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Determinants of agricultural and land management practices and impacts on crop production and household income in the highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia por Pender, J.L., Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…The increase in farming intensity due to these factors has limited impact on value of crop production and income due to low marginal product of labour in crop production, limited productivity impact of inputs such as fertiliser in the moisture-stressed environment of Tigray and limited adoption of such inputs. …”
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Colonised fields and private gardens : the changing role of farming in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa por Johnson, Elin

“…Field cultivation emerges as a deliberate choice made by households who are able to access sufficient family labour and financial capital. Furthermore, arable production in fields is based on long-term experience of government involvement, resulting in a commonly shared view that a government presence in field farming is something to be expected even today. …”

Kartläggning av ruttplaneringsprocesser för rundvirkestransportörer por Lindström , Jonas

“…The main steps in the timber vehicle routing process were: Data collection - Trucking company receives transport orders and information from transport administrators Preparatory planning - The trucking company prepares an overview of possible transport routes Main planning decisions - The trucking company takes into consideration the factors that restrict the execution Resource allocation – The trucking company takes into consideration the factors that determine the coordination of labour. The main variants of the base model were also mapped and compared with respect to their service and economic variables. …”

Marketing information operation in Ethiopia with special reference to the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) coffee trading por Girma Nigussie, Kinato

“…Since coffee is highly labour-intensive, a very significant part of the population derives its livelihood from coffee, there by playing a significant part on the socioeconomic life of the people and the economic development of the country. …”

Strötorvsanvändning i djurstallar : en litteraturgenomgång por Germundsson, Carin

“…There is evidence for less foot problem and less labour input in peat litter systems. Horses benefit from peat beds by less suffering from cough and foot problem. …”

Exploring solution spaces for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Kenya and Vietnam por Timler, Carl J., Álvarez, Stéphanie, DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Remans, Roseline, Raneri, Jessica Evelyn, Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, Mashingaidze, Nester, Abe Chatterjee, Shantonu, Chiang, Tsai Wei, Termote, Céline, Yang, Ray-Yu, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Brouwer, Inge D., Kennedy, Gina, Tittonell, Pablo A., Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Farm and household features and farmer perspectives and priorities were integrated into a farm-household model that allowed quantification of a diverse set of nutritional, labour and productive indicators. Using a multi-objective optimization algorithm, we generated ‘solution spaces’ comprising crop compositions and management configurations that would satisfy household dietary needs and allowed income gains. …”
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Property rights and wrongs: Land reforms for sustainable food production in rural Mali por Totin, Edmond, Segnon, Alcade C, Roncoli, Carla, Thompson-Hall, Mary, Sidibé, Amadou, Carr, Edward R.

“…These new market-based systems drive greater out- migration of productive community members, leading to labour shortages and weakening the social cohesion and mutual support systems upon which the most vulnerable depend. …”
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Women’s roles and opportunities in cassava value chains in Son La province in Vietnam: A technical report por Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Bui, Trang, Phan, CH., Hoang, TX.

“…Unlike other cash crops, such as coffee, fruits, and maize, cassava requires limited agricultural input and labour and can grow in nutrient-poor uplands. Research on cassava breeding, seed systems and value chains in Southeast Asia is increasingly focused on market-oriented aspects such as developing hybrid varieties favourable to the cassava starch industry, disease control on large scale farms, and seed systems driven by the private sector. …”
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Factors determining the adoption of strategies used by smallholder farmers to cope with climate variability in the eastern Free State, South Africa por Myeni, L., Moeletsi, M.E.

“…Scientific adaptation strategies consisted of practices that require additional external inputs, labour, and some level of technical expertise such as changing crop variety, improving soil fertility and soil conservation. …”
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Comparative evaluation of three PCR base diagnostic assays for the detection of pathogenic trypanosomes in cattle blood por Thumbi, Samuel M., McOdimba, F.A., Mosi, R.O., Jung'a, J.O.

