Effects of conservation farming practices on agro-ecosystem services for sustainable food security in Bangladesh

Mazumder, Mohummed Shofi Ullah; Ali, Md. Sekender; Moonmoon, Mahbuba; Toshi, Farzana Zannat

doi:10.1007/s12571-023-01359-3

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“…Water is constant and technically managed in some APU (39.4%), in others, water is scarce, non-existent or without technical management (60.6%), therefore, advocating for agricultural implementation models, such as agroforestry, no-till and other practices, would favor the sustainable use of water (Abafe et al, 2022) and food security (Mazumder et al, 2023). The slope can exceed 30%, so some APU maintain the soil with trees (67.9%) or carry out some conservation work such as terraces, furrows, contour lines and diversion ditches (84.4%).…”

Section: Evaluation Of Sustainability In the Apu Of The Parish El Tin...mentioning

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Sustentabilidad De Las Unidades Productivas Agrícolas en La Cordillera Occidental De Los Andes Ecuatorianos

Jacome,

García Mora,

Mogro Cepeda

et al. 2024

Trop Subtrop Agroecosyst

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Background: In this research, the sustainability of the productive systems of the parish of El Tingo La Esperanza, Ecuador was evaluated to make a diagnosis considering 25 sustainability indicators corresponding to the social, economic and environmental dimensions. Objective: To evaluate sustainability in the different groups of agricultural production units (APU). Methodology: Structured interviews were conducted with 109 producers of the Agricultural Production Unit (APU) to determine indicators of sustainability and clustering of APU using Ward's method. Subsequently, the sustainability attributes were determined in each group to calculate the General Sustainability Index (IGS); and finally, the influence of the attributes in each APU group was analyzed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Results: There is a high variability among the sector's production systems, represented by 5 groups of APU. Sustainability applying 25 indicators allowed us to observe that there is weak sustainability in the sector in all dimensions, especially in the environmental dimension. The evaluation of the General Sustainability Index (GSI) shows that APU1 are sustainable and resilient, while in APU2 sustainability is affected by difficulties in the production system, APU 3, 4 and 5 have very low sustainability values; especially the APU3 which lives in critical conditions; in the same way, the PCA shows that APU3 is not associated with any sustainability attribute. Implication: The producers of El Tingo La Esperanza parish especially those belonging to APU 3, 4 and 5, require special attention in improving their diversity, productivity and association capacity to improve their quality of life and therefore their sustainability. Conclusion: To design an effective strategy for the development of the parish, the diversity of the APU, their sustainability and critical points must be taken into account.

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Section: Evaluation Of Sustainability In the Apu Of The Parish El Tin...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustentabilidad De Las Unidades Productivas Agrícolas en La Cordillera Occidental De Los Andes Ecuatorianos

Jacome,

García Mora,

Mogro Cepeda

et al. 2024

Trop Subtrop Agroecosyst

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“…The share of non-farm income will positively impact socially dominant farmers. Mazumder M S U et al (2023) [15] surveyed people directly or indirectly involved in conservation tillage in west and northwest Bangladesh. Mazumder M S U et al (2023) [15] found that farmers' education qualifications, training experience, and knowledge regarding conservation farming practices significantly affected the adoption effect of conservation tillage.…”

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“…Mazumder M S U et al (2023) [15] surveyed people directly or indirectly involved in conservation tillage in west and northwest Bangladesh. Mazumder M S U et al (2023) [15] found that farmers' education qualifications, training experience, and knowledge regarding conservation farming practices significantly affected the adoption effect of conservation tillage. Meanwhile, because conservation tillage has inter-temporal agricultural technological attributes, some scholars have studied it from the perspective of technological attributes.…”

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Perceived Organizational Support, Inter-Temporal Choice, and Farmer Conservation Tillage Adoption

Zhang,

Lang,

Zhao

et al. 2024

Agriculture

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To solve the problem of the insufficient driving force and low adoption rate of conservation tillage adoption and to enhance the effect of industrial organization in influencing technology diffusion, this paper explored the relationship and the mechanism of perceived organizational support and inter-temporal choice in the adoption of conservation tillage by using micro-research data from 725 melon farmers in the Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces in China and by applying the experimental economics method to obtain the inter-temporal choices of the farmers. This paper also analyzed farmers’ risk preferences’ moderating effect on the relationship between inter-temporal choice and conservation tillage. Additionally, it examined the impact of perceived organizational support on the differentiation of different conservation tillage technologies. The study found that perceived organizational support significantly contributes to adopting zero tillage and minimum tillage, and water-saving irrigation. Perceived organizational support was not conducive to farmers’ adoption of furrow and ridge tillage. The impact of perceived organizational support on technology adoption is heterogeneous, depending on the differences in the size of the family’s cultivated land. The inter-temporal choice of farmers significantly impedes the adoption of conservation tillage. The increase in risk preference helps alleviate the hindering effect of inter-temporal choice on farmers’ adoption of conservation tillage. Perceived organizational support can promote the adoption of conservation tillage by reducing farmers’ inter-temporal choices. Inter-temporal choice is an essential mechanism by which perceived organizational support affects the adoption of conservation tillage. Compared with the existing studies, this paper incorporates the technology-attribute-induced inter-temporal choice of farmers into the impact analysis framework and considers the relationship between perceived organizational support, inter-temporal choice, and the adoption of conservation tillage and the mechanism of its action. The findings of the study provide a theoretical basis for the enrichment of incentive mechanisms for the adoption of conservation tillage, which is of great significance for the improvement of the tool for the integration of small farmers in developing countries into the industrial activities of the new agricultural business central bodies and for promoting the diffusion of conservation tillage in agriculture.

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The future of sustainable farming: An evolutionary game framework for the promotion of agricultural green production technologies

Chen,

Sun,

Zhou

et al. 2024

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Effects of conservation farming practices on agro-ecosystem services for sustainable food security in Bangladesh

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

Sustentabilidad De Las Unidades Productivas Agrícolas en La Cordillera Occidental De Los Andes Ecuatorianos

Sustentabilidad De Las Unidades Productivas Agrícolas en La Cordillera Occidental De Los Andes Ecuatorianos

Perceived Organizational Support, Inter-Temporal Choice, and Farmer Conservation Tillage Adoption

The future of sustainable farming: An evolutionary game framework for the promotion of agricultural green production technologies

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