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Red rice (oryza sativa): competition studies for management decisions by Fischer, Albert J., Ramírez Suárez, A.

“…The probability of justifying hand weeding practices was higher among low-yield-farmers, early weeding, and low labour costs.…”
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Applicability of conservation agriculture for climate change adaptation in Rwanda’s situation by Kabirigi, M., Musana, B, Ngetich, Felix K., Mugwe, J., Mukuralinda, Athanase, Nabahungu, N.L.

“…However, decreased yield observed in high rainfall areas, increased labour requirements when herbicides are not used and lack of mulch due to priority given to feeding of livestock constrained CA adoption. …”
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Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural land use options at a regional scale by Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Thornton, Philip K., Dunnett, Alex

“…Validated production/transfer functions are used to establish relationships between inputs (water, seed, fertilizer, machinery, energy, labour, costs) and outputs (crop yields, residues, water and fertiliser use efficiencies, greenhouse gas emissions, financial returns). …”
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Land restoration in food security programmes: synergies with climate change mitigation by Woolf, Dominic, Solomon, Dawit, Lehmann, Johannes

“…Some food security programmes (including Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program–PSNP – which provides a case study for this article) have integrated aid in exchange for labour on public works to reduce long-term dependence by investing in the productive capacity and resilience of communities. …”
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Increasing land pressure in East Africa: the changing role of cassava and consequences for sustainability of farming systems by Fermont, A.V., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Declining soil fertility, and not labour or food shortage, was apparently the primary trigger for this transformation. …”
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Livelihood and climate trade-offs in Kenyan peri-urban vegetable production by Kurgat, Barnabas K., Stöber, Silke, Mwonga, Samuel, Lotze-Campen, Hermann, Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…The results indicate that, DAP alone resulted at least 14% greater yields, gross margin and returns to labour in absolute terms but had the highest emissions (p = 0.003). …”
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Cocoa Barometer by Fountain, Antonie C, Huetz-Adams, Friedel

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How local ecosystem service management may reduce climate change impact of weed control : case studies in organic vegetable production by Swiergiel, Weronika

“…Other weed control methods discussed within the study included green mulch from leftover silage, intercropping vegetables with a permanent red clover ley, consumer participation in weeding, weed-competitive ley species mixes, annual ley species mixes grazed by horses in late autumn, increasing the amount of autumn-sown crops and/or ley, increasing the amount of annual crops, which are less labour-intensive than vegetables, and inter-row cultivation, i.e. vegetables transplanted into a dead cover crop. …”

Habitat preferences and shelter seeking behaviour of extensively kept Gotland Ponies by Näslund, Karin

“…A multidisciplinary project is investigating if the endangered native Gotland pony could be used to keep and restore the biodiversity of permanent pastures and forests, on a minimal labour input, without compromising the ponies’ welfare. …”

Understanding gender roles and practices in the household and on the farm: Implications for banana disease management innovation processes in Burundi by Iradukunda, F., Bullock, Renee, Rietveld, Anne M., Schagen, Boudy van

“…We draw on a case study in Burundi, where single disease stem removal (SDSR) has been introduced as a labour-saving package to reduce BXW incidence. Banana is grown by an estimated 90% of farmers, and BXW poses a critical threat to food security. …”
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Towards a cropping system sustainability tool (CROSST) - Pilot results from evaluating green manure cover crops in Benin and Kenya by Mukiri, Jessica, Diogo, Rodrigue V. Cao, Gbedjissokpa, Sènami G.M., Kinyua, Michael, Hoek, Rein van der, Sommer, Rolf, Paul, Birthe K.

“…The tool quantifies gross economic margin, productivity (yield), soil health (N and P balances, soil structure, and soil organic carbon), required labour hours, and the trade-offs between these indicators. …”
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The potential benefits and trade-offs of using sub-surface water retention technology on coarse-textured soils: Impacts of water and nutrient saving on maize production and soil ca... by Nkurunziza, Libère, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Lana, Marcos A., Sommer, Rolf, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Rao, Idupulapati M., Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Kuyak, Shem, Quintero, Marcela, Lewu, Francis, Joel, Abraham, Nyamadzawo, George, Smucker, Alvin

“…While our results suggest synergistic reductions in the rate of water and nutrient loss from crop root zones, SWRT is characterized by high initial financial and labour investment costs without effective financial support would be prohibitive to uptake by the generally resource-limited smallholder farmers working on sandy soils. …”
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Opportunities and constraints facing fish production system in DR Congo by Mushagalusa, N.J., Zihalirwa, P., Ngangura, O., Safari, M., Nabahungu, N.L., Matungulu, K.P., Okafor, C.

“…On the other hand, the main constraints identified are lack of quality fry (75.5% in Kabare) and the high cost of labour (60.9% in the Ruzizi plain and 60.9% in Walungu).…”
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The usage of phenotyping, genetics and functional genomics approaches to improve environmental stress factors in banana by Carpentier, Sebastien C., Eyland, David

“…However, screening numerous banana genotypes from start to harvest would be extremely labour, time and cost-intensive. Therefore, a workflow is required where the existing biodiversity is first screened through an early screening process in a controlled environment, especially if a link is to be made to molecular analysis. …”
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Biochar from cookstoves reduces greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder farms in Africa by Sundberg, C., Karltun, E., Gitau, J.K., Kätterer, T., Kimutai, G., Mahmoud, Y., Njenga, M., Nyberg, G., Nowina, K.R. de, Roobroeck, D., Sieber, P.

“…Cookstoves provided benefits through reduced smoke, fuel wood savings and char production, but challenges were found related to labour for fuel preparation, lighting and refilling. …”
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Wheat yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Ethiopia by Silva, ‪João Vasco, Reidsma, Pytrik, Baudron, Frédéric, Jaleta, Moti, Tesfaye, Kindie, Ittersum, Martin K. van

“…Farming systems analysis was conducted to describe crop area shares and the availability of land, labour, and capital in contrasting administrative zones. …”
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Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts by Mueller, Valerie, Thurlow, James

“…Sub-Saharan Africa's rural population is growing rapidly, and more young people are entering the labour market every year. This raises serious policy questions. …”
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Weather variability and extreme shocks in Africa: Are female or male farmers more affected? by Azzarri, Carlo, Nico, Gianluigi

“…Our study uses a novel individual-level database that draws mostly from Labour Force Surveys (LFS) that represents more than 80% of the total African population and covers nearly 86% of the Africa’s total workforce. …”
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Tailoring interventions through a combination of statistical typology and frontier analysis: A study of mixed crop-livestock farms in semi-arid Zimbabwe by Baudron, Frédéric, Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Silva, João Vasco, Chakoma, Irenie, Matangi, Dorcas, Nyagumbo, Isaiah, Dube, Sikhalazo

“…Mixed farms dependent on off-farm activities (36% of the sample) may require nutrition-sensitive and labour-saving sustainable intensification technologies to benefit from their limited resources. …”
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Variety use and preferences among smallholder sweetpotato farmers and how best to improve their access to quality seed: A gendered perspective and implications for breeding program... by Bayiyana, I., Okello, J.J., Ojwang, S.O., Mulwa, C.K., Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Mayanja, S., Ssali, R.T., Namanda, S., Kemigisha, D., Lagerkvist, Carl Johan

“…The challenges women face in sweetpotato production included limited labour force and shortage of farm equipment/machinery, lack of timely access to planting material at on-set of rains, and lack of access to affordable/ cost of improved varieties. …”
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