Awareness and adoption of land, soil and water conservation practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

Mango, Nelson; Makate, Clifton; Tamene, Lulseged; Mponela, Powell; Ndengu, Gift

doi:10.1016/j.iswcr.2017.04.003

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“…Age, health, gender of the head of the household, education, ability to read and write, and risk-taking attitude have been shown to be associated with adoption in numerous studies [30][31][32][33][34][35]. Most studies that have examined age as a determinant of water conservation have found that older people are more likely to be water conservers [36][37][38].…”

Section: Individual and Householdmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Adoption behavior may not be affected by credit constraints if the adopter has other sources of finance, such as access to microcredits, public funds, and/or own savings [39,52,[62][63][64]. Pieces of land owned or used by small-scale farmers (land fragmentation) could be a determinant of the adoption of land, soil, and water conservation measures [30]. Ownership of more pieces of land is associated with greater wealth and the increased availability of capital resources, which increases the likelihood of farmers making investments in land, soil, and water conservation measures [65].…”

Section: Socio-economicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…No studies have explored the impact of the farmers perception of his or her household food security on the adoption of WCTs. The studies of [30,79] discuss the role of household food security on adoption, but do not relate it to farmer perceptions.…”

Section: Farmer Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors Influencing the Adoption of Water Conservation Technologies by Smallholder Farmer Households in Tanzania

Jha

Kaechele

Sieber

2019

Water

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In Tanzania, the increasing population coupled with climate change amplifies issues of food insecurity and negatively impacts the livelihoods of smallholder farmer households. To address these issues a range of water conservation techniques (WCTs) have been useful. However, the adoption of these WCTs in Tanzania has been limited due to many reasons. With the objective to better understand and identify the factors that significantly influence the adoption of WCTs in Tanzania, the study uses survey data from 701 smallholder farmer households and a bivariate logistic regression, to provide, for the first time, a comprehensive model for the adoption of WCTs in Tanzania that includes a range of individual, household, socio-economic, and farmer perception related variables (factors). The evaluation shows that 120 farmers (17.12%) adopted WCTs and finds the farmer perceptions of rainfall instability, household wealth, and food security to be crucial. The results suggest that policy interventions should encourage conservation behavior (especially when the rainfall is perceived to be uncertain), emphasize the economic and food security-related benefits of adopting WCTs, include strategies that make adoption of WCTs attractive to female-led households, attempt to reach greater number of farmers via social networks and provide better access to public funds for farmers.

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Section: Individual and Householdmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Socio-economicmentioning

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Factors Influencing the Adoption of Water Conservation Technologies by Smallholder Farmer Households in Tanzania

Jha

Kaechele

Sieber

2019

Water

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“…Many researchers have stressed the need to be alert to development proposals in which proposed construction projects will have deleterious impacts on ecosystems (Chisholm, ). An awareness of the importance of environmental issues has become central to the ideology of the oil and gas industry and its regulators in the last few decades (Culley, Dow, President, & Maclean, ; Guo, Zhang, Dang, & Zhang, ; Huang, Zhang, Cai, Le‐Ping, & Wang, ; Mango, Makate, Tamene, Mponela, & Ndengu, ; Ren, Zhao, Qin, Zhou, & Zhang, ; Sahin & Kurum, ). Comprehensive surveys of the climate, topography, soil, and other factors in a project area, coupled with ecological restoration and reconstruction through engineering projects and vegetation‐control measures, are of great significance with regard to the following: (a) preventing and controlling soil erosion, (b) protecting the environment, and (c) ensuring the safety of the pipeline operation (Zhang, Liu, Li, & Xu, ).…”

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Effectiveness of soil and water conservation associated with a natural gas pipeline construction project in China

Luo

Xie

2019

Land Degrad Dev

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A natural gas pipeline extends over a distance of 310 km in the Hebei Province of China and passes through various zones of natural vegetation, mostly wooded. Construction required a working width of about 40 m and a 1.4‐m‐wide trench to be dug to a depth of 2.4 m to enable the installation of a pipe with a diameter of 1,016 mm. The construction process had to manage an irregular configuration of terrain with steep slopes, varying degrees of instability, and a propensity for erosion and land degradation. To prevent potentially massive soil erosion and further deterioration of the affected environment, a comprehensive soil and water conservation plan was designed and implemented. A 3.25‐km‐long study area was selected in rugged hilly country and was divided into seven topographic zones, with slopes ranging from <10° to over 50°. Different soil and water conservation measures were adopted in each zone, including engineering measures, revegetation measures, and maintenance measures. One year after installation, trees planted in individual holes grew well in each zone and the vegetation cover on the slopes treated by hydroseeding exceeded 90%. In addition, run‐off and sediment yield on slopes were significantly reduced. These conservation measures were conducive to environmentally sustainable development and may serve as a scientific reference for ecological restoration and vegetation reconstruction in future pipeline construction projects in similar terrain. Furthermore, these measures also helped to ensure the safe operation of the pipeline and provided protection for people living and working along the pipeline route.

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“…Application of good LWC practices provides a probable strategy to control land degradation problem in a watershed scale (Brown et al, 2009;Nyssen et al, 2009;Peng et al, 2011;Govers et al, 2017). Mostly, LWC programs are applied on a big scale which is causing significant effects on the local environment especially physical and socioeconomic aspects (Poeppl et al, 2015;Mango et al, 2017). Furthermore, big scale programs are costly and takemuch time; consequently, it needs long planning.…”

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Land and water conservation practices in tropical agricultural watershed

Setyawan

Susanto²,

Lee

2019

J.Degrade.Min.Land Manage.

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Large-scale land cultivation practices for agriculture which disregard conservation principles are resulting in land degradation problems in tropical regions. The differences of environmental condition become the main concern for determining proper strategies to overcome this problem. The present study aimed to evaluate the application of land and water conservation (LWC) practices in tropical agricultural watersheds. The conservation practices (in the form of regreening bare areas and construction of LWC structures i.e. small-scale dam, terrace and stone weir) were performed in a partnership scheme involving government, higher education institution, local inhabitant and private party. The result showed that the partnership approach made conservation activities possible in a shorter time and a lower risk of failure. Economically, it reduced the unit cost of the conservation structures construction up to 70%. We also assessed the dam performance for LWC purpose. The assessment indicated the dam could effectively increase soil water storage and control the river sedimentation. The use of local resources (community and materials for conservation structures) enabled the sustainable of LWC practices on a watershed scale.

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Awareness and adoption of land, soil and water conservation practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

Cited by 108 publications

References 18 publications

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Water Conservation Technologies by Smallholder Farmer Households in Tanzania

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Water Conservation Technologies by Smallholder Farmer Households in Tanzania

Effectiveness of soil and water conservation associated with a natural gas pipeline construction project in China

Land and water conservation practices in tropical agricultural watershed

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