Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 294)

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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 294)

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and none lies fallow.
The furrow irrigation system had associated financial and
technical constraints which mitigated against mechanisation
and tractorisation. While it was possible to plough, harrow
and prepare the land for sowing with tractorised equipment,
there was little daily need for tractorised equipment outside
the preparatory period, Since the earth furrows for
irrigation had to be prepared and repaired by hand tools on
a daily basis. Moreover, the levels of farm income in the
pre-drip irrigation period meant that the majority of farmers
did not own or have access to tractors. Thus harrowing and
Ploughing would normally be carried out by animal draft
power. Only after the initial inflow of capital and increased
profitablity in the early 1970's was there an increase in the
incidence of tractor ownership and increasing availability
and desire for tractor rental among smaller farmers. The
introduction of tractors and modern ploughing equipment has
considerably cut down the labour time necessary to plough and
harrow the land. Modern tractors have multi-furrow ploughs
which Plough the land very speedily and the work of
ploughing, which previously took a number of days, can be
completed ina few hours.
Before the introduction of drip irrigation the tasks of
ploughing, furrowing, fertilizing, irrigating, manuring,
covering manure, etc. were all work tasks which would be
carried out by men using traditional methods, perhaps with
the assistance of draft power, while after the introduction
of drip irrigation all these tasks were largely mechanised.
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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production

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Alex Pollock

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