Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies:review for scaling up

Misiko, Michael; Ramisch, Joshua J.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5760-1_83

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“…Ethiopia's agricultural sector makes up the lion's share of the national economy, accounting for about 43% of GDP, 90% of merchandise exports, and 96% of rural employment. Despite this importance, agricultural productivity in the country is low; it is constrained by recurrent droughts, erratic rainfall, declining soil fertility, missing or imperfect input and output markets as well as limited access to improved technologies (Abebe and Sewnet 2014;Asfaw et al 2011;Misiko and Ramisch 2007;Morris and Doss 1999;Pender et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of Agricultural Technologies on Poverty and Vulnerability of Smallholders in Ethiopia: A Panel Data Analysis

2020

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Many studies evaluating the impact of adoption on welfare focused on adoption of a single technology giving little attention on the complementarity/substitutability among agricultural technologies. Yet, smallholders commonly adopt several complementary technologies at a time and their adoption decision is best characterized by multivariate models. This paper, therefore, examines the impact of multiple complementary technologies adoption on consumption, poverty and vulnerability of smallholders in Ethiopia. The study used a balanced panel data obtained from a survey of 390 farm households collected in 2012, 2014 and 2016. A two stage multinomial endogenous switching regression model combined with the Mundlak approach and balanced panel data is employed to account for unobserved heterogeneity for the adoption decision and differences in household and farm characteristics. An ordered probit model is used to analyze the impact on poverty and vulnerability. We find that the adoption of improved technologies increases consumption expenditure significantly and the greatest impact is attained when farmers combine multiple complementary technologies. Similarly, the likelihood of households to remain poor or vulnerable decreased with the adoption of different complementary technologies. We therefore conclude that the adoption of multiple complementary technologies has substantial dynamic benefits that improve the welfare of smallholders in the study area, and given the observed low level of adoption rates, we suggest that much more intervention is warranted, with a special focus on poorer and vulnerable households, to ensure smallholders get support to improve their input use.

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The Impact of Agricultural Technologies on Poverty and Vulnerability of Smallholders in Ethiopia: A Panel Data Analysis

2020

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“…Challenges in implementation of ISFM technologies include differing perceptions between farmers', needs and research which is limited due to time constraints and other resources (Misiko & Ramisch 2007). For instance, the farmers' immediate need for food might override perceived long-term soil fertility benefits associated with ISFM.…”

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“…There is also complexity of diversity in different farm situations relative to adaptive methods. Problems are inherent in the fact that broader use of ISFM concepts requires scaling up of knowledge itself, which is not the case with the spread of more simple technologies or goods (Misiko & Ramisch 2007). This calls for intensive training of farmer and extension service providers on the principles of ISFM, innovation and experimentation to tailor generic management technologies to diverse prevailing local conditions.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Potential of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources in Sub-Saharan African Crop Farming Systems

Ngetich¹,

Shisanya²,

Mugwe³

et al. 2012

Soil Fertility Improvement and Integrated Nutrient Management - A Global Perspective

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“…Limited access to timely and accurate information by small-scale farmers has been identified as a major hindrance to the improvement of rural agriculture in East Africa ( Adolwa et al., 2010 ), West Africa ( Andam et al., 2019 ; Adolwa et al., 2010 ), and Central Africa ( Schut et al., 2016 ). This is more so for ISFM strategies which are knowledge-intensive and their adaptations and applications are diverse ( Misiko and Ramisch, 2007 ). The nature and diversity of information that smallholder farmers have is not fully documented ( Obala, 2013 ) as it has been disseminated by various researchers and extension workers at different times and may have been adapted over time by the end users.…”

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“…While ISFM systems are widely recognized to be knowledge-intensive technologies for small-holders ( Espacios et al., 2017 ; Lambrecht et al., 2016 ; Misiko and Ramisch, 2007 ), studies synthesizing the knowledge gaps between existing farmer practices and recommended ISFM packages are lacking. There is evidence to suggest that there is lack of suitable mechanisms for transferring available knowledge on ISFM concepts from researchers to farmers in ways that promote innovation and sustainable adoption ( Mapfumo, 2011 ).…”

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Socio-economic predictors, soil fertility knowledge domains and strategies for sustainable maize intensification in Embu County, Kenya

Mucheru-Muna

Ada

Mugwe

et al. 2021

Heliyon

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Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) practices are widely recognized as crucial interventions but knowledge-intensive technologies for farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Very few studies have synthesized the knowledge gaps between small-holder practices and recommended ISFM packages. A farm survey was therefore carried out in Runyenjes sub-County of Embu to determine factors influencing the quality of ISFM knowledge considering inorganic fertilizer, organic manure, integrated soil inputs, and improved maize seeds. One hundred small-scale maize farmers were systematically sampled in Embu County, Kenya, using a cross-sectional survey design. The most significant factors shaping the quality of ISFM knowledge (p < 0.05) included gender, age, household size, land under maize, off-farm earnings, maize yield, members involved in farming, farming experience, education level, and farm size. Farmers recorded lower knowledge scores for technical ISFM themes including soil liming, soil testing, fertilizer types, fertilizer functions, curing of organic manure, compost manure management, crop spacing, combination ratios for integrated inputs, and the labor and cost-benefit implications of integrated inputs, revealing important ISFM knowledge gaps. High-quality knowledge of blended fertilizers and DAP use was associated with increased soil testing and soil liming knowledge, respectively. Multivariate analysis of ISFM knowledge items provided a high-quality understanding of the structure of ISFM knowledge among farmers in Embu County, which is useful in developing future ISFM dissemination strategies.

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Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies:review for scaling up

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

The Impact of Agricultural Technologies on Poverty and Vulnerability of Smallholders in Ethiopia: A Panel Data Analysis

The Impact of Agricultural Technologies on Poverty and Vulnerability of Smallholders in Ethiopia: A Panel Data Analysis

The Potential of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources in Sub-Saharan African Crop Farming Systems

Socio-economic predictors, soil fertility knowledge domains and strategies for sustainable maize intensification in Embu County, Kenya

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