Agricultural mechanization and public policy

Authors

Stanley S. Johnson
Philip L. Martin

Authors Affiliations

Stanley S. Johnson is USDA Agricultural Economist; Philip L. Martin is Assistant Professor of Agri cultural Economics and a member of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 32(6):4-6. DOI:10.3733/ca.v032n06p4. June 1978.

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Abstract

Farmworkers who are displaced by mechanization enjoy few legislative or private contract rights to adjustment assistance. Farmworkers and society would both be better off if programs were developed that reduce the hardship accompanying inevitable displacement.