John Deere’s Farm Team Deere opened up the Pune [India] center in 2001. Deere’s move was unexpected: Deere is known for its heavy-duty farm equipment and big construction gear whereas many of India’s 300 million farmers still use oxen-pulled plows.

Source: Fortune, April 14, 2008

a. Why do many Indian farmers still use oxenpulled plows? Are they efficient or inefficient?

Explain.

b. How might making John Deere farm equipment available to Indian farmers change the technology constraint they face?