Agricultural technologies have long been promoted by governments and development
organizations as effective ways to increase farm productivity and reduce poverty. However …

Mechanized farming is an indispensable part of modern agriculture. Bangladesh has
managed to achieve significant progress in some components of farm mechanization ie …

Agricultural subsidies lead to changes in the use of chemical fertilizer by farmers. Using data
from a household survey conducted annually by the Rural Economy Research Center of the …

The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in
agricultural development. This literature has given rise to debates over the design of …

In the context of develo** countries, early evidence suggests that the impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic on food production systems is complex, heterogenous, and dynamic …

There is great untapped potential for farm mechanization to support rural development
initiatives in low-and middle-income countries. As technology transfer of large machinery …

In this study, we systematically review the literature on adoption factors and impacts of labor-
saving technologies (LSTs) by smallholder and women farmers in develo** countries. 85 …

This study discusses the modernization of smallholder agriculture in China, where most
farms are small, and farms' parcels are fragmented. The study puts forward a framework of …

Farmers' physical labor and debt are reduced as a result of agricultural automation, which
emphasizes efficient and effective use of various machines in farming operations with the …

Countless development projects have piloted solutions that could make a difference if only
applied at scale. The reality is that these pilot projects hardly ever reach the intended scale …