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Economic analysis of coniferous silviculture in Poland : profitability comparison between Poland and Lithuania by Bis, Aleksandra

“…Despite increasing prices for timber assortments, profitability did not increase significantly between years 2001 and 2006 due to increase of labour costs. Comparison of Polish and Lithuanian silviculture regimes revealed that Polish pine stands are much less profitable than Lithuanian. …”

A sustainable food-system? : economic sustainability of Swedish community supported agriculture (CSA) by Svensson, Annie

“…The result showed that the CSA-farms had difficulties to cover labour costs and had problems with inefficiency, hence the economic sustainability of the farms is weak. …”

Characterization of goat production systems and on- farm evaluation of the growth performance of grazing goats supplemented with different protein sources in Metema Woreda, Amhara... by Tsegaye, T.

“…In both farming systems cotton and sesame based, disease, theft and, labour were the most important goat production constraints in that order. …”
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Gender-differentiated perception of climate-smart agricultural practices in contrasting landscapes of the Ethiopian highlands by Nigussie, Abebe, Recha, John W.M., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Radeny, Maren A.O., Tesfaye, Abonesh, Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Solomon, Dawit

“…Female farmers showed low preference for CSA practices which requires labour (i.e., soil bunds and green manuring) and knowledge (i.e., crop diversification). …”
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Cost-benefit analysis of prioritized climate adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers: Evidence from selected value chains across sub-Saharan Africa by Akinyi, Devinia Princess, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Ngigi, Margaret, Mathenge, Mary, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

“…The NPV was highly sensitive to changes in the discount rate, moderately to price, yield, and practice lifecycle, and least to changes in annual labour costs. The results elaborate on the most feasible adaptation practices that enable smallholder farmers to increase productivity and be economically efficient. …”
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Updated social accounting matrices for Kenya: An instrument for policy analysis and simulation by Breisinger, Clemens, Mbuthia, Juneweenex, Omune, Lensa, Laichena, Joshua, Omanyo, Daniel, Kiriga, Benson, Malot, Kenneth, Mwatu, Shadrack, Muchiri, Benjamin, Mbatia, Hiram, Abuga, James, Rutto, Justin

“…The SAM also in cludes 3 broad categories of production factors (land, capital and labour), and 15 household groups by quintiles. Highlight from Kenya SAM 2021 suggests that services sector contributed the largest share to GDP (57.8%), followed by Agriculture (23.4%), and Industry (18.7%). …”
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Enhancing individual animal resilience to environmental disturbances to address low productivity in dairy cattle performing in sub-Saharan Africa by Oloo, Richard Dooso, Ojango, Julie M.K., Ekine-Dzivenu, Chinyere C., Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher, Mrode, Raphael A., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.

“…While previous research has reported genetic variation and favourable correlations of these indicators with health, fitness, and fertility traits, their potential in SSA environments requires further investigation. Besides, labour- and cost-effective phenotypic data collection is essential for characterization of resilience using these indicators. …”
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Women and youth in Myanmar agriculture by Lambrecht, Isabel B., Mahrt, Kristi, Cho, Ame

“…Women in farm households perform 39 percent of household farm labour days, and 43 percent of agricultural wage workers are women. …”
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The importance of genotyping within the climate-smart plant breeding value chain – integrative tools for genetic enhancement programs by Garcia-Oliveira, Ana Luisa, Ortiz, Rodomiro, Sarsu, Fatma, Rasmussen, Søren K., Agre, Paterne, Asfaw, Asrat, Kante, Moctar, Chander, Subhash

“…Challenges such as logistics, labour, infrastructure, and equity, must be addressed alongside adapting to increasingly unstable climate conditions which affect the life cycle of transboundary pathogens and pests. …”
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Development and dissemination of a manual cassava chipper in Cameroon by Njukwe, E., Duindam, J., Hauser, S., Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Amadou Thierno, D., Onadipe, O., Mbairanodji, A., Ngue-Bissa, T., Kirscht, H., Hanna, R.

