Abstract
TECHNOLOGICAL change can be moulded within very wide limits to suit society's needs. The consequences of changing farm machinery technology for agriculture and rural people, however, are not always benign, and for society are not always beneficial. Since the effects of mechanization derive from its interaction with the institutional structure of agriculture, the resulting adjustments are nowhere the same. Yet, little attention is given to the likely consequences or regulation of technological change in agriculture. The nature of farm machinery technology is shaped in practice by the responses of manufacturers to various forces which impinge upon them. Some policy issues are discussed here in this context, and the implications for the unregulated transfer of Western technology to developing countries is emphasized.
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