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Contract farming, contract design and smallholder livelihoods by Ruml, Anette, Ragasa, Catherine, Qaim, Matin

“…Farmers with a marketing contract allocate more household labour to off-farm activities and thus have higher off-farm income. …”
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The unjust climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sitko, Nicholas, Cavatassi, Romina, Stafferi, Irene, Heesemann, Esther, Rossi, Jan Martin, Valbuena, Luis Becerra, Rajagopalan, Priti, Kluth, Jessika, Azzarri, Carlo

“…The data enable us to disentangle how different types of climate stressors affect people’s on-farm, off-farm and total incomes, labour allocations and adaptive actions, depending on their wealth, gender and age characteristics.…”
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How the Global Burden of Animal Diseases links to the Global Burden of Crop Loss: a food systems perspective by Szyniszewska, A.M., Simpkins, K.M., Thomas, Lian F., Beale, T., Milne, A.E., Brown, M.E., Taylor, B., Oliver, G., Bebber, D.P., Woolman, T., Mahmood, S., Murphy, C., Huntington, B., Finegold, C.

“…Food systems comprise interconnected webs of processes that together transform inputs (land, labour, water, nutrients and genetics, to mention just a few) into outputs such as nutrition and revenue for human societies. …”
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AI for Sustainable Rice: How Artificial Intelligence Could Lower Barriers to Access Carbon Finance by Mantle Labs

“…Existing manual methods for MRV are often too labour-intensive, open to human error or manipulation, and lack scientific robustness, undermining project credibility within the voluntary carbon market. …”
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Social accounting matrices for Mozambique, 1994 and 1995 by Arndt, Channing, Cruz, Antonio, Jensen, Henning Tarp, Robinson, Sherman, Tarp, Finn

“…There are also 40 commodities, and the three factors of production: agricultural and non-agricultural labour, and capital. Two household types (urban and rural) are identified, and government expenditure is divided into two separate accounts, recurrent government and government investment. …”
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Smallholders’ willingness to pay for ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer in Dangla District of Northwestern Ethiopia by Zewdu, Tadele Anagaw, Wassie, Solomon Bizuayehu, Tesfaye Teferi, Ermias

“…On the other hand, the age of farm households, availability of labour, and initial bid price have negative and significant effect on farm households’ willingness to pay for ZM-GrowTM foliar fertiliser. …”
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Optimizing land use and management at farm level: Implementation of FarmDESIGN recommended optimizations in Lemmo Woreda, Ethiopia by Eshetae, Awoke Meron, Ebrahim, Mohammed, Getachew, Tesfaye, Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged

“…The model was optimized to maximize operating profit and organic matter balance, while minimizing labour requirements. The optimization results revealed a delicate balance between the objectives, showcasing trade-offs and synergies among them. …”
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Rapid expansion of pastures in Northern Lao PDR revealed by geospatial analysis by Himel, Jeffrey, Jalonen, Riina, Kong-Ay, Khampaseuth, Vongkhamho, Simone, Bountihiphonh, Chaloun, Xaypheng, Nout, Chanhthavong, Somsack, Notenbaert, An, Muthoni, Francis

“…In response to growing livestock demand from China and Vietnam, labour shortages and increasingly adverse weather, many farmers in Northern Lao PDR are transitioning from annual cropping to cattle rearing. …”
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Step by step to higher yields? Adoption and impacts of a sequenced training approach for climate-smart coffee production in Uganda by Günther, Manuela Kristin, Bosch, Christine, Ewel, Hanna, Nawrotzki, Raphael, Kato, Edward

“…Qualitative findings identify barriers to adoption, including financial and labour constraints, suboptimal training delivery, and input and output market imperfections. …”
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Unpacking the environment-gender-time poverty nexus in Bangladesh: insights from a systematic review by Sarker, Mou Rani, Puskur, Ranjitha, Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf

