Resultados de búsqueda - "labourer"

Hidden pathways: approaches to understand intra-household gender relations and climate adaptation in Kenya dairy systems por DuttaGupta, Tanaya, Bullock, Renee, Miriti, Philip

“…We develop a positive deviance framework to identify common and ‘hidden’ patterns and pathways in intra-household gender relations related to dairy innovations, such as decision-making surrounding income and labour. Qualitative data was collected through 20 sex disaggregated focus group discussions, 10 key informant interviews, and field observations in Nandi and Bomet counties over multiple visits in 2022-2023. …”
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Social and behaviour change interventions for scaling equitable access to rice and common beans quality seeds in Butaleja District Uganda. por Amuda, Alex, Mikhala, Audrine, Lengewa, Catherine, L’parnoi, Peter, Kinyota, Phillip, Echessa, Priscah, Yila, Jummai, Nchanji, Eileen, Bomuhangi, Allan

“…Agriculture serves as a cornerstone of Uganda’s economy, employing 70% of the labour force and covering half of the national land area. …”
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Are the metrics that companies use effective for monitoring supply chain sustainability? A closer look at cocoa and rice por Jones, Sarah, Sanchez, Andrea, Wickramaratne, Chaturangi, Waakabu, Dirisa, Ivanova, Yovita, Thai, Minh, Mockshell, Jonathan, Sanchez Choy Sanchez, Jose, Steinke, Jonathan

“…It also creates a risk that certain locally important negative impacts (e.g. water depletion, soil degradation, forced labour, and farmer debt-levels) are under-reported, and that the indicators in use are poorly suited to the agroecological, multifunctional farms of the future (e.g. yield measured in tons/ha is a metric well-suited to monocultures and not to agroforestry systems, where whole system yields should be captured).…”
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Intensification of crop-livestock farming systems through market-orientation in Ethiopia por Tegegne, Azage, Hoekstra, Dirk, Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Berhe, Kahsay

“…Technological interventions coupled with appropriate organisational and institutional arrangements are critical factors for successful and sustainable intensification of production systems through efficient use of resources (land, water, nutrient and labour). A shift in policy is required to ensure participatory decision making based on available resources, technological options and choices, functional input and output markets, efficient and effective service delivery and farmers capacity to respond to climatic and market changes and their capacity to produce, process and market products. …”
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Towards increased shading capacity: A combined phenotypic and genetic analysis of rice shoot architecture por Huber, Martina, Julkowska, Magdalena M., Snoek, L. Basten, van Veen, Hans, Toulotte, Justine, Kumar, Virender, Kajala, Kaisa, Sasidharan, Rashmi, Pierik, Ronald

“…Societal Impact StatementRice farming is transitioning from transplanting rice seedlings towards the less labour‐intensive and less water‐demanding method of directly seeding rice. …”
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Farmer's entrepreneurial mindset and the intention to adopt climate-smart agriculture: the case of coffee farmers in greter Luwero, Uganda por Senyange, B.

“…On average, 80% of coffee farmers intend to adopt labour-intensive climate-smart agriculture technologies, compared to only 49.2% for capital-intensive technologies, of which 87% were enterprising coffee farmers. …”
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Management practices and agro-ecological effects on crop water productivity in Meja watershed, Ethiopia por Debela, A.A., Erkossa, Teklu, Zuberi, M.I.

“…The local market value of the crops and the production cost was estimated based on the local market value for labour and other inputs. CROPWAT model was used to estimate effective precipitation based on weather data generated using NewLocClim and crop characteristics. …”
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Optimizing soil fertility gradients in the Enset (Ensete ventricosum) systems of the Ethiopian highlands: Trade-offs and local innovations por Amede, Tilahun, Taboge, E.

“…The attempt to attract resources to the outfield using enset as an attractant crop failed, not because of labour shortage but because of unavailability of enough organic resources in the system. …”
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Cultivation potential of different mango varieties in Kenya, considering likely impacts of climate change por Ngulu, James, Kindt, Roeland, Luedeling, Eike, Kehlenbeck, Katja

“…Abundance, number and type of varieties also varied with gender of the household head, labour availability, farmers’ income sources, availability of profitable and reliable markets, and the degree of market orientation of mango production. …”
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Farmers' evaluation and adoption of improved onion production package in Fogera District, South Gondar, Ethiopia por Adgo, T.M.

