Improvements in agricultural land and labour productivity are needed to meet the growing food demand and reduce farmer poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of this study were to (i) quantify variation in labour inputs, yield and labour productivity among rice fields; (ii) elicit factors ...
Paresys, L.
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Saito, K.
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Dogliotti, S.
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Malézieux, E.
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Huat, J.
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Kropff, M.J.
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Rossing, W.A.H.
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[Feeding the world while reducing farmer poverty? Analysis of rice relative yield and labour productivity gaps in two Beninese villages.]
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Feeding the world while reducing farmer poverty? Analysis of rice relative yield and labour productivity gaps in two Beninese villages.
In sub-Saharan Africa, unexploited land and water resources in wetlands represent an important potential for intensified, sustainable and food-secure farms through rice production and market gardening. The lack of uptake of cropping in wetlands may be related to the ways in which resources are di...
Paresys, L.
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Malézieux, E.
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Huat, J.
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Kropff, K.J.
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Rossing, W.A.H.
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[Between all-for-one and each-for-himself: On-farm competition for labour as determinant of wetland cropping in two Beninese villages]
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Between all-for-one and each-for-himself: On-farm competition for labour as determinant of wetland cropping in two Beninese villages
This present study analyses gender and governance in the rice and vegetable-based value chain
systems in 3 lowlands of southern Benin and 2 lowlands in Southern Mali. A sample of 243 farmers,
1 modern processing unit, 18 traditional processors, 76 traders and 8 national institutions were
intervie...
Adétonah, S.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Ahoyo, R.
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Sessou, E.
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Dembélé, U.
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Huat, J.
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Houssou, G.
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Vodouhe, G.
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Loko, J.
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[Analysis of gender and governance of value chainbased systems on rice and vegetable crops in southern Benin and Mali]
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Analysis of gender and governance of value chainbased systems on rice and vegetable crops in southern Benin and Mali