Factors influencing adoption and continued use of long-term soil and water conservation measures in five developing countries

Graaff, J. de; Amsalu, Aklilu; Bodnar, F.; Kessler, Aad; Posthumus, Héléna; Tenge, A.J.M.

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.05.001

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“…A similar phenomenon was observed by Howeler et al (2004). Another reason that could be suggested as the reason for farmers did not adopt soil conservation technology was because the technology is expensive or too complicate (De Graaff et al, 2008). In this study about 81% of the respondents said that they did not have any objection to adopt any new technology as far as the technology is not expensive, not require a lot of labour and not too complicate.…”

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confidence: 53%

“…This is the first key of land husbandry. De Graaff et al (2008) in his review of soil conservation work five countries, concluded that generalization of the influence the technology adoption is impossible, but one can be accepted i.e., that the continues adoption and use of technology is mainly determined by the actual profitability and to some extend by the labour requirement for recurrent maintenance and use.…”

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Farmers’ Based Technology Development for Sustainable Cassava Production System

Yuniwati¹,

Utomo²,

Howeler³

2015

International J. of Agricultural Research

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The decrease in productivity and degradation process in land cropped with cassava occurs very rapidly. A conventional soil conservation approach has been shown do not give satisfactory result. A new approach, which is termed "land husbandry", seems to have a more prospective future. Different from soil conservation approach, which is aimed to control erosion rate to level of less than acceptable limit erosion, the aim of land husbandry is to obtain a high yield and income. Secondly, in contrary with soil conservation approach where most of the technology package is developed based on and by researchers, in the land husbandry approach the development of technology is based on farmers' idea and willingness and done by the farmers themselves. The methodology used in this study was Farmers' Participatory Research. The study shows that the FPR methodology have promising prospect for developing the sustainable cassava production technology. The introduced technology spread up quickly and the adoption sustained for a long periods. After 5 years of the project, 65% of the farmers in the study area had planted UB 477-2 variety and 76% of the cassava farmers had use cattle manure for their cassava crops. Ten years after the project, in addition to UB 477-2 variety, some farmers planted another introduced variety i.e., Malang 6 and Markonah. The number of farmers using manure also increased substantially and some farmers practiced compost technology. At the beginning of the project there was no farmer planted UB 477-2 and only few farmers used cattle manure.

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confidence: 53%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Farmers’ Based Technology Development for Sustainable Cassava Production System

Yuniwati¹,

Utomo²,

Howeler³

2015

International J. of Agricultural Research

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“…But there are no technical barriers to other countries following Sweden's lead and participatory approaches can go a long way to understanding wider socio-economic and cultural obstacles. Indeed, applied geographical research has produced a wide range of environmental modelling and management tools that can integrate the views of local communities and have potential for use by local authorities that have responsibility for landuse, environmental planning and climate change adaptation (Wang et al, 2007;de Graaff, 2008;Maconachie;Zeilhofer and Topanotti;Dewan and Yamaguchi, 2009;Palm et al, 2009;Velázquez et al, 2009;Yadav et al, 2009;Mishra and Griffin, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research that deals more directly with human waste is even less widespread although empirical work on 'watsan' (water and sanitation) issues in the global South (Andersson, 2001;Desai, 1995aDesai, , 1995bGandy, 2008;Giles & Brown, 1997;McFarlane, 2008aMcFarlane, , 2008bO'Hara, Hannan, & Genina, 2007;Jewitt and Labhsetwar, 2009;Swyngedouw, 2004, Swyngedouw, Kaiko, & Castro, 2002 and research on the analysis, modelling and prediction of water and beach contamination by sewage and other pollutants (Reeves and Patton, 2005;Kay et al, 2007;Collins and Anthony, 2008;Rahman, 2008;Anayah and Almasri, 2009) demonstrates the importance of applied geographical research on these topics. And in combination with wider geographical research on environmental quality, this work has provided some important monitoring, modelling and participatory resource management tools for improved landuse planning and environmental management which have great relevance for understanding and managing the threats and opportunities created by human excreta (He et al, 2006;Ivey et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2007;Collins and Anthony, 2008;de Graaff, 2008;Maconachie et al, 2008: Zeilhofer andTopanotti 2008;Rahman, 2008;Anayah and Almasri, 2009;Collins et al, 2009;Dewan and Yamaguchi, 2009;Kamusoko et al, 2009;Maantay and Maroko, 2009;Rhoades et al, 2009;Velázquez et al, 2009;Mishra and Griffin, 2010).…”

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Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste

Jewitt

2011

Applied Geography

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“…The decision to adopt and implement technologies such as stone bunds begins with the farmers' perception of erosion as a problem (Ervin and Ervin 1982;Mbaga-Semgalawe and Folmer 2000;de Graaff et al 2008). These perceptions are shaped by personal, economic, physical and institutional characteristics of farmers (Ervin and Ervin 1982;Meijer et al 2015).…”

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How farmers’ characteristics influence spontaneous spreading of stone bunds in the highlands of Ethiopia: a case study in the Girar Jarso woreda

Abi

Kessler

Oosterveer

et al. 2018

Environ Dev Sustain

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This study aims to identify key differences between farmers who spontaneously implement stone bunds (i.e. farmers implementing stone bunds by their own initiative) and farmers who do not. Data were collected in the Girar Jarso woreda in the central highlands of Ethiopia, through a household survey with 80 farmers: 40 with spontaneously implemented stone bunds and 40 without. Independent samples t test, principal component analysis and regression analysis were used to analyse the data. Results show that five key-factors explain differences between the two groups of farmers: (1) readiness to change, (2) available resources, (3) social capital, (4) type of family, and (5) commitment. These factors together explain 73% of the variance in the data set and show that particularly characteristics related to the farmer's intrinsic motivation play a crucial role to spontaneously implement and integrate stone bunds into the farming system. Furthermore, results show that young farmers are most committed to soil conservation: they are often intrinsically motivated dynamic farmers who are ready to change their future and improve productivity and food security. The study suggests that government extension programmes should therefore focus more on these young and dynamic farmers and foster their readiness to change. This implies that extension workers and government officials should better understand the crucial role of farmers' intrinsic motivation when dealing with sustainable land management, and also reformulate extension strategies and messages. This is particularly important when developing a scaling-up strategy that helps to sustainably increase agricultural production and achieve food security of small-holder farmers in Ethiopia.

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Factors influencing adoption and continued use of long-term soil and water conservation measures in five developing countries

Cited by 164 publications

References 11 publications

Farmers’ Based Technology Development for Sustainable Cassava Production System

Farmers’ Based Technology Development for Sustainable Cassava Production System

Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste

How farmers’ characteristics influence spontaneous spreading of stone bunds in the highlands of Ethiopia: a case study in the Girar Jarso woreda

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