Summary
of
Technological
Change and
The
Spatial Structure of
Agriculture
By Sent Visser
By Jimmy Brymer
This article written in 1980
makes an interesting argument that although with all the advancement of society’s
advancements that distance to market still matters for the amount of agriculture
still being practiced. The author points to Von Thunen’s theory on this which
he say is still relevant. To prove this point he used sample counties from big agriculture
areas as samples such as areas in Colorado and Kansas. With these samples he
entered them into a regression model that looked at agricultural intensity, the
capital-labor ratio, and capital productivity increases over time from distance
to the market. The regression model found that agriculture intensity does
increase overtime and distance from the market. It also found that the further
away from the Market there was no change in the Capital-labor ratio. Finally
the fourth regression found that there was a decrease in the capital
productivity overtime as you go fourth away from the market area with this
being unaffected by advancements in technology. This he argues supports his
claim that is rule still holds true.
Bibliography
Visser, S. (1980). Technological Change and the
Spatial Structure of Agriculture. Economic Geography , 312-319.
Even though this article was written in 1980, it's cool how it discusses an interesting and still very relevant topic, as there is a lot debate surrounding where our food is produced in proximity to where it is sold/the market.
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