“…For a more sustainable future, policies and programmes should prioritize reducing and recognizing unpaid work by promoting gender and climate awareness, providing access to time and labour-saving technologies, ensuring equitable access to daily necessities, fostering employment opportunities, and expanding access to finance.…”
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Kenya gender strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean & insect sectors by Wambua, Scholastica, Karanja, David, Lutomia, Cosmas, Nyamolo, Victor, Ouya, Frederick, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…In Kenya, qualitative findings reveal a strongly gendered division of labour across value chains. Women dominate bean production and post-harvest activities, men control marketing and income, fruit tree roles are more balanced, and insect farming shows emerging opportunities for youth engagement. …”
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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Yatenga – Tougou, Burkina Faso by Goudou D, Traoré Gue, J.N., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Segda, Zénabou, Somé, Léopold, Sawadogo, P., Sawadogo-Ganou B, Sissoko, Keffing, Zougmoré, Robert B., Moussa, Abdoulaye S.

“…Male and female participants believe that the natural resources in the village are deteriorating due to population increase and labour shortages related to the exodus of young people to gold mining sites. …”
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A review of the economic and ecological constraints on animal draft cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa by Ehui, Simeon K., Polson, R.

“…One factor often ignored is the opportunity cost of labour and capital during off-farm activities. Utilization of animal traction implies tending costs. …”
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Profitability of forage production in smallholder peri-urban dairy production systems by Agyemang, K., Dogoo, D.L., Makun, H.J.

“…Synthesis of the resulting data on labour inputs, forage yields, feed intakes, milk yields, value of outputs and cost of inputs such as seeds and fertilizers showed that for the semi-intensive smallholder and zero-grazed models considered in this study, the margin or profit from using home-grown fodder was 5-8 times the cost of acquiring the feed. …”
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Characteristics of feeding and breeding practices for intensification of smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands by Bebe, B.O., Udo, H.M.J., Thorpe, W.R.

“…This study aimed at better understanding of the characteristics of feeding and breeding practices smallholder farmers adopt in intensifying their dairy production. Use of hired labour for fodder gathering, growing of fodder crops and purchase of feeds increased with increasing intensification, but Bos taurus breeds did not respond to increasing feeding intensification while Bos indicus cattle responded, calving at earlier age and yielding more milk. …”
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Climate services for smallholder farmers: helping farmers cope with risk by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Such information can be used to support complex and context-specific decisions about farm labour and resource allocation. Climate information should be accompanied by services that communicate, train and help users understand how to interpret and act on the information.…”
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Agricultural water management and livelihoods in the crop-livestock systems of the Volta Basin by Douxchamps, Sabine, Ayantunde, Augustine A., Panyan, E.K., Ouattara, K., Kabore, A., Karbo, N., Sawadogo, B.

“…With increasing access to water, services and information, AWM intensity significantly increased, as well as labour for water-related activities and food consumption. …”
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Life beyond pastoralism: livelihood diversification opportunities for pastoralists in Turkana District, Kenya by Watson, D.J., Binsbergen, J. van

“…Then it examines impact of gender and wealth and outlines some potential livelihood diversification options for Turkana District which includes poultry and egg production; trading of small-stock by women's groups; fresh milk, dried milk and dried meat sales; forage trees; collection and sale of wild fruits; aloe production; gum arabic production; charcoal production; ecotourism; gold mining; and casual and waged labour. The brief then presents diversification case studies including honey production and marketing; fishing in Lake Turkana; irrigated agriculture; handicrafts; hides and skins; and small-scale business.…”
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Capitalist expansion and the decline of common property ecosystems in China, Vietnam and India by Sugden, Fraser, Punch, S.

“…Restrictions on access oblige them to contribute subsidized labour to local enterprises. The article thus shows how communities which are differentially integrated into the global economy are excluded from natural resources through complex means.…”
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Traditional sheep and Goat production in southern Cote d'Ivoire by Armbruster, T., Peters, Kurt J.

“…The economic analysis showed an annual return on capital investment of 27.8% in goat flocks and 27.2% in sheep flocks (labour cost of herding included).…”
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