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Mini-tillers bolster Nepal maize farmers’ food supplies and profits, new study shows por Listman, Mike

“…Use of lightweight, 5-9-horsepower mini-tillers by smallholder farmers in Nepal’s mid-hills cut tillage costs and boosted maize yields by facilitating timely maize cultivation, thus enhancing food self-sufficiency and farm profits and reducing rural poverty, a new study by an international team of scientists shows.Published in the Journal of Economics and Development, the study reports findings of an on-farm survey involving more than 1,000 representative households from 6 districts of the mid-hills, a region of steep and broken terrain where rainfed maize is a staple crop, outmigration of working-age inhabitants makes farm labor scarce and costly, and farmers on small, fragmented landholdings typically till plots by hand or using ox-drawn plows.…”
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Trade tensions in LAC: Modeling outcomes por Laborde Debucquet, David, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…We looked at impacts on exports, imports, production, GDP, household consumption, and adjustment costs through changes in labor markets up to 2030. …”
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Agricultural mechanization patterns in Nigeria: Insights from farm household typology and agricultural household model simulation por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Diao, Xinshen

“…Anecdotal evidence indicates labor costs for farming in Nigeria are rising while levels of mechanization remain low. …”
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Can cash transfer programs work in resource-poor countries?: the experience of Mozambique por Low, Jan W., Garrett, James L., Ginja, Vitória

“…Key lessons applicable to other resource-poor countries designing social assistance programs are drawn, recommending adequate targeted support to truly destitute persons incapable of physical labor in urban areas where administrative costs are more manageable than in more isolated rural sites.…”
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Technical Report on Mechanized Direct Seeding combined with fertilizer deep placement in Vietnam por Ha Huu Diem Nguyen, Hieu Van Nguyen, Thai Gia Cao, Nhung Thi Cam Tran, Rakotoson, Tovohery, Hung Van Nguyen

“…Furthermore, the method simplifies labor by reducing fertilizer applications to just two stages, supporting the region's goals for high-quality, low-emission rice production.…”
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Trypanotolerant livestock, a sustainable option for increasing livestock production in tsetse-affected areas por D'Ieteren, G.D.M.

“…They are: first, to evaluate the economic and financial benefits and costs of alternative trypanosomiasis control methods (Vector control, trypanocidal drugs, use of trypanotolerant livestock); two to determine how local constraints (capital, veterinary services, herding labor, management, livestock markets) may limit the adoption of trypanosomiasis control measures; and three, to assess farmer and community incentives to contribute time and resources to disease/vector control.…”
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Assessing and advancing gender equality in agrifood value chains: A toolkit for firms and voluntary sustainability systems por Elias, Marlene, Morgan, Miranda, Nguyen-perperidis, Emily Minhduc, Ronchi, Loraine, Shijagurumay, Meghajit, Soto, Fernanda, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca

“…What benefits (tangible and intangible) and costs/opportunity costs do different groups of women derive or experience in the value chain? …”
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Kenyan diets: Quality, affordability, and preferences por Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Pauw, Karl

“…Malnutrition and NCDs can have lifelong health consequences and high social and economic costs for individuals and societies alike, including from impaired human capital formation, reduced labor productivity, and high healthcare costs (Popkin et al. 2006; Shekar, Heaver, and Lee 2006; Victora et al. 2008; Black et al. 2013). …”
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Gender dimensions on farmers’ preferences for direct-seeded rice with drum seeder in India por Khan, Mohammed Tajuddin, Kishore, Avinash, Joshi, Pramod K.

“…Accordingly, men tend to have a higher willingness to pay for attributes that increase income (increase in yield) or reduce cash costs (reduction in the seed rate). Women contribute a large share of the labor for transplanting rice, much of which is unpaid work on family farms. …”
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Maize production, farm size, and tied credit in Southern Shan State, Myanmar por Fang, Peixun, Belton, Ben

“…Women contribute 55% of all labor inputs for maize farming. Chemical inputs make up the largest share of production costs. …”
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Environmental assessment of maize production alternatives: Traditional, intensive and GMO-based cropping patterns por Rotolo, Gloria Claudia, Francis, C.A., Craviotto, Roque Mario, Ulgiati, Sergio

“…Strong reliance on nonrenewable resources and technology, as well as role of direct and indirect labor costs are important factors in determining long-term sustainability and environmental stability of maize production systems.…”
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FR1.3: Gender-responsive investments and policies in response to the crisis brought about by Russia's war on Ukraine por Ringler, Claudia, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…At the same time, changes in production practices due to rising input costs may add to women's already high labor and time burden, for example, when agro-chemicals are replaced by weeding or motorized irrigation is replaced by manual water lifting. …”
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Automation of pulp wood measuring : an economical analysis por Jonsson, Johan

“…Much work has been done to reduce labor costs by replacing manual work with technology. …”

Is private school premium spurious?: the role of private schools in the Philippines por Yamauchi, Futoshi, Abrenica, Joy

“…Therefore, although private institutions are dominant in the country, investments in private school education do not increase productivity of agents through human capital accumulation, but select more potentially productive agents before entering labor markets. Wether or not this type of selection mechanism through private schools is superior than public schools in developing countries depends on the benefit of early-stage signaling and the costs of education from both private and social viewpoints.…”
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Empowering Local Service Providers (LSP): Training on Mechanized Direct-Seeded Rice (DSR) for Precision Sowing por Ahmed, Sharif, Miajy, Abdullah, Haque, Abdul, Bhandari, Humnath

“…These constraints prevent farmers from fully benefiting from climate-smart technologies, especially as they face the increasing challenges from labor shortages, rising input costs, and unpredictable rainfall patterns driven by climate change. …”
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Comparative analysis of tomato value chain competitiveness in selected areas of Malawi and Mozambique por Mango, Nelson, Mapemba, Lawrence, Tchale, Hardwick, Makate, Clifton, Dunjana, Nothando, Lundy, Mark M.

“…Malawi’s relative competitiveness in tomato is mainly due to slightly higher productivity and the cost advantage in labor (low wages) and irrigation costs. …”
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Herbicidal control of guava (Psidium guajava L.) por Oakes, A.J.

“…The herbicides were applied as basal and foliar sprays, and as stump treatments. Material and labor costs made stump treatment uneconomical. Herbicides can be applied with similar effectiveness year-round. …”
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Assessing alternative crop establishment methods with a sustainability lens in rice production systems of Eastern India por Devkota, K.P., Yadav, S., Khanda, C.M., Beebout, S.J., Mohapatra, B.K., Singleton, G.R., Puskur, Ranjitha

“…As an alternative, dry direct seeded rice (DSR) using seed drill has been promoted to save labor and production costs compared with PTR. Similarly, machine transplanted rice (MTR) has been also considered and promoted in many rice growing countries of South and East Asia. …”
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Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal por Paudel, Gokul Prasad, Khanal, Aditya Raj, Rahut, Dil Bahadur, Krupnik, Timothy J., McDonald, Andrew J.

“…Laser-land leveling (LLL) is one of the precision technologies that can prevent these area losses, save labor costs, and enhance water utilization. However, purchase of LLL system requires significant capital which could be beyond the access of low resource farmers. …”
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Gender-responsive design of bacteriophage products to enhance adoption by chicken keepers in Kenya por Campbell, Zoë A., Njiru, Nelly, Mhone, Amos L., Makumi, Angela, Moineau, S., Svitek, Nicholas

“…Oral administration is less labor intensive, with greater benefits for women who have less control over family labor and reported doing more care tasks themselves. …”
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