increased productivity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandproductivity
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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productivity
noun[U]
uk/ˌprɒd.ʌkˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌproʊ.dəkˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce ...
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These authors explain these relationships as a result of increased prey densities withincreasedproductivity.
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The enhanced terms accompanying the drive forincreasedproductivitywere to have unforeseen consequences.
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A higher producer price can also be interpreted asincreasedproductivityof the land close to the wildlife park.
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This, in turn, was and is assumed to increase security for landholders and, thereby, lead to investment andincreasedproductivity.
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Here again the intermingled aims ofincreasedproductivityand humanisation were present, withincreasedproductivitythe dominant partner.
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Their evidence indicates that many developing countries experiencedincreasedproductivityand yields in a variety of food crops.
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However,increasedproductivitycould be incorporated simply by assuming that fewer employees are needed when benefits are offered.
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However, from the mid-1950s, as more school-leavers entered the town, the urban labour market actually began to contract as employers opted forincreasedproductivity.
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Increasedproductivityin the agriculture sector has, as described above, a counteractive effect both on agricultural production and on factor input.
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In order to maintain suchincreasedproductivityin the long term, issues of accelerated nutrient depletion and soil acidification have to be considered.
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The study demonstrated the possibility of managing crop residues forincreasedproductivityin smallholder mixed crop+ livestock systems.
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Increasedproductivitycan only be achieved through technological upgrading, innovation and the efficient use of a highly skilled labour force.
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In this model, instead,increasedproductivitytends to raise output because it induces individuals to work more, given that this improves their capacity to defend themselves against negative externalities.
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It clearly supports the concept of integrating aquaculture with wet rice cultivation for sustainable andincreasedproductivitybased on biological synergies of more diverse multi-component systems.
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Finally, the authors suggested that the increased demand on foster care services would have to be met throughincreasedproductivityrather than by increasing funding.
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Given a credible enforcement mechanism, employees will accept these terms in order to reap the higher lifetime pay that results from theirincreasedproductivity.
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This is unlike agriculture where there are physical limits toincreasedproductivitydue to the scarcity of land.
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If increased size meantincreasedproductivityit was a realistic option, if not then the opposite was the case.
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A main policy recommendation according to this approach is agricultural intensification:increasedproductivitywill reduce the deforestation pressure.
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Credit, therefore, can help to increase crop yields, while credit constraints decrease crop yields by limiting the adoption of high-yielding varieties and the acquisition of information needed forincreasedproductivity.
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