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Investments in ICT-capital and economic performance of small and medium scale enterprises in East Africa por Chowdhury, Shyamal K.

“…We constructed a data set for two East African countries—Kenya and Tanzania for small and medium scale enterprises and focused on three performance indicators—internal rate of return, labour productivity and domestic and export market expansion. …”
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Intensive animal feeding practices for optimum feed utilisation por Abate, A., Dzowela, B.H., Kategile, J.A.

“…Constraints to intensive feeding identified include shortages of land, feed and labour. It is suggested that economics will ultimately dictate the solution to the three-way interaction between feed availability, intensive feeding systems and labour.…”
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Promoting integrated management practices for speargrass (Imperata cylindrica (L) Raeusch.) in soybean, cassava and yam in Nigeria por Chikoye, David, Ellis-Jones, J., Avav, T., Kormawa, P.M., Udensi, U.E., Tarawali, G., Nielsen, O.K.

“…In the farmers' control, labour use was higher in yam and soybean than in cassava. …”
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Value chain development for decent work: A guide for development practitioners, government and private sector initiatives por Herr, M.L., Muzira, T.J.

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Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project por Smith, Georgina, Koigi, Bob, Cartmell-Thorp, Susanna, Reeve, Sophie, Frost, Olivia, Mutimer, Alice

“…Youth constitute about 30% of the Kenyan population and 60% of the total labour force, with 1 million youth entering the labour market each year. …”
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Assessing the extent and determinants of adoption of improved cassava varieties in southwestern Nigeria por Awotide, B., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Alene, A., Manyong, Victor M.

“…Empirical estimates of a Double-Hurdle model revealed that adoption increases with the age of the household head and is influenced by the gender of the household head, hired labour, cultivated land, and access to credit. The results further showed that the intensity of adoption is influenced by the hired labour and farm size; access to information about the improved cassava varieties is determined by the age, gender, and level of education of the household head, and by off-farm income.…”
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Trade-offs between forage yields and feed quality of Lablab purpureus, and milk yields in relation to planting and harvesting schedules por Agyemang, K., Okike, Iheanacho, Makun, H.J., Magaji, S.O.

“…This study, designed to investigate trade-offs between forage yields, feed quality and labour use in fitting a newly introduced crop, Lablab purpureus, into an existing farming system, adopted distinct applied and adaptive research approaches. …”
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Experiments in farmers' collectives in Eastern India and Nepal: Process, benefits, and challenges por Agarwal, B., Leder, S., Saikia, P., Sudgen, Fraser, Raut, Manita, Kumar, Anoj, Ray, D.

“…Do farmers' collectives, which pool land, labour, capital, and skills to create medium‐sized production units, offer a more viable model of farming for resource‐constrained smallholders than individual family farms? …”
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Gender and generational dynamics in land restoration amid male outmigration – Evidence from Burkina Faso por Elias, Marlène, Vinceti, Barbara, Traoré, Alain, Traoré, Daouda

“…The survey data here included focuses on decision-making, labour, knowledge and capacities, and benefits related to restoration among migrant and non-migrant households. …”
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Financial profitability of diversified farming systems: A global meta-analysis por Sánchez, Andrea C., Kamau, Hannah N., Grazioli, Francesca, Jones , Sarah K.

“…From a subset of 43 articles reporting labour inputs, we found that labour costs increased in diversified farming systems, but so did gross incomes leading to farm profits equivalent to those in simplified systems and dispelling myths that higher labour requirements undermine the viability of diversification. …”
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Economic analysis of cutandcarry, and alley cropping systems of mulch production for plantains in southeastern Nigeria por Ruhigwa, B., Gichuru, M., Spencer, D., Swennen, Rony L.

“…Among the in-situ mulch sources,Gmelina had the highest labour requirement because of the high pruning frequency. …”
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Assessment of the impact of high fragmented land upon the productivity and profitability of the farms : the case of the Macedonian vegetable growers por Hristov, Jordan

“…A reduction of the Simpson index increases income from vegetable production indicating better use of modern agricultural technologies and decreasing the costs of labour. However, labour showed a positive relationship with output implicating risk diversification and labour smoothing due to crop diversification. …”

Review: the impact of HIV on agricultural livelihoods in southern Uganda and the challenges of attribution por Taylor, B., Bukenya, D., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Agol, D., Pain, A., Seeley, J.

“…Over the past 20 years labour shortages, because of labour migration and changing aspirations (as well as HIV), crop and livestock pests and diseases, declining soil fertility, changes in commodity markets and a growing off-farm sector have contributed to the changes seen in rural southern Uganda. …”
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Paprika on a large scale in Zimbabwe por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Mike Randall explains how growing paprika on a large scale does require considerable investment, particularly in chemicals and labour, but offers financial rewards in foreign currency.…”
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Safety of food workers por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Occupational health and safetySafety of food workersThe relevant national authority for legislation on safety, health, hygiene and the working environment for agricultural and food worker is usually located in the ministry dealing with labour...…”
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Local production of essential oil por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Growing and preparing essential oils is labour-intensive,...…”
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Living yam poles por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The production of poles for yam culture is labour intensive, costly and difficult to mechanize. …”
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Determinants of farm-level adoption of cultural practices for banana xanthomonas wilt control in Uganda por Jogo, W., Karamura, E.B., Tinzaara, William, Kubiriba, Jerome, Rietveld, Anne M.

“…Results from the study show that household labour availability, technology pack age attributes such as labour demand and perceived effectiveness of the practices in managing the disease; and agro-ecological location and banana production system significantly influence adoption decisions. …”
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Breeding Cost Structure for Effective Breeding Decision in Africa por Munyaka, M., Musundire, L., Murtiga, S., Odiyo, O., Kante, M., Mendes, T.

“…Some of the recommendations are i) encourage the optimization of the germplasm evaluation processes to increase efficiency and reduce the time and labour required, ii) work together with the procurement team to identify opportunities for negotiation and cost reduction with current suppliers, iii) enhance labour allocation and define clear roles for the breeding staff to improve trial supervision without incurring additional costs.…”
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Economywide impact of maize export bans on agricultural growth and household welfare in Tanzania: A dynamic Computable General Equilibrium model analysis por Diao, Xinshen, Kennedy, Adam

“…The export ban further decreases the wage rate for low‐skilled labour and the returns to land, while returns to non‐agricultural capital and wage rates for skilled labour increase, further hurting poor rural households and thus increasing poverty for the country as a whole.…”
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