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It supplied food and
inputs
to weavers and then took their output.
The forthcoming Routledge Handbook of the Resource Nexus, which I co-edited, defines the term as the relationship between two or more naturally occurring materials that are used as
inputs
in a system that provides services to humans.
In other words, misreading how
inputs
and outputs interact could have profound environmental consequences.
Though academic performance is determined largely by family
inputs
and students’ individual talents, other factors, such as the amount of school resources available to students, also play an important role, as do various other school inputs, such as teacher quality, class size, expenditure per pupil, and instruction time.
Farmers lack the money for crucial
inputs
such as fertilizer.
It is also important to ensure well-structured, systematic engagement with stakeholders and civil-society groups, which is necessary to ensure high-quality and innovative
inputs.
Rather than simply looking at project
inputs
and outputs, the emphasis has turned towards measuring the overall impact of an operation.
Horizontal PDPs provide the
inputs
that a broad range of firms, across different sectors, need for their growth and development.
The problem is that some of these publicly provided
inputs
can be sector- or product-specific.
With harvest failures, failed crop-insurance schemes that benefited insurers rather than indebted farmers, and inadequate attention to irrigation, credit, price-support, and other needed inputs, farmer suicides have risen to record levels.
Decarbonization may instead require the application of carbon capture and storage technologies, while newly designed building materials could reduce demand for carbon-intensive
inputs.
Increased costs for steel and aluminum
inputs
as a result of Trump’s tariffs (leaving aside foreign retaliation) only exacerbate the industry’s problems.
With the closing of the frontier and static populations, growth would depend on innovation; but future innovation would require smaller
inputs
of capital and labor than in the past.
When bought in bulk by a cooperative,
inputs
such as fertilizer and equipment are less expensive, as is the harvesting process.
The research for Haiti, Bangladesh, and, soon, two Indian states helps provide
inputs
that allow any of us to answer the question, “Where will extra resources achieve the most good first?”
Most products require many inputs, and, in most cases, one raw material will just not make a large enough difference.
Second, the cost of essential
inputs
for industry needs to fall.
But many of the goods imported into the US actually contain intermediate
inputs
that were originally produced domestically (this is even more the case for China).
Previously, experts believed that women’s farms produced less because women have less access to
inputs
like fertilizer, water, and even information.
With the new data in hand, we can see that, surprisingly, the productivity gap persists even when women have equal access to
inputs.
This caused output to plummet over 30% (owing to the cut in imported inputs), triggered 700% inflation, and led quickly to widespread shortages of essentials.
They enable farmers to produce higher yields with fewer
inputs
(such as pesticides), so that more food can be produced from existing farmland.
Such broad protectionist measures will affect every sector of US manufacturing in one way or another, and manufacturers certainly will not eat the full costs of higher-priced steel and aluminum
inputs.
For example, while GDP is supposed to measure the value of output of goods and services, in one key sector – government – we typically have no way of doing it, so we often measure the output simply by the
inputs.
Farmers might be able to increase their output, but it won’t be able to reach the cities, and the cities won’t be able to provide the countryside with
inputs.
Much can be done to create global goods platforms for educational
inputs
like books, technology, professional support materials for teachers, and student learning assessment mechanisms.
Second, imports often provide cheaper
inputs
than what is available in the United States, which enables American manufacturers to compete better with foreign firms in export markets, and to maintain their share of domestic markets.
Third, foreign direct investment (FDI) helps American companies acquire some
inputs
at less cost, while engaging in more research and development and other activities.
This can put them at a cost disadvantage if they are competing with companies in other industrial countries that can import the same
inputs
for less, or with companies in countries where unskilled labor is cheaper.
On the other hand, when US firms can import low-skill
inputs
for less than it would cost to produce those
inputs
themselves, they can reduce the price of their final product.
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