Table 1


 AGRO-ECOtOM IC SURVEY

 Report No,. 25

 BWANJE VALLEY:' A farm management survey of the smallholders in the
 Bwanjo Valley, Malawl. September,. 1978.

: Distribution of Labour Uso for Sun/Air Cured Tobacco by Operation and Sox/Ago/Status Category


hours/P/acroJ


Oper M Me F1aloFma Head Otter or'. F'e-ChiTdren I:d L .... aur
Operation I Head and Wives Males 15l males 15 6 14 Hal 15. Female 15.+, Chldren 6-14 Total
 ------------J -~l^ -iL l 36 -3 .-l3 -8 M----- .lij----
 Garden a a
 Proparatlon Hrs 83.41 29,5 4,7 3.6 i331 8.7 3,4 1 149.4

 .J55,81 19.7 3.1 2,4 2,1 8 7 5] _i2.3 1 99.9
 I a I 1 j I .
 'Nursery Work Hrs .i 9,7 19.1 1.5 19S0 1.3 11 136.1
 7 62.01 I 1 14.0 1 1,I 14,0 j 10 8 a 1.O0
, --.... ----'-'----;-- --,--... -'1 ,...",...---T"-- ----- -----1,. .. "--".

Transplanting I RI s 28.6 8.3 3.1._ 0,6 s 0,6 ,2 3. ...
I I 2 I I
 a -a1 1 0 0 .0-
 73.01 21.2 2.8 -1.5 1.5 100.


 S 7201 10.3 10.3 7 100.1

 Wooeding Hrs 54.11 22.6 5.9 0.6 2.7 7.4 3.8 0.4 5 97,5

 7: 55.51 23.2 ;6.0 .6 2.8 7_. 3.9 .4 100.00
 ITopping Hrs 662 11 6.4 1 7 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.4 87.4

 S_75.7 13.3 7.3 .8 1, .2 .2 1 5 99.9

 Harvesting Hrs 43.0 12.4 28 2.4 10 10 01 0.4 63.1
 S 68.1 19.6 4,4 3.8 1,6 1.6 .2 .6 99.9_
 Post Harves2 1.6 .6 5
 Operations Hrs 1 23.8 13 20_b.6 0 4.8 0,6 51,
 I a I I a 1 1 a 100.11
 7 44.51 33.5 3.9. 3,1 1 2.7 1.9 9.3. 1.2 100.1
 Strlnging7~ 1 3
 Curing Hrs 1159.0 22.1 6,7 1 0,7 4.3 3.0 a 0.4 13 198.3
 0 .2 i 1 6 2,2 19 .2 .6 .100,0_ I

 Marketing HT 13.5 8.9 10 2.2 0,8 2.1 3.8 1 0.6 32.91


 Annex 1
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 TOtalon ,820 119 .5. 20.5 1 23.18 0.2 1 064.2

 Adapted from A.E.S. Report No. 25, Table 33, P, 27,
 5, 3.5 13. 31 1 / 93 .2 ,001


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