“…All most all farmers who adopted improved onion varieties have not implemented the recommended spacing mainly due to its labour intensive practice. The overall finding of the study underlined the high importance of institutional support in the areas of extension training; strengthening cooperative societies, and improving market condition to enhance adoption of improved onion production package.…”
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Understanding food safety awareness and practices along smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam using participatory approaches por Sinh Dang Xuan, Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fries, R., Phuc Pham Duc, Meeyam, T.

“…Differences in what some groups found important or unsafe, based on their occupational priorities or labour focus were identified by using ranking tables and analysed accordingly. …”
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Complex systems - Simple solutions? The importance of social context for sustainable intensification por Michalscheck, Mirja, Kotu, Bekele Hundie, Mohammed, I.B., Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…The whole farm modelling was performed at household level since the farm household forms a strong unit of agricultural production, with tight interdependencies in decision making, exchanging and sharing resources like land, tools, labour, capital, inputs (fertilisers, seeds) and outputs (food, income). …”
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Quality of milk and dairy products under traditional smallholder system in northern Ethiopia por Hilali, M. El-Dine, Szonyi, Barbara, Wondim, B., Birhanie, M., Haile, Aynalem, Rischkowsky, Barbara A.

“…However, processing Kibe is labour intensive 12%. Moreover, farmers are facing problems related to product quality. …”
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Integrating gender analysis in understanding dual-purpose cattle breeding practices in Nicaragua por Ojango, Julie M.K., Urbina, M.M., Mora Benard, María Alejandra, Corrales, Roldan, Oyieng, Edwin P., Galiè, Alessandra, Wurzinger, Maria, Hoek, Rein van der, Bekunda, Mateete A.

“…These delays are in turn determined by the gender division of labour in livestock management: women are in charge of identifying when animals come into heat but have to wait for the men to call the AI service providers. …”
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Profitability analysis of commercial chemical and biological crop products among farm households in agroecological zones of West Africa por Bamire, A., Abaidoo, Robert C., Jemo, M., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Yusuf, A.A., Nwoke, C.

“…Organic fertilizer was used only in small quantities in the AEZs.Total variable costs accounted for more than 30% of revenue generated, and labour and fertilizer accounted for the highest percentage of these costs. …”
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Economic gain and other losses? Gender relations and matooke production in Western Uganda por Rietveld, Anne M., Ajambo, S., Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi

“…We conclude among others that the division of labour in Matooke production is highly gendered. …”
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An alternative to complete banana mat uprooting: assessing the effectiveness of continuous cutting at soil level of all shoots in a mat on speed for corm decay por Ntamwira, J., Kamira, M., Ocimati, W., Bumba, M., Blomme, Guy

“…The complete uprooting of diseased mats/fields (CMU) is one of the recommended control options for Xanthomonas wilt of banana. CMU is labour intensive, time consuming and disturbs the soil structure, exposing fields to erosion. …”
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Adoption and impact of improved technologies in developing countries: the case of Imazapyrresistant maize in Western Kenya por Mignouna, Djana B.

“…Imazapyr-resistant maize had succeeded in reducing Striga seed-bank hence significantly (P<0.05) raising productivity from 2.2 ton/ha (non- imazapyr-resistant maize) to 2.8 ton/ha (imazapyrresistant maize) with significant returns to land (US $173/hectare) and labour (US $8/man-day). Two main conclusions can be drawn from this study. …”
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Closing the cassava yield gap: an analysis from smallholder farms in East Africa por Fermont, A.M., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Tittonell, Pablo A., Wijk, Mark T. van, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Less endowed farmers harvested less cassava per unit area than better endowed farmers (difference of 5.9 and 9.7 t ha−1 in Kenya and Uganda, respectively); differences were associated with less access to labour, poorer soils, and premature harvesting by less endowed farmers. …”
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Impact of exclosures on wood biomass production and fuelwood supply in northern Ethiopia por Mekuria, Wolde, Yami, M., Haile, M., Gebrehiwot, K., Birhane, E.

“…District agricultural offices could provide seedlings of native plant species, while communities provide unpaid labour for planting and managing plantations.…”
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