Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture
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Resumo: | This study analyzes the strategies that farmers in the south of Chile use to face current labor shortages and identify the variables that determine each of these strategies. A multinomial logit model and odds ratios plots with predicted probabilities were applied to a sample of 384 farmers. Interviews and focus groups were applied to specific producers, professionals and public officials. The main results show that only 32.3% of farmers declared that labor shortage is a problem. Of this percentage 52% chose the strategy of paying better, 13.8% chose improve the workers' working conditions, 9.5% chose to mechanize, and 24.1% did not follow a strategy. The production of labor-intensive products (e.g., exportable fruit) determines the strategy of paying better; the farmer's educational level influences the strategy of improving the working conditions, and the farmer's age affects the strategy of mechanizing. However, the production of labor-intensive products exhibits the greater effect. The main disadvantage of the "pay better" strategy is that workers do not want to commit to their job. |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculturelabor shortageagricultural labormultinomial logitfarmers' strategiesChilean agricultureThis study analyzes the strategies that farmers in the south of Chile use to face current labor shortages and identify the variables that determine each of these strategies. A multinomial logit model and odds ratios plots with predicted probabilities were applied to a sample of 384 farmers. Interviews and focus groups were applied to specific producers, professionals and public officials. The main results show that only 32.3% of farmers declared that labor shortage is a problem. Of this percentage 52% chose the strategy of paying better, 13.8% chose improve the workers' working conditions, 9.5% chose to mechanize, and 24.1% did not follow a strategy. The production of labor-intensive products (e.g., exportable fruit) determines the strategy of paying better; the farmer's educational level influences the strategy of improving the working conditions, and the farmer's age affects the strategy of mechanizing. However, the production of labor-intensive products exhibits the greater effect. The main disadvantage of the "pay better" strategy is that workers do not want to commit to their job.Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2013-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782013000800030Ciência Rural v.43 n.8 2013reponame:Ciência Ruralinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSM10.1590/S0103-84782013000800030info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAguirre,VerónicaEcheverría,RodrigoOlmedo,ClaraBlanco,Gustavoeng2013-07-30T00:00:00ZRevista |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture Aguirre,Verónica labor shortage agricultural labor multinomial logit farmers' strategies Chilean agriculture |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture |
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Farmer strategies to face labor shortages in Chilean agriculture |
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Aguirre,Verónica |
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Aguirre,Verónica Echeverría,Rodrigo Olmedo,Clara Blanco,Gustavo |
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Echeverría,Rodrigo Olmedo,Clara Blanco,Gustavo |
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Aguirre,Verónica Echeverría,Rodrigo Olmedo,Clara Blanco,Gustavo |
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labor shortage agricultural labor multinomial logit farmers' strategies Chilean agriculture |
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labor shortage agricultural labor multinomial logit farmers' strategies Chilean agriculture |
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This study analyzes the strategies that farmers in the south of Chile use to face current labor shortages and identify the variables that determine each of these strategies. A multinomial logit model and odds ratios plots with predicted probabilities were applied to a sample of 384 farmers. Interviews and focus groups were applied to specific producers, professionals and public officials. The main results show that only 32.3% of farmers declared that labor shortage is a problem. Of this percentage 52% chose the strategy of paying better, 13.8% chose improve the workers' working conditions, 9.5% chose to mechanize, and 24.1% did not follow a strategy. The production of labor-intensive products (e.g., exportable fruit) determines the strategy of paying better; the farmer's educational level influences the strategy of improving the working conditions, and the farmer's age affects the strategy of mechanizing. However, the production of labor-intensive products exhibits the greater effect. The main disadvantage of the "pay better" strategy is that workers do not want to commit to their job. |
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2013 |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria |
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