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Table 8. Labor input (person-days ha –1 ) in rice production, Mungeshpur, Faizabad District, easternUttar Pradesh, India, 1995.Caste/operationFamily Exchange Hired TotalTotalM F M F M F M F laborUpper caste (n = 5)Prepare land 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.0 3.4 0.0 3.4Pull seedlings/transplant 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.3 32.4 17.6 32.4 50.0Broadcast seeds 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.9Apply fertilizer 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 5.0 0.0 5.0Weed 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.1 27.6 8.3 27.6 35.8Irrigate 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 2.6Harvest 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.6 20.2 9.8 20.2 30.0Thresh (manual) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 16.3 5.6 16.3 21.9Total 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.2 96.6 53.1 96.6 149.6Percentage of total labor 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.3 64.5 35.5 64.5 100.0Backward caste (n = 33)Prepare land 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 10.1 0.0 10.1Pull seedlings/transplant 6.3 16.2 1.6 4.3 6.2 15.7 14.0 36.1 50.1Broadcast seeds 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.5Apply fertilizer 3.5 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.6 2.7 6.2Weed 3.0 14.4 0.2 2.6 1.4 5.1 4.6 22.1 26.7Irrigate 3.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.3 1.0 4.3Harvest 5.5 15.6 0.5 3.3 1.2 3.8 7.3 22.7 29.9Thresh (manual) 3.2 20.9 0.0 2.3 0.8 2.3 4.0 25.6 29.5Total 34.6 70.9 2.3 12.5 10.5 26.9 47.3 110.3 157.3Percentage of total labor 22.0 45.0 1.4 7.9 6.6 17.1 30.0 70.0 100.0Scheduled caste (n = 28)Prepare land 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 9.2 0.0 9.2Pull seedlings/transplant 8.1 20.1 0.8 3.6 4.1 14.2 13.0 37.9 50.9Broadcast 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.4Apply fertilizer 4.4 5.3 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 5.3 5.3 10.6Weed 7.7 22.9 0.0 1.3 1.0 6.3 8.7 30.5 39.2Irrigate 3.9 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.9 2.6 6.5Harvest 8.3 18.5 0.0 0.8 0.9 4.1 9.2 23.4 32.6Thresh (manual) 5.6 22.2 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.9 5.7 23.9 29.6Total 46.8 91.6 0.8 6.5 7.9 25.6 55.4 123.7 179.0Percentage of total labor 26.1 51.1 0.4 3.7 4.4 14.2 31.0 69.0 100.0Using gender analysis in characterizing and understanding . . . 357

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