Determinants of adoption of rainwater management technologies among farm households in the Nile River Basin

Abstract

The publications in this series cover a wide range of subjects-from computer modeling to experience with water user associations-and vary in content from directly applicable research to more basic studies, on which applied work ultimately depends. Some research reports are narrowly focused, analytical and detailed empirical studies; others are wide-ranging and synthetic overviews of generic problems.Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff, and by external reviewers. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgment. About IWMIIWMI's mission is to improve the management of land and water resources for food, livelihoods and the environment. In serving this mission, IWMI concentrates on the integration of policies, technologies and management systems to achieve workable solutions to real problems-practical, relevant results in the field of irrigation and water and land resources.

Physiographic characteristics of agricultural lands and farmers’ soil fertility management practices in Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia

“…Land encroachment to extremely steep areas in study area could be linked to rapidly growing population (CSA 2010) and shortage of land (Pound and Jonfa 2005;WZFEDD 2012;Karltun et al 2013a;Abate 2014). In relation to this, the study by Gebregziabher et al (2013) and Gedamu (2008) in northern Ethiopia also documented steep slope cultivation due to scarcity of cultivable land.…”

Assessment of smallholder farmers’ demand for and adoption constraints to small-scale irrigation technologies: Evidence from Ethiopia

“…A possible reason could be that households with large land holdings have more options to diversify their rain fed crops. It may also be the case that, households with large land holdings tend to engage largescale irrigation systems such as gravity-based irrigation as shown by Gebregziabher et al (2013). Similar findings have demonstrated the relative efficiency of agricultural inputs by farmers with smaller land holdings compared to larger ones (Ricker-Gilbert et al, 2009;Balana et al, 2011aBalana et al, , 2011bWoodhouse et al, 2017).…”

Soil carbon enhancing practices: a systematic review of barriers and enablers of adoption

“…Off-farm income is therefore important especially in areas with poorly developed credit market [73]. However, off-farm income exerts a negative influence on the adoption of crop rotation, grass strips and intercropping in Ethiopia, crop residues and farmyard manure in Kenya (Tables 4 and 5), suggesting that engagement in other off-farm income-generating activities diverts labour required for implementing SCEPs [67,85,97]. Thus, there may be a need for prioritizing farm objectives that can lead to sustainable farm production and livelihood in the long-term.…”