Maximizing muscle power

Article Abstract:

Statistics show that more than 90% of African farmers and 60% of Latin American farmers, unable to buy the most simple farm implements, employ their own muscles in performing agricultural work. In this regard, governments are trying to figure out how a system based solely on the use of hand tools can increase food production. Improvement lies in the areas of equal distribution of work, enhancement in the production of materials utilized in farms and the incorporation of other inputs such as fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals.

Planning, Usage, Agricultural productivity, Agricultural implements, Agricultural tools

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Subsidizing inefficiency

Article Abstract:

Tractor programs funded by international organizations for farmers in the Third World have failed because tractors were used more often as means of transport than as a farm implement. This practice has been inefficient and costly because tractor maintenance costs are expensive. In addition, a tractor uses more fuel to run less number of miles than conventional vehicles. The trend in developing countries has been a shift toward lightweight transport while the bicycle endures as a dependable transport mode.

Rural transit

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Is this trip worth it? Calculating the profit in carrying a load from A to B

Article Abstract:

Fram producers are willing to pay a certain amount to transport their goods from the point of production to the point of distribution where it can be sold for a higher price. However, the transport operator will be concerned with the difference on transport costs and the service charge while the producer will estimate the increase in the shipment's value when it has reached the distribution point. A benchmark calculation method for estimating transport costs is discussed.

Methods, Transportation industry, Direct costing

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