Survey of Agricultural Mechanization Sales

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	official statistical series
Producer	DAMS / AGFACTS
Coverage	1968-2010
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform	2
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	2
Data reliability and econometric method	2

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Liebenberg (2012a)	Survey of Agricultural Mechanization Sales (DAMS 1968–1994; AGFACTS 1995–2010)	1968–2010	Used to disaggregate machinery expenditure by class and to estimate tractor and implement stocks and sales.
Liebenberg (2012b)	Survey of Agricultural Mechanization Sales (DAMS 1968-1994) and AGFACTS machinery sales data (1994-2010)	1968-2010	Used to disaggregate machinery expenditure into classes and to build capital stock and service-flow estimates, after being compared with census figures.