Factors influencing adoption of soil and water conservation practices in the northwest Ethiopian highlands

Belachew, Agere; Mekuria, Wuletaw; Nachimuthu, Kavitha

doi:10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.01.005

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“…Education level of farmers was also found to be strongly associated with their perception to invest in SWC technologies in North-Western highlands of Ethiopia (Moges and Taye 2017). More importantly, our result corroborates the ndings of recent studies conducted in Ethiopia that documented the positive and signi cant effect of education in fostering adoption of introduced SWC measures (Asfaw and Neka 2017; Belachew, Mekuria and Nachimuthu 2020;Sileshi et al 2019). Household's educational status was also found to raise awareness about SWC practices as well as enhance their adoption in Southern Africa -Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia (Mango et al 2017).…”

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“…Availability of adequate labour was also found to positively in uence farmers' participation in SWC activities in Gusha Temela watershed, Arsi, Ethiopia (Biratu and Asmamaw 2016). In general, household size was also shown to have a positive effect on adoption of SWC in northwest Ethiopian highlands (Belachew, Mekuria and Nachimuthu 2020), in Gibe basin, southwest Ethiopia (Mengistu and Assefa 2019), in Ghana (Darkwah et al 2019), and in Kondoa, Tanzania (Shrestha and Ligonja 2015).…”

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“…More importantly, throughout the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region, the sector is hailed as the main engine of economic growth and poverty reduction. Despite its signi cant contribution to livelihoods, the sector faces a persistent challenge due to depletion of natural resources and soil erosion (Belachew et al 2020;Kagoya, Paudel and Daniel 2017), climate change induced phenomena, and scarcity of modern/productive inputs, to mention but a few. As an agrarian nation, Ethiopia's fast-growing economy is facing similar challenges due to lingering soil erosion and land degradation (Asnake et al 2018;Fontes 2020).…”

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“…For example,Sileshi et al (2019) employed a Multivariate Probit model to analyze the determinants of adoption of SWC measures in Deder, Goro Gutu, and Haramaya districts of eastern Ethiopia. A similar model was also used in a very recent study investigating factors affecting adoption of SWC practices in northwest Ethiopian highlands(Belachew, Mekuria and Nachimuthu 2020) Mengistu and Assefa (2019). also used Multivariate and Ordered Probit to understand farmers' decision process associated with watershed management in Gibe basin of southwest Ethiopia.…”

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Factors Influencing Adoption of Improved Structural Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Eastern Ethiopia

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Background: Agriculture remains to be the leading sector that contributes enormously to economic development in Ethiopia. Despite its significant contribution to livelihoods, the sector faces persistent challenges due to depletion of natural resources and soil erosion that resulted in diminishing crop and livestock productivity. In order to curb the effects of land degradation, the Government of Ethiopia has been taking serious measures to expand Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) practices throughout the country. Despite the efforts made, the adoption of new practices by farmers have been generally low. This study was aimed at assessing factors influencing smallholder farmers’ decision on the use of improved structural SWC practices in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 120 farm households and 248 plots. A structured interview schedule was used to collect primary data. Descriptive and inferential statistics and Multinomial Logit (MNL) regression model were used to analyze the data. Results: The key findings showed that a host of socio-demographic, economic and institutional factors significantly affected smallholders’ decision to adopt improved structural SWC. In this study, we found that education, farming experience, plot area, distance of the plot from dwelling unit, number of economically active household members, and extension contact were the significant predictors of using improved SWC structures. Conclusions: Based on our findings, we concluded that improved SWC measures should be scaled up through a concerted effort of extension workers, local administration and other relevant non-state actors. In particular, the extension system should encourage rural communities on sustainable management and use of natural resources. Moreover, the need to create learning opportunities through facilitating appropriate educational and training programs for farmers and focusing on proper management of available economically active household members should be emphasized.

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confidence: 86%

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“…Agriculture remains to be the leading sector that contributes enormously to economic development in Africa (Belachew et al 2020; Collier and Dercon 2014). More importantly, throughout Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region, the sector is hailed as the main engine of economic growth and poverty reduction.…”

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Factors Influencing Adoption of Improved Structural Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Eastern Ethiopia

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Okoyo

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2020

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Background Agriculture remains to be the leading sector that contributes enormously to economic development in Ethiopia. Despite its significant contribution to livelihoods, the sector faces persistent challenges due to depletion of natural resources and soil erosion that resulted in diminishing crop and livestock productivity. In order to curb the effects of land degradation, the Government of Ethiopia has been taking serious measures to expand Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) practices throughout the country. Despite the efforts made, the adoption of new practices by farmers have been generally low. This study was aimed to assess factors influencing smallholder farmers’ decision on the use of improved structural SWC practices in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 120 farm households and 248 plots. A structured interview schedule was used to collect primary data. Descriptive and inferential statistics and Multinomial Logit (MNL) regression model were used to analyze the data. Results The key findings showed that a host of socio-demographic, economic and institutional factors significantly affected smallholders’ decision to adopt improved structural SWC. In this study, we found that education, farming experience, plot area, distance of the plot from dwelling, number of economically active household members, and extension contact were the significant predictors of using improved SWC structures. Conclusions Based on our findings, we conclude that improved SWC measures should be scaled up through a concerted effort of extension workers, local administration and other relevant non-state actors. In particular, the extension system should encourage rural communities on sustainable management and use of natural resources. Moreover, the need to create learning opportunities through facilitating appropriate training programs for farmers and focusing on proper management of available economically active household members should be emphasized.

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Factors supporting the adoption of soil conservation practices: Evidence from Ecuadorian smallholder farmers

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The modernization of agricultural practices has been widespread in South America since the 1970s. The main practices implemented included the use of fertilizers and phytosanitary control based on synthetic elements, and agricultural mechanization for plowing. These activities affect soil quality and make soils more dependent on fertilizer imports throughout the continent. At the same time, the intensification of agricultural activity also increased CO 2 emissions in South America from less than 150 thousand gigagrams in 1977 to more than 280 thousand gigagrams in 2017, which translates into a greater burden of agriculture on the environment. Ecuador is one of the South American countries that share several social, climatic, and topographic characteristics common in the region; therefore, it is interesting to study the factors that help mitigate soil erosion processes resulting from agricultural activity.For this purpose, this study performs the estimation of a Tobit model with the information of the agricultural units with seasonal crops present in the Continuous Agricultural Surface and Production Survey of 2018. For the model approach, the number of soil conservation practices (SCP) in each farm is considered as the dependent variable. The estimation results show that there is a positive relationship between farms that are managed by women and the number of SCP implemented: the same result was obtained with respect to agricultural investment by local governments. However, it was found that farms with government technical assistance implemented fewer SCPs, which opens the debate on the importance of soil conservation in public policy.

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Factors influencing adoption of soil and water conservation practices in the northwest Ethiopian highlands

Cited by 92 publications

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Factors Influencing Adoption of Improved Structural Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Eastern Ethiopia

Factors Influencing Adoption of Improved Structural Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Eastern Ethiopia

Factors Influencing Adoption of Improved Structural Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Eastern Ethiopia

Factors supporting the adoption of soil conservation practices: Evidence from Ecuadorian smallholder farmers

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