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Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning por Stoian, D., Donovan, J., Fisk, J., Muldoon, M.

“…The design of related interventions often assumes that poor households: 1) have sufficient resources to effectively participate in value chain development; 2) do not face substantial tradeoffs when using these resources; and 3) are able to assume higher risks when reinvesting capital and labour. However, insights from our own experiences and the literature show that these assumptions often do not reflect the realities and the needs of the poor. …”
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Less noise in the household: the impact of Farmer Field Schools on Gender Relations por Friis-Hansen, Esbern, Duveskog, Deborah, Taylor, Edward W.

“…Qualitative fieldwork reveal significant changes in household division of labour and decision-making; in gendered customs and traditions, and in men’s work ethics and their view of women. …”
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Directed technological change from an empirical perspective por Heidrich, Stefanie

“…In this thesis the elasticity of substitution between labour and metals as well as between aluminium and iron is estimated by OLS regression using a CES production function and the Nerlove model. …”
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Farming systems survey of Meme division south west province Republic of Cameroon por United States Agency for International Development, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Major inputs are still land and labour; purchased inputs are limited almost entirely to labour. …”
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Uganda Gender Strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean and insect sectors por Mugagga, Isaac, Ouya, Frederick, Babirye, Immaculate, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Women contribute more than 70% of labour on bean plots but remain constrained by limited control over land, restricted decision-making power, and reduced access to extension services and digital tools. …”
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Profitability of cassava-maize production under different fallow systems and land-use intensities in the derived savanna of southwest Nigeria por Chianu, Jonas N., Akintola, J.O., Kormawa, P.M.

“…However, considerations of yield variability, labour scarcity, as well as risk-aversion behaviour among farmers may alter their technology choice.…”
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Kostnader för jordbearbetning och sådd por Hagenvall, Nils, Gunnarsson, Anders

“…We have used a calculation program to calculate hours of labour, fuel consumption and machinery costs. In this study we show how much time and fuel you can save with reduced tillage. …”
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Livestock feeding systems and feed gaps in East African smallholder farms por Paul, Birthe K., Birnholz, Celine A., Nzogela, Beatus, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Herrero, Mario, Bwire, Julius M.N., Groot, Jeroen C.J., Tittonell, Pablo A.

“…Grazing systems were more labour intensive per tropical livestock unit than cut-and-carry systems, and most feeding-related labour was provided by men. 61% of all herds faced an ME feed gap, and 55% a CP gap between actually supplied feed and calculated requirements at attainable milk production levels. …”
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Fullfoder för får por Johansson, Björn

“…An argument given by many farmers to invest in a TMR system is to rationalize the labour. The routines are planned differently on the different farms in the survey but there are also many similarities. …”
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Logistik för stråbränsle por Svensson, Niklas

“…The transportation cost consists of machinery, labour and fuel costs, where the latter is the smallest. …”
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A resource based view of productivity, firm growth and technical management tools por Alvemar, Hans

“…However, previous studies show that due to the complexity of farming operations including biological factors the timeliness costs may exceed the possible scale induced costs reductions in terms of machinery and labour. The relationship between farm size and efficiency, profitability and productivity has been extensively researched. …”
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Determination of moisture content in pine wood chips with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry por Cano, Víctor Fernández

“…The gravimetric method used nowadays is reliable, but it is slow and labours. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the accuracy and precision when determining mc in pine wood chips with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. …”

Sustainable and Equitable Growth in Farmer-led Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Will it Take? por Lefore, Nicole, Giordano, Meredith A., Ringler, Claudia, Barron, Jennie

“…Equity in access to water management technologies and practices is constrained by numerous factors, including high investment costs, absence of financial services, poor market integration, inadequate information services, and labour constraints. Lack of institutions for collective management of natural resources, such as water, further restricts access for resource-poor farmers, increasing inequity. …”
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The Socio-Ecological Dynamics of Food Insecurity among Subsistence-Oriented Indigenous Communities in Amazonia: a Qualitative Examination of Coping Strategies among Riverine Commun... por Torres Vitolas, Carlos A., Harvey, Celia A., Cruz García, Gisella S., Vanegas Cubillos, Martha Cristina, Schreckenberg, Kate

“…However, severe food insecurity is prevented by the combination of a well-preserved environment and traditional social institutions, which facilitates widespread access to wild foods, farmland, environmental knowledge, supportive relations, and labour. Nevertheless, traditional adaptations appear insufficient when food insecurity results from health shocks. …”
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Conceptualising COVID-19’s impacts on household food security por Devereux, Stephen, Béné, Christophe, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Sen’s ‘entitlement’ approach is useful for disaggregating demand-side effects on household production-, labour-, trade- and transfer-based entitlements to food. …”
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Agriculture transition and women's decision-making power in coffee-farming households in Lao PDR por Douangphachanh, Maliphone, Idrus, Rusaslina Binti, Phommavong, Saithong, Jaquet, Stéphanie

“…While women have always been involved in coffee farming, their participation increased when the more labour-intensive arabica coffee plants were introduced to replace the less popular robusta variety in the region. …”
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Examining migration governance: evidence of rising insecurities due to COVID-19 in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand por Murzakulova, A., Dessalegn, Mengistu, Phalkey, N.

“…Meanwhile, curtailment in movement has led to economic decline affecting labour markets. For migrant origin and hosting countries, this poses multidimensional development challenges. …”
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Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) – a peripheral empire commodity in French West Africa, 1894–1960 por Wardell, D.A., Elias, Marlène, Zida, M., Tapsoba, A., Rousseau, K., Gautier, D., Lovett, P.N., Bama, T.

“…Yet, we suggest that French colonial policies failed due to a composite of factors including the limited investment in either the colony or shea as an oilseed crop, adaptation by women shea producers to the extraction of male labour and the trade opportunities created by new international borders, and the 'blindness' of colonial officials to the economic, social and cultural functions of periodic local markets used by women shea traders. …”
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From Working in the Fields to Taking Control: Towards a Typology of Women's Decision-Making in Wheat in India por Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Jafry, Tahseen, Bharati, Preeti, Badstue, Lone B., Yadav, Ashok

“…We hypothesized the transitioning of women from labourers in wheat to innovators and managers of wheat is likely to be far from straightforward. …”
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Gliricidia intercropping in maize farming: IPSR Innovation Profile por Thierfelder, Christian L.

“…The importance of this system is to grow the trees in hedge rows or as dispersed trees so that leaves can be utilized in a “chop and drop” fashion with limited labour needed for transporting the biomass from one plot to the other. …”
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