Energy for SubsistenceStudy of human energy expended and calorie intake in physical work and leisure activities of rural workers in subsistence farming in Gambia, with particular reference to food requirements - examines agricultural production and labour productivity of household members in a tropical zone, efforts to replace labour intensive family farming with basic agricultural machinery and cattle to ensure sufficient nutrition; describes a rapid survey methodology for quantifying human energy, and its utilisation. Bibliography, graphs and references. |
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activity adult Africa Rural Technology Amartya Sen animal power Appendix cattle Commonwealth Secretariat compound consumption crop cultivated Dependency ratio desk calculations incorporating draught oxen Durnin Durnin and Passmore Eastern Kiang economic energy cost energy expended energy expenditure Energy Intake energy requirements energy substitutes energy supply index energy value family households farming female farmers fertiliser field foodgrain fuel Gambia Genieri village grain groundnuts hand-hoe agriculture harvest hour human energy resources human energy supply human labour incorporating the formula inputs kcal kcal/min labour force livestock London Lower River Division M. R. Haswell Maize male Mandinka Margaret Haswell Medical Research Council millet Negligible 0.4 non-farm Norgan production protein rapid survey method Research rice Rural Development Rural Technology Meeting Savanna season social sorghum Study subsistence agriculture Sudan Table Tanzania tasks total household population total population Tropical utilisation West Africa West Africa Rural Wijewardene women