1940s and 1950s—Acreages of crops, such as oats, required for horse and mule feed dropped sharply as farms used more tractors 1940—One farmer supplied 10.7 persons in the United States and abroad 1940—58% of all farms had cars, 25% had telephones, 33% had electricity 1941–1945— Fr...
1940s and 1950s—Acreages of crops, such as oats, required for horse and mule feed dropped sharply as farms used more tractors 1940—One farmer supplied 10.7 persons in the United States and abroad 1940—58% of all farms had cars, 25% had telephones, 33% had electricity 1941–1945— Fr...
Farmers of rice, maize, and soybeans gradually received one-time government subsidies, such as seeds, fertilizer, chemicals, machinery (tractors), and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure (irrigation canal systems). The extension officer and researchers from the Agricultural Service Center also ...
to −3.7 for households with highly limited resilience and low household assets. The livelihoods were identified through multivariate analysis on selected socioeconomic and biophysical variables; households were heterogeneous in their livelihoods. Irrigated livestock and rainfed marginal types had the highest...
Several durable household assets—such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, tractors, and farming machines—were included in this survey. Studies have demon- strated that larger farm sizes are generally positively associated with positive decisions Land 2022, 11, 1974 9 of 19 to adopt new technologies [...