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"....CONCLUSIONS
Agricultural mechanization is already well advanced
in the village tracts surveyed, almost completely replacing
the use of draft cattle. Economic reforms and
the growth in the non-farm sector from 2011 have
stimulated an ongoing process of structural transformation,
in which labor is moving from agriculture
to the more productive urban industrial and service
sectors. Resultant rural labor shortages and increases
in real wage rates have been major drivers of mechanization
in agricultural sector, particularly from 2013
onwards. The declining real price of some types of
machinery has contributed to the acceleration of
this process. The increasing availability of financial
services following reforms post-2011 is also likely to
have accelerated the adoption of large-scale agricultural
machinery, particularly from 2013 onwards. The
rise of rental markets, especially for large-scale equipment
(combine harvesters and four-wheel tractors),
has further improved access to these machines for
farmers with small and large landholdings alike."
Source/publisher:
Michigan State University (MSU)-Food Security Policy Project Research Highlights Myanmar
Date of publication:
2017-09-00
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2018-03-12
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Abstract: "At present maize?green gram crop rotations are not widely practiced among farmers
in Myanmar. However, this cropping system might become more popular in the future
given raising prices for green gram and maize grain and scarcity of mineral nitrogen (N)
fertilizers in this Asian country. The results of a cropping systems experiment with
continuous maize versus a green gram-maize rotation, manure application (0 and 2 tha−1) and phosphorus (P) fertilization (0 and 15 kg P ha−1) in each of five consecutive
seasons revealed a strong decline in total dry matter and grains yields for both
crops irrespective of the treatment. Treatment effects on yield components, nutrient
concentrations, mycorrhizal infection and nematode infestation were small or negligible.
The data show that in addition to manure used at 2 t ha−1, application of mineral N
fertilizers is essential to maintain particularly maize yields. A comparison of different
green gram cultivars did not indicate genotype specific effects on maize growth. The
incorporation of legume residues, unless they are used as animal feed, is recommended
to increase the recycling of N and to balance N fluxes when green gram is cultivated for
seed."
Source/publisher:
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics Volume 109, No. 2, 2008, pages 123?137
Date of publication:
2008-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-08
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English
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