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Forage production for smallholder farmers in a rainfed millet cropping system in central Mali por Bartholomew, P.W., Ly, R., Koné, D., Traoré, S.F., Sissoko, K.

“…A combination of weeding by hand and by ox-drawn plough or harrow only slightly increased labour productivity compared with hand weeding alone. …”
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Double standards are denounced in Britain por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Speaking at the Labour Party Conference UK Trade ...…”
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Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal por Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Andersson, Jens A., Speelman, Erika N., McDonald, Andrew J., Tittonell, Pablo Adrian

“…Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. …”
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Gender in Agriculture and Climate Response in West Africa por Partey, Samuel T.

“…While women constitute at least 40% of the agriculture labour force they often lack substantial access to agricultural inputs, financial credits, labour and land, which are critical for their activities and livelihoods. …”
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Effect of intensification on feed management of dairy cows in the Central Hghlands of Kenya por Romney, Dannie L., Utiger, C., Kaitho, R., Thorne, Peter J., Wokabi, A., Njoroge, L., Chege, L., Kirui, Josephine, Kamotho, D., Staal, Steven J.

“…In these areas, systems intensify and crops and livestock become increasingly integrated as the human population increases and land becomes a more important constraint than labour (Boserup, 1965; McIntireet al., 1992). As intensification progresses, use of crop residues moves from open access to crop fields, following harvest, to labour intensive management of cereals as dual-purpose crops.…”
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Along the paths of berry pickers por Wijayarathna, Anudini

“…Sweden is one of the northern European countries that receive seasonal migrant labour annually from Thai and free/tourist pickers for wild-berry picking in rural northern forests and lands of Sweden. …”
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Intensification of rice-based farming systems in Central Luzon, Philippines: Constraints at field, farm and regional levels por Silva, João Vasco, Reidsma, Pytrik, Lourdes Velasco, Ma., Laborte, Alice G., van Ittersum, Martin K.

“…These resulted in greater rice yields and labour productivity, and contributed to gradual transition from subsistence to commercial farming systems, as observed in the increasing proportion of hired labour and rice sold. …”
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Evaluating willingness to contribute to a local public good: Application of contingent valuation to tsetse control in Ethiopia por Swallow, B.M., Mulatu, W.

“…When asked contingent valuation questions about the maximum amounts of money and/or labour that they would be willing to contribute to the progrmme, 59 percent volunteered both money and labour and only 3 percent volunteered neither money nor labour. …”
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A gender analysis on the participation and choice of improved and local haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by farmers in Cameroon por Siri, Bella N., Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Tchouamo, Isaac R.

“…Women preferred varieties that were less labour intensive and food taste for household consumption while men went for labour intensive as long as they were market-oriented and high yielding. …”
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Determinants of female time allocation in selected districts of rural Pakistan por Malik, Sohail, Nazli, Hina, Sultana, Nargis

“…In a male dominated society like Pakistan with strong cultural taboos, a woman's labour force participation can be expected to depend significantly on non-market factors. …”
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Beyond beans: examining the effects of COVID 19 on other food value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa por Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu

“…Measures put in place to curb transmission of the deadly virus have created labour shortages of workers at farm level and business level leading to higher labour prices. …”
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Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia por Pender, John L., Fafchamps, Marcel

“…This paper develops a theoretical model of land leasing that includes transaction costs of enforcing labour effort, risk pooling motives and non-tradable capital inputs. …”
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Small farm machinery to empower women and youth in the MFS por Ahmed, S., Miajy, Abdullah, Haque, Abudul, Bhandari, Humnath

“… - Women and youth employment. - To overcome labour constraints in mixed farming systems.…”
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An integrated evaluation of strategies for enhancing productivity and profitability of resource-constrained smallholder farms in Zimbabwe por Zingore, Shamie, González Estrada, E., Delve, Robert J., Herrero, Mario, Dimes, John P., Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Trade-offs between profitability, labour use and partial nutrient balances were also evaluated for alternative resource management strategies. …”
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Storing grain por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Grain storage Technology Series No11 International Labour Office CH-1 211 Geneva 22 Switzerland…”
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Le nonlabour dans les tropiques humides et subhumides dAfrique: Guide de recherche de lIita, No. 3 por Couper, D.C.

“…C'est ce que l'on appelle labour zero ou la culture par conservation. L'utilisation frequente du labour zerO peut can tribuer au compactage du sol qui peut Hre reduit en plantant des Iegumineuses de ja…”
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Prospects of fish supply-demand and its implications for food and nutrition security in Egypt por Tran, Nhuong, Long Chu, Hoang, Chan, Chin Yee, Peart, Jeffrey, Nasr-Allah, Ahmed, Karisa, Harrison

“…Projection results show that rising wage rates would slow down the growth of labour-intensive aquaculture compared to those that use relatively less labour. …”
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Education and agricultural inputs use by female farmers in Zimbabwe por Matshe, I., Zikhali, Precious, Chilonda, Pius

“…A bivariate probit model on chemical fertiliser and hired labour use by households is estimated, using data collected in 2007 in rural Zimbabwe. …”
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Comparing effectiveness, cost- and time-efficiency of control options for Xanthomonas wilt of banana under Rwandan agro-ecological conditions por Blomme, Guy, Dusingizimana, Petronille, Ntamwira, Jules Bagula, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Gaidashova, Svetlana, Rietveld, Anne M., Schagen, Boudy van, Ocimati, Walter

“…Initial control was through complete diseased mat uprooting (CDMU), which had limited adoption due to high labour demands and cost. Further research demonstrated single diseased stem removal (SDSR) was an effective, less labour intensive and less costly alternative to CDMU. …”
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Value chain development: Approaches and activities by seven UN agencies and opportunities for interagency cooperation por Stamm, A., Drachenfels, C. von

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