“…Cassava products are commercialized mostly to supply household consumer markets with a total estimated equivalent of 1.1 million ton fresh cassava consumed in 2002 mainly because processing rely highly on family labour. Because of the smallholder nature of farming systems and the low density of producers in more inaccessible areas, investment in immobile, motorized cassava processing equipment is often not economically justified by the production capacity in these areas. …”
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NTFP harvesters as citizen scientists: Validating traditional and crowdsourced knowledge on seed production of Brazil nut trees in the Peruvian Amazon by Thomas, E., Valdivia, J., Alcázar Caicedo, Carolina, Quaedvlieg, J., Wadt, Lucia Helena O., Corvera, R.

“…Our findings suggest that productivity estimates of Brazil nut trees and possibly other NTFP-producing species could replace or complement actual measurements, which are very expensive and labour intensive, at least in areas where harvesters have a tradition of collecting NTFPs from the same trees over multiple years or decades. …”
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2018- CSA Monitoring – Cauca Climate Smart-Village (Colombia) by Bonilla Findji, Osana, Eitzinger, Anton, Andrieu, Nadine, Jarvis, Andrew, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Ortega, Luis Alfonso, Mañunga, Jimmy

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2018- CSA Monitoring: Santa Rita Climate Smart-Village (Honduras) by Bonilla Findji, Osana, Eitzinger, Anton, Andrieu, Nadine, Jarvis, Andrew, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Suchini, José Gabriel

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2018- CSA Monitoring: Hoima Climate-Smart Village (Uganda) by Bonilla Findji, Osana, Eitzinger, Anton, Andrieu, Nadine, Jarvis, Andrew, Recha, John W.M., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Kakeeto, Ronald

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2019 - CSA Monitoring: Doyogena Climate-Smart Village (Ethiopia) by Bonilla Findji, Osana, Eitzinger, Anton, Andrieu, Nadine, Jarvis, Andy, Recha, John W.M., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Tadesse, Meron

“…What are the gender-disaggregated perceived effects of CSA options on farmers’ livelihood (agricultural production, income, food security, food diversity and adaptive capacity) and on key gender dimensions (participation in decision-making, participation in CSA implementation and dis-adoption, control and access over resources and labour)? How does CSA perform at farm level, and what synergies and trade-offs exist (whole farm model analysis)? …”
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Living income benchmarking of rural households in low-income countries by Ven, G.W. van de, Valença, A. de, Marinus, W., Jager, I. de, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Hekman, W., Mellisse, B.T., Baijukya, Frederick P., Omari, M., Giller, Kenneth E.

“…The Living Income Methodology provides a transparent local benchmark that can be used to assess development opportunities of rural households, by employers in rural areas, including farmers hiring in labour, while respecting basic human rights on a decent living. …”
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Profitability of Gliricidia-maize system in selected dryland areas of Dodoma Region, Tanzania by Swamila, M., Philip, D., Akyoo, M., Manda, J., Mwinuka, L., Smethurst, P., Sieber, S., Kimaro, Anthony A.

“…Moreover, the returns to labour per person day in the Gliricidia-Maize system was 1.5 times those of the unfertilized sole maize system. …”
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Gender Outcomes Harvesting in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: A meta-analysis by Verzosa, Fatima, Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Barbon, Wilson John, Monville-Oro, Emilita

“…Gender outcomes were also harvested from studies on the adoption not only of CSA practices (including homestead gardens and livestock production), but also of agricultural innovations, labour-saving technologies and seed systems. …”
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Contributions of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) to various sustainable intensification impact domains in Tanzania by Kihara, Job Maguta, Manda, J., Kimaro, Anthony A., Swai, E., Mutungi, C., Kinyua, M., Okori, Patrick, Fischer, Gundula, Kizito, Fred, Bekunda, Mateete A.

“…Productivity and economic benefits increase with the number of ISFM components at the expense of higher labour demand. Increasing plot-level ISFM benefits also translate to increased household-level whole-farm income but contributions to human nutrition are unclear. …”
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Modelling crop-livestock systems for achieving food security and increasing production efficiencies in the Ethiopian highlands by Amede, Tilahun, Delve, Robert J.

“…These changes did not imply extra labour in any groups. Whilst this model can optimize systems for food security and cash income, its research for development value is in identifying possible intensification strategies for farming systems and their implications on the farming systems, rather than generating practical recommendations for all cropping systems.…”
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