.
Mrs. Drall said: “The study recommends the promotion of non -agricultural employment opportunities in rural areas to maximize the positive effects of indirect agriculture.”
Mr. Mandal added: “Agriculture is becoming more risky due to the climatic fluctuation of shock and prices. Farmers are diversifying in non -agricultural activities, either starting a family occupation such as carpentry; crafts or migrate in the room. Other states are carrying out their agricultural activities and use of technology.”
Migration and multiple work that maintain help in two ways: invest in new agricultural practices and improve job efficiency. “We argue that it insalu to concentrate only in agriculture that can be diversified in non -agricultural activities,” Mandal explained.
“But to start a business, they need money. Farmers face credit limitations. Therefore, we suggest that governments enter and help farmers to diversify in non -agricultural activities,” he added.
The researchers said they deliberately selected data from semi -arid and humid tropics in the country. The households were randomly chosen based on the list of villages in each selected village.
The states covered semi -arid tropics and oriental regions vulnerable to drastic agroclimatic fluctuations, which led them to make multiple jobs to soften income. They were considered a total of 1,415 households in the study.
Published – April 11, 2025 05:30 am isth