Resultados de búsqueda - "labourer"

Land tenure and allocative efficiency in Niger por Gavian, S., Fafchamps, M.

“…It is found that yields are strongly influenced by manpower available to farming households, an indication that marginal returns to labour and land are not equalized across households and the results also show a nonsignificant relationships between manuring and whether or not local customs allow land sales. …”
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The concept and calculation of net benefits from goats in Ethiopian smallholdings por Ayalew, W., Rischkowsky, Barbara A., King, J.M.

“…The result is expressed as net benefit per unit of the most limiting resources: land, labour,and flock metabolic size. If these criteria chosen for the unit net benefit are appropriate, then theranking of the improved and indigenous livestock will reflect the choice of the farmer. …”
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Effect of livestock-crop integration on grazing time of cattle in a subhumid African savanna por Bayer, W., Otchere, E.O.

“…In both areas the short grazing time compared with that of free-ranging animals may limit feed intake and contribute to low cattle productivity. On account of labour competition between herding and cropping and the need for tight herd control, grazing time in the growing season is restricted to only 5 h per day. …”
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A triple-hurdle model of small-ruminant production and marketing in the highlands of Ethiopia: Implications for commercial transformation por Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Shiferaw, K., Tegegne, Azage, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…Our results show that, among other things, younger household heads, maleheaded households, and households with relatively higher labour supply are more likely to engage in small-ruminant production. …”
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Cryopreserved callus, a source of protoplasts for citrus improvement por Olivares-Fuster, Oscar, Asins, María J., Durán-Vila, Núria, Navarro, Luis

“…Availability of cryopreserved callus facilitates the development of breeding programmes based on somatic hybridization, avoiding the risks and high labour needs associated with standard maintenance by periodical subcultures.…”
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Kokvigeproduktion baserad på köttraser : en fältstudie por Dahlström, Johanna

“…Once-bred heifers costs for labour were around 1000 SEK more but the high TB1 gave a positive TB2. …”

Uptake of insurance-embedded credit in presence of credit rationing: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Kenya por Ndegwa, Michael K., Shee, Apurba, Turvey, Calum G., You, Liangzhi

“…Among the socio-economic variables, training attendance, crop production being the main household head occupation, expenditure on food, maize labour requirement, hired labour, livestock revenue and access to credit are found to influence the credit uptake positively, whereas the expenditure on non-food items is negatively related with credit uptake.The study findings provide important insights on the factors of credit demand. …”
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Data on Costs of Advisory Services in Mozambique and Tanzania por International Food Policy Research Institute, The World Bank, Mama's Hope Organization for Legal Assistance, Government of Mozambique

“…All data were available highly disaggregated by labour cost (including type of labour and type of compensation such as allowances, salary, stipends, and so forth), transport costs (for example, fuel), capital outlays (such as purchase of motorcycles and furniture), office operational costs, workshop and training expenses, and other categories. …”
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Malawi gender strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean & insect sectors por Kabuli, Hilda, Ouya, Frederick, Chisale, Virginia, Kachigamba, Donald, Chakhumbira, Feston, Botha, Sara, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…These climatic challenges reinforce longstanding gender inequalities: women undertake a major share of agricultural labour but generally have less access than men to land, finance, extension, improved inputs, and high-value market outlets (World Bank, 2024; UN Women/ AfDB, 2020). …”
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Model results versus farmer realities: Operationalizing diversity within and among smallholder farm systems for a nuanced impact assessment of technology packages por Michalscheck, M., Groot, Jeroen C.J., Kotu, Bekele Hundie, Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Kuivanen, K., Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Tittonell, Pablo A.

“…Within households, women were more positive about the packages than men, since men heavily penalized extra costs and labour, translating into a greater congruence of model results with the male evaluation. …”
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Utveckling av mjölkgård : karusell eller robot? por Persson, Emil, Hansson, Jenny

Onfarm trials comparing the local streakdisease susceptible maize with a streakdisease resistant variety in southeastern Zaire por Vogel, W.O., Berhe, T., Hennessey, R.D.

“…There is also a shortage of labour for land preparation and weeding, and a lack of fertilizer.Trials were conducted to remedy some of the production constraints. …”
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Social networks, collective organizing, and freedom of association: A qualitative participatory action research study with women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon por Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Adra, May

“…This study is a component of an international evaluation of the Work in Freedom Project carried out by the International Labour Organization. It focuses on Lebanon and aims to assess the impact of the project on the ability of WMDWs in Lebanon to maintain viable social networks and organize collectively. …”
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Rice to Sustainability: A systems thinking approach to advance sustainable rice por Edwards, Glory I.

“…However, rice production systems face many challenges in achieving sustainable growth related to environmental factors (such as soil quality, water and nutrient availability), national and international policy initiatives and socio-economic issues such as price spikes, labour scarcity and increased competition for arable land. …”
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Views on the UAE–Belém work programme por CGIAR Climate Security Observatory

“…The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Foundation, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are pleased to submit collective inputs on the two-year UAE–Belém work programme on indicators for measuring progress achieved towards the targets in the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, as invited in Decision 2/CMA.5 of the UAE Consensus.…”
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Marker‐assisted breeding for improvement of anaerobic germination in japonica rice (Oryza sativa) por Kim, Suk-Man, Kim, Choon-Song, Jeong, Ji-Ung, Reinke, Russell F., Jeong, Jong-Min

“…Direct seeding is increasingly being practiced in rice cultivation areas because it saves labour and reduces cost of production and management. …”
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Advancing sustainable and resilient agriculture in Eastern Nepal's middle hills por International Water Management Institute

“…This initiative is helping farmers diversify risks, optimize labour, and enhance productivity—all while safeguarding the environment. …”
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Social accounting matrices for development planning por Pyatt, G., Round, J.I.

“…Both the Iran and Sri Lanka SAMs were constructed within the context of the International Labour Office, World Employment Programme: that for Iran was intended as a contribution to the work of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy Mission to Iran under WEP auspices; while the Sri Lanka SAM was more specifically a research oriented study. …”
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A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa por Sanders, J.H., Shapiro, Barry I., Ramaswamy, S.

“…Farmers are already introducing labour intensive variations of these techniques in the most degraded regions. …”
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Factors influencing manure application by farmers in semi-arid West Africa por Williams, Timothy O.

“…Factors found to negatively affect manure use are farm size, distance of fields to the homestead, the proportion of cultivated land recently under fallow and land-labour ratio. The paper concludes by suggesting strategies for removing the constraints to efficient manure utilisation and soil fertility improvement in semi-arid West Africa.…”
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