Draft power shortage and mechanization of tillage in Bangladesh.
Draft power shortage and mechanization of tillage in Bangladesh.
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孟加拉国的牵引力短缺和耕作机械化。
DOI：
10.22004/ag.econ.208741
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发表时间：
1980
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M. Jabbar
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作者：
M. Jabbar
本文利用人口普查和各种调查资料，说明我国目前存在着绝对的吃水不足。短缺的两个重要表现是：（1）40- 50%的动力动物是雌性，而且这一比例一直在增加。(2)动物的质量很差，而且还在不断恶化。该文件确定了两个主要原因，增加使用女性，而不是发动机的力量，以满足电力短缺。第一，目前的农业结构特点是小规模分散耕作、所有权不平等以及随之而来的普遍的分成耕作制，这些特点阻碍了迅速采用和有效利用改良的农业技术。第二，虽然长期以来人们已经认识到缺电问题，但没有采取一致的政策来解决问题。因此，缺电沿着其他许多因素，导致农业生产和就业增长缓慢。因此，迫切需要制定一个明确的机械化政策。这种政策的最直接目标应该是找到恢复奶牛作为牛奶生产者的社会地位的方法。
This paper shows, by using census and various survey data, that there is absolute shortage of draft power in the country. Two important manifestations of shortage are : (1) 40-50 per cent of power animals are female and this proportion has been increasing. (2) the quality of animal is poor and this also has been deteriorating. The paper identified two major causes of increased use of female rather than engine power to meet power shortage. First, the characteristics of prevailing agrarian structure with small-scale fragmented farming, unequal ownership and consequent prevalence of sharecropping inhibit rapid adoption and efficient use of improved farm technology. Second, although draft power shortage has been recognized for a long time, no consistent policy has been pursued to solve the problem. Consequently draft power shortage has contributed, along with many other things, to the slow growth of agricultural production and employment. It is concluded that a clearly defined mechanization policy need to be formulated very urgently. The most immediate objective of such a policy should be to find ways of restoring the social position of the cow as the producer of milk.