Marginal and Media Productivity of Labor on Table Grape Harvest

Espíndola Rodrigo Sebastián; Gennari Alejandro

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Marginal and Media Productivity of Labor on Table Grape Harvest

Espíndola Rodrigo Sebastián, Gennari Alejandro

Published in Advances in Bioscience and Bioengineering (Volume 8, Issue 2)

Received: 30 June 2020 Accepted: 17 July 2020 Published: 10 August 2020

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Abstract

In recent years in San Juan, Argentina the lack of manpower to harvest, clean and packing export table grape caused serious economic problems and it is the most important reason that explains the disappearance of Argentina in this area. Labor is very expensive and it is the highest production cost. Also it is unknown in Argentina whether it is convenient hiring labor or not. In the other hand the efficient used of labor is disregarded and buying hard technology in replacement of labor is very difficult in table grape production. The objective of this study is to measure the mean and marginal labor productivity during harvesting, packing and to describe the process. A sectional study was carry out with 144 interviews in seven districts in San Juan. The harvesting and cleaning time was measured and the number of table grape boxes done in a certain period of time too. We observed each harvesting and packing group made up of one to four people and that when the number of workers per group increased, the number of boxes per worker per hour had reduced from 4 to 1 resulting in a negative marginal productivity. Up to 20% of the effective working time a day was lost due to failures in the work organization

Published in	Advances in Bioscience and Bioengineering (Volume 8, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.abb.20200802.15
Page(s)	31-34
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Harvesting, Cost, Working Day

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Espíndola Rodrigo Sebastián, Gennari Alejandro. (2020). Marginal and Media Productivity of Labor on Table Grape Harvest. Advances in Bioscience and Bioengineering, 8(2), 31-34. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.abb.20200802.15

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Espíndola Rodrigo Sebastián; Gennari Alejandro. Marginal and Media Productivity of Labor on Table Grape Harvest. Adv. BioSci. Bioeng. 2020, 8(2), 31-34. doi: 10.11648/j.abb.20200802.15

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Espíndola Rodrigo Sebastián, Gennari Alejandro. Marginal and Media Productivity of Labor on Table Grape Harvest. Adv BioSci Bioeng. 2020;8(2):31-34. doi: 10.11648/j.abb.20200802.15

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Espíndola Rodrigo Sebastián

National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), Caucete Rural Extensión Agency, San Juan, Argentina
Gennari Alejandro

Agronomic Engineering School, Cuyo National University, Mendoza, Argentina

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Espíndola Rodrigo Sebastián, Gennari Alejandro. Marginal and Media Productivity of Labor on Table Grape Harvest. Adv BioSci Bioeng. 2020;8(2):31-34. doi: 10.11648/j.abb.20200802.15

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