Resultados de búsqueda - "labourer"

Early detection of plant virus infection using multispectral imaging and spatial-spectral machine learning por Peng, Y., Dallas, M.M., Ascencio‑Ibanez, J.T., Hoyer, J.S., Legg, James P., Hanley-Bowdoin, L., Grieve, B., Yin, H.

“…Current techniques require laboratory equipment and are labour intensive and often inaccurate. We have developed a handheld active multispectral imaging (A-MSI) device combined with machine learning for early detection of CBSD in real-time. …”
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Structural transformation and gendered transitions to adulthood among rural youth: Cross-national evidence from low- and middle-income countries por Heckert, Jessica, Pereira, Audrey, Doss, Cheryl, Myers, Emily, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Using frameworks on gendered transitions to adulthood, we analyse nationally-representative, sex-disaggregated data from 36 countries to examine how structural transformation (share of GDP from non-agriculture) and rural transformation (agricultural value added per worker) are associated with landownership, labour force participation, and sector of employment for rural young women and men. …”
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Effects of water sources and watering frequency for dairy cattle on water offered and milk production in Kiambu District por Muli, A.N., Kaitho, R., Gachuiri, C.K., Wahome, R.G., Tanner, J.C.

“…Most farms (67%) had water on-farm but 76% of them needed labour to deliver the water to the animals. Fifty two percent of the farms practised continuous watering. …”
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Globalization of food and agriculture and the poor por von Braun, Joachim, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…They examine the different interactions between the forces influencing and driving globalization—politics and governance; markets, capital investment, and labour; information and innovation; and health, social policies, and conflicts—and elements of the food chain—production, marketing, and consumption. …”
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Regional disparities in Ghana: Policy options and public investment implications por Al-Hassan, Ramatu M., Diao, Xinshen

“…The implication is to enhance this labour with education and skills. Ultimately, the regions must attract production investment to boost economic activity and generate local growth. …”
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Globalization of food and agriculture and the poor por von Braun, Joachim, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…They examine the different interactions between the forces influencing and driving globalization—politics and governance; markets, capital investment, and labour; information and innovation; and health, social policies, and conflicts—and elements of the food chain—production, marketing, and consumption. …”
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Stepwise methods for more nuanced adoption analysis: a case study of harvest and post‑harvest mechanization in Bangladesh por Brown, Brendan, Timsina, Pragya, Sharma, Akriti, Aravindakshan, Sreejith, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…Despite considerable efforts by government and development partners to prioritize agricultural mechanization, labour-intensive manual (post-)harvest activities continue to dominate in Bangladeshi smallholder systems. …”
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The effectiveness of mobile kraals in soil fertility management and potential for soil health enhancement under semi-arid conditions in Zimbabwe por Moyo, Martin, Dube, Farayi, Magaisa, Alec, Mupeyiwa, Justin

“…The traditional way of applying manure which involves extraction of manure from fixed kraals for application in crop fields is ineffective and labour intensive. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) implemented a research study in Matabeleland North, Masvingo, and Manicaland province to evaluate the effectiveness of mobile kraaling or direct soil fertilization on crop fields using cattle and goats. …”
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Water and poverty in two Colombian watersheds por Johnson, Nancy L., García, J., Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer, Quintero, Marcela, Estrada, R.D., Mwangi, E., Peralta, A., Granados, S.

“…While improved watershed management may have limited direct benefits in terms of poverty alleviation, there are important indirect linkages between watershed management and poverty, mainly through labour and service markets. The results suggest that at the level of the watershed the interests of the rich and the poor are not always in conflict over water. …”
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An economic study of small pigholders in Vietnam: some insights gained and the scope for further research por Tisdell, C.A.

