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Mechanization Bundle Report: Service provider model for CLIMATE-SMART Mechanization of smallholder farmers in Zambia by Matin, M. A., Mulundu, S, Zingwari, O

“…Conservation agriculture (CA) based mechanization is receiving better recognition as a sustainable solution to improve land and labour productivity and help meet the rising global food demand under the changing climate. …”
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Bundled Innovations for Sustainable Technology Adoption Among Smallholder Farmers by Jizorkuwie, Abdul, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Particia, Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Worku, Wuletawu Abera

“…This project aims to address key agronomic, labour, and resource challenges with a bundled package. …”
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Livestock sustaining intensive smallholder crop production through traditional feeding practices for generating high quality manure-compost in upland Java by Tanner, J.C., Holden, S.J., Owen, E., Winugroho, M., Gill, M.

“…Although cut-and-carry feeding is labour-intensive, it is surprising that farmers collect quantities of forage greatly in excess of the requirements of their livestock. …”
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Sustainable intensification of small-scale agriculture in the upper Blue Nile basin: Multicriteria optimization of rainwater management strategies by Getnet, Kindie

“…Land has the highest shadow price (while such price is low for labour), showing that land scarcity, unlike abundant labour, limits the possibility for extensive farming and agricultural income growth in the area. …”
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Soci-economic factors affecting implementation of community-managed tsetse control in Busia District, Kenya. by Mwangi, D.K.

“…Those influencing willingness to contribute labour included education level, and information on implications of tsetse control. …”
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Illusions and disillusions with poverty reduction strategies: Growth, crisis and the MDGs in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua by Vos, Rob

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Impact evaluation of improved nutrition through integrated basic social services and social cash transfer pilot program (IN-SCT) in Oromia and SNNP regions, Ethiopia: Endline impac... by Gilligan, Daniel O., Arrieta, Alejandra, Devereux, Stephen, Hoddinott, John F., Kebede, Dereje, Ledlie, Natasha, Roelen, Keetie, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

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Effect of different irrigation and tillage methods on yield and resource use efficiency of boro rice (Oryza sativa) by Karim, MR, Alam, MM, Ladha, JK, Islam, MS, Islam, MR

“…Seedling uprooting and transplanting required higher labour in reduced tillage method over conventional tillage. …”
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Performance of forage legume-maize intercrops on an upland soil of Ethiopian highlands by Nnadi, L.A., Haque, I.

“…Pratt and de Haan (1979) argued that in view of low return to labour of existing subsistence crops the inclusion of fodder crops will have to be accomplished with a minimum amount of additional labour. …”
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Problems and prospects in the utilization of animal traction in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger by Williams, Timothy O.

“…Moench) and maize (Zea mays L.) by 12-15%. It increased labour input by 15 man-h ha-1 (man hours per hectare) in the dry agroclimatic zone, but reduced it by 50 man-h ha-1 in the wet zone. …”
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Development of a monitoring system for the assessment of cattle welfare in abattoirs by Sandström, Viveca

“…A survey of the practicability of measures and also time and labour requirements was made by me during two test trials at five Swedish abattoirs in the summer/autumn of 2008. …”

Point sur l'etat d'execution du programme sante et nutrition animale. Octobre 1982 - fevrier 1984 by Traoré, A.

“…Compte rendu des activites de la section sante et nutrition animales pendant la periode d'octobre 1982 a fevrier 1984, a Niono au Mali, faisant le point sur l'etat d'execution des differents volets de recherche dont notamment la nutrition, la sante et la reproduction animales avec presentation des principales conclusions sur l'enquete epidemiologique, la vaccination anti-pasteurellique des petits ruminants et la supplementation alimentaire des boeufs de labour, ainsi que des recommendations pour le programme de recherche 1984.…”
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Photos can speak: The farmer’s perspective of livestock by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Photovoice is a participatory research method and it is often used with vulnerable groups such as women, ethnic minorities, and other minorities such as labour workers. To implement the method, the project equipped farmers with 20 easy-to-use cameras and trained them on how to take photos. …”
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Modern food supply chains and development: Evidence from horticulture export sectors in sub-Saharan Africa by Maertens, Miet, Minten, Bart, Swinnen, Johan

“…Its main conclusion is that increased high‐value exports and the modernisation of export supply chains can bring about important positive welfare effects, which can occur in various ways through product‐ or labour‐market effects and through direct and indirect effects.…”
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TreeEyed: A QGIS plugin for tree monitoring in silvopastoral systems using state of the art AI models by Ruiz-Hurtado, Andres Felipe, Bolaños, Juliana Perez, Arrechea-Castillo, Darwin Alexis, Cardoso, Juan Andres

“…Tree monitoring is a challenging task due to the labour-intensive and time-consuming data collection methods required. …”
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Are women important in sustainable forest management by Colfer, C.J.P.

“…This last traces the links among women’s status, women’s education, women’s involvement in wage labour, human health, population, and forests.…”
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Loquat, production and market by Caballero, Pedro, Fernández-Zamudio, María A.

“…However, the subjective risk that farmers perceive seems high due to the large investments that must be made to cope with labour costs. This prevents the possible expansion of loquat production.…”
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Age demographics and economic growth : a study of Sweden and Finland 1960-2020 by Lyrvall, Martin

“…Over time there might be a shift in government spending and on the labour markets.…”

Accounting for women's unpaid care and domestic work: Implications for women's employment and livelihoods by Kawarazuka, Nozomi

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Rural youth in Global South: Research and policy priorities by Mwamakamba, Sithembile

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