| 9. The main point of promoting farm mechanization is to increase productivity and alleviate labor shortages. In 1970, the government announced a four year plan to accelerate farm mechanization. A fund for this purpose was established 1977. For the most important crop, rice, nearly 100 % mechanization has been achieved for everything from planting to harvesting. |
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10. Sugar cane harvesting has long been mechanized. Though the importance of sugar has declined, it used to be the leading export crop, and it earned a great deal of foreign exchange. |