“…These results include (1) natural protection given to Vietnam’s pig producers from imports as a result of the nature of the preferences of Vietnamese consumers: (2) the importance of household labour, especially that provided by females, in the husbandry of pigs held by households; (3) the existence, or otherwise, of scale economies as a function of the number of pigs held by households, (4) the import dependence for pig food of Vietnam’s pig industry and the way in which it varies with the number of pigs kept by households; (5) specialization in pig production, (6) regional differences in the economics of pig production; (7) economic discrimination in the supply of inputs to household producers of pigs and in their sale of pigs; (8) the size of pig-holdings and the use of professional services, such as veterinary services and extension services; and (9) findings about miscellaneous matters, such as the genetic composition of the pig stock. …”
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Gendered access and control of irrigation and its implications for meeting the MDGs in Zimbabwe AAG Conference, New York 24-28 February 2012 por Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…The research also found out that increased economic crisis, rural-urban migration and high incidences of HIV/AIDS have all resulted in women providing the bulk of labour in the scheme in the face of extension approaches which are biased towards 'male farmers.' …”
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Farmers' awareness and application of banana Xanthomonas wilt control options: The case of Uganda and Kenya por Jogo, W., Karamura, E.B., Kubiriba, Jerome, Tinzaara, William, Rietveld, Anne M., Onyango, M., Odongo, M.

“…Not all affected farmers were able to apply control measures due to cost of intervention, lack of labour and inputs. The study recommends strengthening of linkages among stakeholders for better coordination of efforts and participatory development and promotion of farmer-oriented interventions that address farmer constraints.…”
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The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91 por Coppock, D. Layne

“…Related topics include labour allocation, livestock marketing, milk processing, dairy marketing and cultivation. …”
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Determinants of the decision to adopt integrated soil fertility management practices by smallholder farmers in the central highlands of Kenya por Mugwe, J, Mugendi, DN, Mucheru-Muna, M., Merckx, Roel, Chianu, Jonas N., Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…A logistic regression model showed that the factors that significantly influenced adoption positively were farm management, ability to hire labour and months in a year households bought food for their families, while age of household head and number of mature cattle negatively influenced adoption. …”
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A stochastic frontier analysis of technical efficiency in smallholder maize production in Zimbabwe: The post-fast-track land reform outlook por Mango, Nelson, Makate, Clifton, Hanyani-Mlambo, Benjamin T., Siziba, Shephard, Lundy, Mark M.

“…The study finds that maize output responds positively to increases in inorganic fertilisers, seed quantity, the use of labour and the area planted. The technical efficiency analysis suggests that about 90% of farmers in the sample are between 60 and 75% efficient, with an average efficiency in the sample of 65%. …”
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Assessment of laboratory methods for evaluating cassava genotypes for resistance to root rot disease por Onyeka, T.J., Dixon, A., Ekpo, E.J.

“…However, because of the advantages in terms of economy of labour, space, time, quantity of root and inoculum required, the root slice assay could be used for the preliminary screening of large cassava accessions. …”
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Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: Seasonal calendar focus... por Crichton, R., Albertson, E., Caron, Cynthia M., Bergh, Inge van den

“…The information that is gathered during the exercise is used to understand the production systems and all the activities and division of labour related to these, and will help the researchers to plan any subsequent project activities that may take place in the village.…”
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Food security impacts of improved bean varieties adoption in Malawi por Katungi, Enid M., Magreta, Ruth, Damuleni, Kelvin

“…The study also generated sex disaggregated data on labour contributions, access to extension services & credit, group networks and control over income from beans; that was used to examine gender biases in bean production and identify feasible interventions to enhanced gender equality. …”
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Dairy marketing by intra-urban, peri-urban and rural dairy producers near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia por Debrah, S.K.

“…Large producers consider the high labour costs of selling milk directly to individual consumers too high relative to the costs of delivering milk in bulk to the institutions. …”
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Lantbruksföretagets utveckling av ny verksamhet : en studie av fem lantbruksföretag por Pettersson, Axel

“…The results of this study show that development of new business areas is based on internal interest from the rural entrepreneurs and their access to internal resources as buildings and labour. For development to be possible the business managers have mostly chosen capital from internal sources. …”