The farm labour force is running down steadily.

农场里的劳动力在不断减少。

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Thus we proposed that the farm mechanization is the basic way out far raising farm Labour productivity.

提出实行农业机械化是提高农业劳动生产率的根本途径。

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Vishal's rural village is not especially impoverished; 120km (75 miles) from Mumbai, India's financial centre, it offers factory-work as well as the farm Labour most country people do.

Vishal所在的农村并非极度贫瘠，它距离印度的金融中心孟买仅120公里(75英里)，村民在工厂打工，有的在农田耕作。

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"Farmers have indicated to us that there is a shortage of farm labour, especially for seasonal work, " the ministry said in a statement, quoted by the AFP news agency.

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Put simply, this is the point at which a developing country stops being able to achieve rapid growth relatively easily, by simply taking rural workers doing unproductive farm labour and putting them to work in factories and cities instead.

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Then along comes the tractor, the mechanical baler, the first milking machines, and the need for labour on the farm falls precipitately.

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