Topic
farm labour
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, IndiaCovid’s impact on agricultureThe Covid-19 lockdown in India disrupted harvesting, supply chains and food markets, and the government responded with income support, extra grain and loan moratoriums.
- Markets, Global3 important areas of agriculture that saw a negative change after the COVID-19 pandemicExplains how COVID-19 hit agriculture through labour shortages and lower farm incomes, shifts in consumer demand and disruption to food supply chains.
- Machinery, United KingdomBritain’s celebrity farmer puts autonomous tractors in the spotlightJeremy Clarkson's £310,000 AgXeed AgBot T2 at Diddly Squat Farm has put autonomous tractors in the public eye, though the machine costs about double a conventional tractor.
- Markets, TelanganaLockdown rumours and their effect on Telangana labourersFearing another Covid-19 lockdown, migrant farm labourers have been leaving the chilli-growing areas of Telangana's Bhadradri district for their hometowns during the harvest.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe impact of technology on farm labor and employmentExplains how automation, robotics and digital tools are cutting manual farm work while creating jobs in data, engineering and robotics, and how training can support the shift.
- Markets, GlobalThe impact of the pandemic on agriculture and food productionCovid-19 lockdowns disrupted input supplies, markets and farm labour, causing food shortages and price rises, while pushing wider use of drones, precision farming and automation.
- Machinery, GlobalAgricultural robotics and automationAutonomous tractors, robotic harvesters, drones, sensors and smart irrigation can raise efficiency and cut labour costs, but cost, skills, breakdowns and regulation slow adoption.
- Machinery, United KingdomEvaluating autonomous tractor investment: a strategic framework for UK arable farmsA framework for UK arable farms weighing autonomous tractors, covering retrofit versus purpose-built systems, labour and field suitability, GPS and mobile coverage, support and regulation.
- Policy & trade, IndiaWomen suffer more in the agro setbackWomen in rural India are left with low-paid, irregular farm work as men take non-farm jobs, and the Covid-19 lockdown and lost remittances deepened their losses.
- Machinery, GlobalRobotics in agriculture: the role of AI and robots in farm labourAI-driven robots and drones are taking on planting, weeding, crop monitoring and harvesting, cutting labour costs and input use, though varied terrain and weather remain technical hurdles.