Table 9-6
Crop Labor Activities in Person Hours Per Hectare (N=9)
Prep. Thresh Scare
Landa Plant Fertilize Weed Stook Harvest Transp.b and Pack Birds Shell Total
Hybrid maize 75 104 42 236 41 112 47 74 731
Sorgh...... 60 98 361 701 17 1,345 2,582
(1,237)c
Finger millet 147 19 397 563
Beans 184 499 888 358 433 2,363
Sweet potatoes 851 665 421 1,938
Groundnuts 113 1,600 963 2,676
Source ARPT Labor Survey (1982/83)
ThMe labor requirement for land preparation is an average between ox and hand cultivation. Transportation of produce from fields and, in a few cases, to marketing depot. CNumber in parentheses is total labor requirement less bird scaring.
Table 9-7
Crop Labor Activities in Person Hours Per Average Area Planted (N-9)a
Crop per Prep. Thresh Scare
Avg. Size Landa Plant Fertilize Weed Stook Harvest Transp. b and Pack Birds Shell Total
Hybrid maize 92b 127 51 288 50 137 57 90 892
(1.22 ha)
Sorghum 47 76 282 547 13 1,049 2,014
(0.78 ha) (965)d
Finger millet 19 3 52 74
(0.13 ha)
Beans 11 30 53 22 26 142
(0.06 ha)
Sweet potatoes 43 33 21 97
(0.05 ha)
Groundnuts 9 128 77 214
(0.08 ha)
Source: ARPT Labor Survey (1982/83)
aAreas from Table 9-4.
Rhe labor requirement for land preparation is an average between ox and hand cultivation. cTransponrtation of produce from fields and. in a few cases, to marketing depot. ''Number in parentheses is total labor requirement less bird scaring.