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mechanize

[′mek·ə‚nīz]
(mechanical engineering)
To substitute machinery for human or animal labor.
To produce or reproduce by machine.
(ordnance)
To equip a military force with armed and armored vehicles.
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But with the passage of time, farm mechanization proved to be beneficial in increasing agricultural productivity by saving time, water and other agricultural resources.
"There is now a winery in every state in the U.S., and I think the demand for mechanization will be great."
Agricultural mechanization is often exemplified by the development of the tractor.
(1987) A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Effects of Farm Mechanization on Wheat and Rice Production in Pakistan.
He also questions the union's abdication to management on technological questions in the critical 1920 Coal Commission deliberations; the union's policy on mechanization, he argues, was little more than "a policy of expediency." Local agreements in Ohio and northern West Virginia did not concede to management the right to introduce new machinery, and the local pit committees were not restricted in fighting for control at the pit face.
This study attempts an explanation for the above observed trend by hypothesizing that the increase in mechanization and consequent decline in labor supply in agriculture may in fact result from the increasing cost of labor which, in turn, may be the result of an increase in food prices.
PhilMech said it formally launched on May 21 the rice mechanization component of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) created by the rice trade liberalization law to help farmers improve their productivity amid stiffer competition with cheap staple imports.
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Monday said the government provides up to 70 percent subsidy for the mechanization of agriculture as the number of farm labourers is declining day by day.
'With mechanization at the forefront of our program to enhance our global competitiveness, the imposition of excise tax has greatly increased our production cost.
government had invited six prominent Japanese citizens, including my father, to study agricultural mechanization with the hope of improving agricultural productivity in Japan.
After a successful signing of a cooperative agreement between Government of Punjab and USAID, the project supports the establishment of mechanization centers across the province to provide technical services to area farmers.
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