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Figure 76. Total labour productivity per days worked (output value per working day, in Leones/day)
Figure 77. Total Labour productivity in food and tree crop production in the Northern and Eastern districts
was available at farm level concerning other
constraints to labour productivity like sowing
dates, water constraints, soil erosion or seed
varieties which may explain the observed
differences between the different farms and farm
averages per district. In this sense, the analysis
is limited to presenting a general picture when
comparing labour productivity ratios at district
level while the assessments at the crop level (for
equivalent agro-ecologies) may be taken as a
more accurate approximation. Nonetheless, the
differences between the Northern and Eastern
regions are substantial, particularly when making
a distinction between labour productivity in food
and tree cropping. Figure 77 shows the total
labour productivity of food and tree cropping
(Output value for tree and food crops per total
Working Unit in days worked on tree and food
production, respectively). The results indicate
that both food and tree cultivation are more
labour productive in the Eastern region than in
the Northern region. In fact, labour productivity
levels of the Northern region are suggestive of
under-performance when compared to the results
of the Eastern region.
The difference in labour productivity ratios
may be partly explained in terms of total labour
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