“…This significantly reduced the labour, time and the cost of carrying out PCR tests, indicating the superiority of the ITS multi-species detection techniques. …”
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TH3.2: Men's rural-to-urban migration in Burundi: effects on on banana farming systems by wives of migrants por Iradukunda, Francois, Rietveld, Anne M., Holvoet, N.

“…Male out-migration triggers organizational changes in households and influences labour expectations, power relations, and agricultural practices of concerned households. …”
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TH3.1: Women empowerment among ethnic minority communities in Northern Vietnam: Lessons from a seed system for nutrition intervention por Nabuuma, Deborah, Nguyen Thi Thuy Lan, Hoang The Ky, Kramer, Berber, Berg, Marrit van den, Ngo Thi Hanh, Stomph, TjeerdJan, Swaans, Cornelis P.M.

“…Since women's high workload appears related to existing gender norms and stereotypes, seed system and nutrition intervention impact can be strengthened by labour-sensitive and accessible innovations and addressing the location specific barriers.…”
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Gender gap in perspectives of the impacts of degradation and restoration on ecosystem services in Ethiopia por Mponela, Powell, Aynekulu, Ermias, Ebrahim, Mohammed, Abate, Tsion, Abera, Wuletawu, Zaremba, Haley, Elias, Marlène, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…The study also reveals that men tended to benefit more than women from enhanced ecosystem services post-restoration, with increased labour and land management burdens often falling on the shoulders of women. …”
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‘Is there value for us in agriculture?’ A case study of youth participation in agricultural value chains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa por Geza, W., Ngidi, M. S. C., Mudhara, M., Slotow, R., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Most youth were interested in non-primary activities such as agro-processing, which are less labour-intensive and have a quicker return on investment than agricultural production. …”
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Influence of production situation on the incidence of brown spot of rice (Oryza sativa) caused by Bipolaris oryzae in the Philippines por Macasero, John Bethany M., Castilla, Nancy P., Pangga, Ireneo B., Marquez, Leonardo V., Martin, Edwin C., Duque, Ulysses G., Laborte, Alice G.

“…These results confirm previous studies showing that increased adoption of water‐saving technologies and direct seeding for adaptation and mitigation to climate change and reduction of agricultural labour, will most probably favour brown spot. Strategies to manage the disease under these production situations should be implemented in government programmes and considered in future research agendas.…”
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Estimating financing gaps in rice production in Southwestern Nigeria por Ojo, T. O., Ogundeji, A. A., Babu, Suresh Chandra, Alimi, T.

“…The empirical results of the frontier model show that quantity of labour, quantity of rice as planting material and herbicides were statistically significant in explaining the variations in the efficiency of rice production in Nigeria. …”
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Economy-wide implications of increasing school enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa por Elnour, Zuhal, Siddig, Khalid, Grethe, Harald

“…STAGE-Edu also establishes endogenous and consistent linkages between the educational and training system and the skill levels of the labour force through six-stage nested production functions. …”
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The competitiveness of small household pig producers in Vietnam: Significant research and policy findings from an ACIAR-sponsored study and their limitations 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 and the economic efficiency of small producers, (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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Spotting East African mammals in open savannah from Space por Zheng Yang, Tiejun Wang, Skidmore, Andrew K., Leeuw, Jan de, Said, Mohammed Yahya, Freer, J.

“…Traditional methods of counting wild animals such as aerial survey or ground counts not only disturb animals, but also can be labour intensive and costly. New, commercially available very high-resolution satellite images offer great potential for accurate estimates of animal abundance over large open areas. …”
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Resilience and prosperity through agro-well driven cultivation in the north central province, Sri Lanka: a case study on its evolution, structure and impacts por de Silva, Sanjiv, Curnow, Jayne, Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith

“…This has ignited the entrepreneurial spirit of farmers whose financial inputs and investments and labour is bringing rapid socio-economic transformation. …”
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