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Table 9. Labor input (person-days ha –1 ) in rice production, Sariyawan, Faizabad District, easternUttar Pradesh, India, 1995.Caste/operationFamily Exchange Hired TotalTotalM F M F M F M F laborUpper caste (n = 4)Prepare land 6.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 11.6 0.3 11.9Pull seedlings/transplant 2.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 13.8 47.8 16.3 49.0 65.3Apply fertilizer 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 3.6Apply FYM 7.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0 12.3 0.6 12.9Weed 6.5 5.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 13.4 7.5 18.4 25.9Irrigate 5.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.9 6.1Harvest 6.6 5.6 0.0 0.0 5.6 24.4 12.3 30.0 42.3Thresh 5.4 4.7 0.0 0.0 4.3 13.9 9.6 18.6 28.2Total 43.7 18.4 0.0 0.0 34.6 99.5 78.3 117.8 196.2Percentage of total labor 22.3 9.4 0.0 0.0 17.6 50.7 39.9 60.1 100.0Backward caste (n = 9)Prepare land 15.7 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 16.9 0.8 17.7Pull seedlings/transplant 14.7 17.2 0.7 4.2 2.5 10.4 18.0 31.8 49.8Apply fertilizer 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 5.1Apply FYM 5.7 3.9 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.6 6.7 4.5 11.2Weed 16.9 19.0 0.0 4.0 2.5 13.6 19.3 36.5 55.9Irrigate 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.1 1.4Harvest 12.6 18.2 0.0 1.2 1.0 3.1 13.6 22.6 36.2Thresh (manual) 7.5 15.5 0.1 0.3 0.2 2.5 7.8 18.2 26.0Total 79.5 74.7 0.8 9.7 8.4 30.2 88.7 114.5 203.3Percentage of total labor 39.1 36.8 0.4 4.7 4.1 14.8 43.7 56.3 100.0Scheduled caste (n = 27)Prepare land 20.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.1 0.4 20.5Pull seedlings/transplant 17.8 17.9 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 17.8 23.3 41.1Apply fertilizer 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 0.0 5.4Apply FYM 4.7 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 2.9 7.6Weed 23.6 27.5 0.0 5.6 0.0 2.7 23.6 35.7 59.4Harvest 13.6 19.6 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 13.6 21.2 34.9Thresh 6.3 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 14.5 20.8Total 91.5 82.8 0.0 12.7 0.0 2.7 91.5 98.0 189.7Percentage of total labor 47.6 43.1 0.0 6.6 0.0 1.4 49.0 51.0 100.0358 Paris et al

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