Comparison of Labor Force in Agriculture in India and China

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Agricultural labour in India is widely scattered over 5.6 lakh villages, of which half have population of less than 500 each. And therefore, there is a problem in building an effective organization, like that of industrial workers. Thus as the vast number of agricultural labour lies scattered all over India, there has been no successful attempt for long, to build their effective organization even at the state level not to speak of the national level. Agricultural labourers, especially in smaller villages away from towns and cities, are generally unskilled workers carrying on agricultural operation in the centuries old traditional wages. Most of them, especially those in small isolated villages with around 500 population, may not have even heard of modernization of agriculture.

The transfer of labor from agriculture to industry and service employment that typically accompanies economic development was stifled in China for many years. Agriculture and rural activities are important in China for many reasons. First, farming provides the food and fiber needed for the sustenance of China’s people. At the same time, nearly 65 percent of the people depend on agriculture or other rural economic activities for their livelihood. Second, agriculture has always provided the means of employment for most new workers entering the labor force . With between 12 and 16 million new workers entering the labor force annually since the 1980s, agriculture must continue to absorb tremendous numbers of new workers while continuing to find ways to use these workers productively. Finally, the agricultural sector has been an important source of investment money

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