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Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience por Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…Project to double or even triple smallholder maize yields using sustainable techniques that regenerate the natural resource base without an overall increase in labour or the need to apply nitrogen fertilizers, using agroforestry techniques and conservation agriculture techniques. …”
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A preliminary investigation of the household economy of the settled Fulani in the Abet area, Kachia local government district, Kaduna state, Nigeria por Taiwo, O.O.

“…Presents findings of a pilot household economy survey among 12 settled Fulani rugas (households) in Abet area, Kachia local government district, Nigeria, that dealt with household sturcture & its composition, types of economic activities pursued by dif. members, viz. animal husbandry, arable farming, marketing & domestic sectors, & allocation of labour to each, ruga incomes & its division among members and expenditures.…”
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Determinants for smallholder farmers’ adoption of improved forages in dairy production systems: The case of Tanga region, Tanzania por Tim Ndah, Hycenth, Schuler, Johannes, Nkwain, Vandoline N., Nzogela, Beatus, Mangesho, Walter E., Mollel, Richard, Loina, Rose, Zander, Peter, Paul, Birthe K.

“…We suggest an integrated approach for rural development that goes beyond the improvement of yields, but provides more efficient use of land and labour in the region. View Full-Text…”
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School feeding or general food distribution? Quasi-experimental evidence on the educational impacts of emergency food assistance during conflict in Mali por Aurino, Elisabetta, Tranchant, Jean-Pierre, Diallo, Amadou Sekou, Gelli, Aulo

“…Programme receipt triggered adjustments in child labour. Thus, school feeding led to lower participation and time spent in work among girls, while GFD raised children’s labour, particularly among boys. …”
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School feeding or general food distribution? Quasi-experimental evidence on the educational impacts of emergency food assistance during conflict in Mali por Aurino, Elisabetta, Tranchant, Jean-Pierre, Diallo, Amadou Sekou, Gelli, Aulo

“…Programme receipt triggered adjustments in child labour. School feeding led to lower participation and time spent in work among girls, while GFD raised children’s labour, particularly among boys. …”
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More and more of less and less: Is genomics-based breeding of dry direct-seeded rice (DDSR) varieties the need of hour? por Sagare, Deepti B., Abbai, Ragavendran, Jain, Abhinav, Jayadevappa, Pranesh K., Dixit, Shilpi, Singh, Arun Kumar, Venkateshwarlu, Challa, Alam, Shamshad, Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Yadav, Shailesh, Sandhu, Nitika, Kabade, Pramod G., Singh, Vikas Kumar, Kumar, Arvind

“…Changing climatic conditions, water and labour scarcity are the major challenges that shall limit future rice production. …”
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Improving forest benefits for the poor: learning from community-based forest enterprises in Nepal por Pandit, B.H., Albano, A., Kumar, C.

“…Other practices include offering labour opportunities to the poorest (e.g. NTFP collection and factory labour), and representation of the poorest and marginalized in FUG executive committees. …”
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Analysis of factors influencing adoption of dairy technologies in western Kenya por Makokha, S.N., Karugia, Joseph T., Staal, Steven J., Oluoch-Kosura,Willis

“…The widely held conclusion that smallholder households are resource constrained in technology adoption did not hold in this study. The source of labour supply dictated choice of variables to be used as proxies for labour availability. …”
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An investigation of factors that influence the technical efficiency of soybean production in the Guinea savannas of Nigeria por Amaza, P., Ogundari, K.

“…The MLE results revealed that farm size, seeds, family labour, hired labour and fertilizer were the major factors that were associated with change in the output of soybeans and were significant (p = 0.05). …”
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The power of tobacco : discipline, power and knowledge : decision to grow a controversial crop por Khumalo, Caroline Claudia Mugadza

“…Furthermore the growth of tobacco has been associated with activities such as the use of child labour and deforestation so I take a look at how communication has an effect in preventing or encouraging such activities. …”

The agriculture-nutrition-income nexus in Fiji por Lako, J., Francis, Judith Ann, Dietershagen, Jana

“…Agriculture in Fiji contributes 9% of gross domestic product and absorbs 40% of the labour force. Over 70% of the population is engaged in subsistence and semi subsistence agriculture. …”
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Tips for asking gender-responsive questions por Elias, Marlène, Bioversity International

“…Attention to these issues will help researchers understand the gendered division of labour, gendered livelihoods, gendered access to and control over resources, and gendered decision-making processes that bear upon resource management and conservation processes in the regions where they work.…”
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Characterising the diversity of smallholder farming systems and their constraints and opportunities for innovation: a case study from the northern region, Ghana por Kuivanen, K.S., Álvarez, S., Michalscheck, Mirja, Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Mellon-Bedi, S., Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Results proposed six farm types, stratified on the basis of household, labour, land use, livestock and income variables, explaining the structural and functional differences between farming systems. …”
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Impact Lite Dataset por Silvestri, Silvia, Rufino, Mariana C., Quirós, Carlos F., Douxchamps, Sabine, Teufel, Nils, Singh, Dhiraj, Mutie, Ianetta, Ndiwa, Nicholas N., Ndungu, Anthony, Kiplimo, Jasper, Wijk, Mark T. van, Herrero, Mario

“…IMPACTlite survey dataset: detailed information about household composition, production systems and activities, land and labour allocatio n, income from on farm and off farm activities, household consumption of food, and asset, with a particular gender lens on control over resources, land ownership and allocation of activities. …”
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The dynamics of the Ancient Tula wells cultural landscape: Environmental and social history, ca, 1560 to the present. por Tiki, W.

“…The second part presents an analysis of the impacts of natural disasters, socio-political perturbations, human responses, human perceptions of land use changes, and labour and technological transformations in the utilizations of tula wells.…”
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Trade and economic impacts of destination‐based business cash‐flow taxes por Martin, Will

“…Under a DBCFT, revenues would become negative if consumption and labour shares returned to their historical norms or if difficult‐to‐tax sectors like owner‐occupied housing were excluded.…”
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Understanding the climate, migration, social protection nexus from a youth mobility dimension: Can social protection address the drivers of climigration? por Ncube, Tomy, Zualii, Lalhmangaihzuali, Murray, Una, Nguyen, Nam, Liebig, Theresa, Krendelsberger, Alexandra, Pacillo, Grazia, McKeown, Peter C., Laderach, Peter, Spillane, Charles

“…Based on key components of social protection (social assistance and labour market interventions), we argue that when these are adapted to meet the priorities of rural youth, a more just transition can be achieved (i.e. climate-resilient rural communities retaining rural skilled labour as opposed to climate-induced distress migration). …”
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Multiobjective optimization of the trade-offs in smallholder dairy farming intensification por Mulinge, W.M., Oluoch-Kosura,Willis, Staal, Steven J., Mbogoh, S.

“…Smallholder farmers with larger land holding can engage in more labour intensive and profitable dairy production technologies. …”
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Chopping for chips: An analysis of wood flows from smallholder plantations in Vietnam por Nguyen Quang Tan

“…At site level, the division of labour is not as clear as in Binh Dinh. The farm gate price in Phu Tho is much lower than the price in Binh Dinh, thus tree growers in Phu Tho have a lower income from wood sales. …”
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Analysis of smallholder farmer’s participation in production and marketing of export potential crops: The case of sesame in Diga district, east Wollega zone of Oromia Regional Stat... por Kefyalew, G.G.

“…It is still the main source of foreign exchange earnings (up to 90%) and the largest labour force employer (about 83%). Of the total agricultural output, about 95% was covered by smallholder agriculture sub-sector. …”
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