Recent advances in farm machinery reduced dependency on labour significantly, even in Asian villages. I was shocked to see drones doing fertilizer and pesticide spraying in the remote villages that do not even have proper roads and drinking water.
Which country was this? Thailand?
India. The drones (and other farm machinery) are operated on rental, not owned by farmers. There is hardly any farm worker available in villages, due to migration to towns and cities.
Well, if they keep up their economic policies, the price of labour will drop all by itself.