Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices among farm households in Ghana: The role of farmer participation in training programmes

Zakaria, Abraham; Azumah, Shaibu Baanni; Appiah-Twumasi, Mark; Dagunga, Gilbert

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101338

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“…Therefore, it can be predicted that the provision of more training can increase farmers' ability to cope with adverse situations caused by hailstorms and, eventually, that farmers' feelings of risk might decrease. This is in line with Zakaria et al (2020) who found that farmers' participation in agricultural training acted as a significant determinant for climate change adaptation practices, ultimately leading to risk perceptions towards climate-induced hazards [39].…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Pat and Schroter (2008) showed that behavior-related factors affect farmers' risk perceptions to climate change which vary from the expert estimation of risk [34]. Previous studies on factors that determine risk perception at different levels demonstrated that farmers' perceptions are very much determined by their socio-economic characteristics and their farms' features [38][39][40]. The differences in risk perception owing to different socio-economic characteristics are evident [41], with variations found across different farming groups [9].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Determinants of Farmers’ Risk Perceptions of Hailstorms in Northern Bangladesh: Is Adaptive Capacity the Major Concern?

Raihan¹,

Basu²,

Onitsuka³

et al. 2021

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Extreme weather events (EWEs) such as hailstorms are an increasing threat to agriculture worldwide. To develop successful and efficient hailstorm risk management policies, it is important to understand the composition of farmers' hailstorm risk perceptions. This study aims to identify the determinants of these risk perceptions. This is done by collecting pertinent information on the perceptions of risk, farm traits, adaptive capacity, and various other personal characteristics from farmers' households in hailstorm-oriented areas of northern Bangladesh. By analyzing the explanatory power of various risk factors using the binary logistic regression model, this study reveals that the hailstorm risk perceptions of farmers are embodied by subjective risk factors, such as their perceived control of hailstorm risk, and their personal circumstances. Their perceived resources for tackling hailstorm risk are the most significant predictor variable of hailstorm risk perceptions. Marginal and smallholder farmers are very vulnerable and perceive more risk than is the case with the medium-holder and large-holder farmers, owing to the lack of a compensation policy after the occurrence of hailstorms. The relevant authorities should pay urgent attention to managing hailstorm risks by developing adequate adaptive capacity among farmers in northern Bangladesh.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Literature Review and Construction Of The Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of Farmers’ Risk Perceptions of Hailstorms in Northern Bangladesh: Is Adaptive Capacity the Major Concern?

Raihan¹,

Basu²,

Onitsuka³

et al. 2021

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…In Ghana, researchers have documented the extent of farmers' adoption of various agricultural practices and their effects on soil fertility, agricultural productivity, food security and household incomes [12,18,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. Some of these studies have demonstrated that the adoption of agricultural practices is influenced by farm size, the effectiveness and frequencies of agricultural extension services, farmer education, input availability, and distance to sources of inputs [14,16,25,29].…”

Section: Adoption Of Agricultural Practices: a Conceptual Reviewmentioning

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Factors Influencing the Adoption of Agricultural Practices in Ghana’s Forest-Fringe Communities

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Sayer

Macgregor

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Two-thirds of rural Ghanaians are farmers, and farming is almost the only income source for Ghana’s forest-fringe communities. Some farmers adopt some agricultural practices to augment their operations while others do not. We examined the factors that influence farmers’ adoption and intensity of adoption of agricultural practices, namely, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, improved seeds, animal manure, and crop rotation. We surveyed the agricultural systems and livelihoods of 291 smallholder households in forest-fringe communities and developed a multivariate model (canonical correlation analysis) to test the degree to which social, economic, and institutional factors correlate with adoption and intensity of adoption of the above practices. We found that 35.4% of the farmers do not adopt any of the practices because they perceive them to be expensive, not useful, and difficult to adopt. The rest (64.6%) adopt at least one of the practices to control weeds, pests and diseases, and consequently increase crop yields. Our results indicate that farmers that perceive the aforementioned practices to be more beneficial, cultivate multiple plots, and have access to extension services adopt more of the practices. Farmer age and distance to source of inputs negatively correlate with adoption and intensity of adoption of agricultural practices. Almost two-thirds each of adopters and non-adopters do not have access to agricultural extension services and this could pose threats to the sustainability of the forest reserves within and around which the farmers cultivate. Educating farmers on agricultural practices that are forest-friendly is critical in the forest-fringe communities of Ghana. The correct application of practices could double outputs and minimize threats to forests and biodiversity through land-sparing.

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“…Training through farmer field schools has been reported to encourage integrated pest management adoption, as the trained farmers adopted biological control and reduced pesticide use (Ali and Sharif 2012). Researchers have used a "knowledge deficit" model to explain this phenomenon, which suggests that people are not adopting an important practice because they lack the awareness or expertise, whereas if they have information and training, they are more likely to change their behavior (Niles et al 2016, Zakaria et al 2020, Chilombo and Van Der Horst 2021. Several barriers to the adoption of integrated pest management in developing countries have been reported, for example, lack of technical support and training to farmers, unfavorable government policies, low education levels, limited access to integrated pest management inputs, to name a few (Parsa et al 2014).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drivers of farmers’ intention to adopt integrated pest management: a case study of vegetable farmers in Pakistan

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Integrated pest management adoption is quite low around the globe, particularly in developing countries, due to different factors. Here, we examine the factors affecting the intention of Pakistani farmers to adopt integrated pest management practices in vegetable production using a structured questionnaire. We interviewed 301 vegetable growers in Multan, Pakistan. The reliability and validity of the data, along with the underlying relationship between the observed variables, were identified through exploratory factor analysis. The majority of the farmers (79.4%) relied on pesticides for pest control. More than four out of 10 of the respondents (43.8%) reported that okra received the highest application of pesticides followed by potato (24.5%) and cauliflower (17.9%). Integrated pest management was currently non‐existent among the vegetable growers of the study area. The latent factors—“knowledge of the adverse effects of pesticide,” “belief in the efficacy of non‐chemical pest control measures,” “perceived barriers to the adoption of integrated pest management,” “progressive farming approach,” and “intention to adopt integrated pest management”—were subsequently confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis. The structural equation model suggested that the intention to adopt integrated pest management is significantly affected by farmers’ knowledge of the adverse effects of pesticides (β = 0.274, z‐value = 3.082, P = 0.002). An increase in farmers’ awareness of the harmful effects of pesticides could lead to integrated pest management adoption for pest control. The scale for intention to adopt integrated pest management developed in this study can be used in future studies and provide valuable insights to the policymakers for devising integrated pest management adoption campaigns in the study area.

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Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices among farm households in Ghana: The role of farmer participation in training programmes

Cited by 89 publications

References 17 publications

Determinants of Farmers’ Risk Perceptions of Hailstorms in Northern Bangladesh: Is Adaptive Capacity the Major Concern?

Determinants of Farmers’ Risk Perceptions of Hailstorms in Northern Bangladesh: Is Adaptive Capacity the Major Concern?

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Agricultural Practices in Ghana’s Forest-Fringe Communities

Drivers of farmers’ intention to adopt integrated pest management: a case study of vegetable farmers in Pakistan

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