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Rural People in a Tropical Environment 22 Traditional farming practice 23 Time-budgets in the farming population Dependency levels in the consuming population 3 The Emergence of Distinct Patterns of Energy Resource Utilisation Labour and social control Changes in available sources of energy Food and labour implications for farm family households 4 Key Issues in Energy Resource Allocation A formula for assessing the human energy supply of family farmers in subsistence economies of low-income tropical regions 63 v vi Contents The politics of energy substitutes for food security Appendices Appendix I Values used in the computation of energy requirements Appendix II Values used in the computation of energy expenditure in subsistence agriculture in Genieri village, The Gambia, West Africa Appendix III Values used in the computation of energy expenditure in non-agricultural activities in Genieri village, The Gambia, West Africa Appendix IV The energy content of some fuels, fertilisers and crop residues Notes References Index List of Figures 2.1 Seasonal pattern of energy expenditure on agricultural and other essential tasks: adult farmers, Genieri village 3.1 Outline of social stratifica

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Author
Margaret Haswell (auth.)
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Published
1981
Language
EN
ISBN
9780333287347
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Business, Economics, Management

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