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Table 3 Draft cattle work output in Tororo district

From: Contribution of draft cattle to rural livelihoods in a district of southeastern Uganda endemic for bovine parasitic diseases: an economic evaluation

Output Parameter

Duration

Standard deviation (SD)

Age at which work oxen start work

2.6

0.6

Age at which working life ends

11.1

2.4

Time for a pair of draft cattle to plow one acre of land (days)

2.2

0.7

Hours worked per day

4.3

0.4

Days worked plowing own farm per year

16.1

2.5

Days worked plowing other people’s farm per year

35.3

8.2

Days worked doing other draft work per year

0.2

0.4

Total days worked per year

51.6

6.8