Scaling Agricultural Innovations: Pigeonpea in Malawi

Peter, Brad G.; Messina, Joseph P.; Frake, April N.; Snapp, Sieglinde S.

doi:10.1080/00330124.2017.1347798

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“…Areas likely to receive maximum benefit from perennial deployment exist at the intersection between marginal dominant crop conditions (i.e., maize) and the optimal climate niche for perennial grains (i.e., pigeonpea and/or sorghum) ( Peter et al, 2017 ). We identify this intersection by overlaying optimal perennial pigeonpea or sorghum conditions with the marginal maize areas identified above ( Fig.…”

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Nature-based agricultural solutions: Scaling perennial grains across Africa

Peter

Mungai

Messina

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Environmental Research

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Modern plant breeding tends to focus on maximizing yield, with one of the most ubiquitous implementations being shorter-duration crop varieties. It is indisputable that these breeding efforts have resulted in greater yields in ideal circumstances; however, many farmed locations across Africa suffer from one or more conditions that limit the efficacy of modern short-duration hybrids. In view of global change and increased necessity for intensification, perennial grains and long-duration varieties offer a nature-based solution for improving farm productivity and smallholder livelihoods in suboptimal agricultural areas. Specific conditions where perennial grains should be considered include locations where biophysical and social constraints reduce agricultural system efficiency, and where conditions are optimal for crop growth. Using a time-series of remotely-sensed data, we locate the marginal agricultural lands of Africa, identifying suboptimal temperature and precipitation conditions for the dominant crop, i.e., maize, as well as optimal climate conditions for two perennial grains, pigeonpea and sorghum. We propose that perennial grains offer a lower impact, sustainable nature-based solution to this subset of climatic drivers of marginality. Using spatial analytic methods and satellite-derived climate information, we demonstrate the scalability of perennial pigeonpea and sorghum across Africa. As a nature-based solution, we argue that perennial grains offer smallholder farmers of marginal lands a sustainable solution for enhancing resilience and minimizing risk in confronting global change, while mitigating social and edaphic drivers of low and variable production.

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Nature-based agricultural solutions: Scaling perennial grains across Africa

Peter

Mungai

Messina

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Environmental Research

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“…The literature on pigeon pea integration in maize farming systems has recently identified livestock damage as one of the leading factors for lack of adoption of perennial grains (especially pigeon pea) in the central region parts of the country. Several studies (Peter et al, 2018; Roge et al, 2016; Zulu et al, 2018) have observed that in southern Malawi, unlike in the northern and central regions, community norms ensure year-round control of livestock which allows survival of pigeon pea. Specifically, Zulu et al (2018) provides a detailed qualitative analysis of the differences in livestock management approaches for preventing livestock from damaging pigeon pea crop.…”

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Good fences make good neighbors? Exploring potential transformative impacts of local governance towards livestock fence-in rights in Malawi

Mkondiwa,

Kabambe,

Ngwira

2024

Outlook Agric

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Malawi's export earnings are dominated by tobacco, accounting for over 60% of export earnings. The demand for an alternative export commodity, pigeon pea, has been rising over the past decade, especially from India. In addition to their export potential, pigeon pea is an effective cover crop to protect soil heath and productivity in the dry season. They are mostly grown in southern region on very small farms, however, there are opportunities for expansion into central region given the existence of larger farms and agroecological suitability for the crop. Currently, social norms in the central region constrain this expansion. Livestock, and goats in particular, are left to roam free in the dry season by over two-thirds of farmers, relative to only one-third in the south. This leads to significant damage to pigeon pea crops and discourages farmers from growing them and taking advantage of the increased export demand. Much land is left bare and the few farmers that do grow crops during the dry season are forced to put up fences. This study assesses ex-ante implications, especially on agroecological transformation and economic growth, of shifting local governance arrangements among farmers around keeping livestock towards controlled systems. These externalities have been understudied in the development programming, yet their impacts are substantial, especially in lower-income countries. The policy solution under study is for the local government and non-state actors to support local governance arrangements through indirect payments to agroecosystem services. These can include information campaigns on benefits of controlled livestock systems, training and subsidizing modern goat house construction and feed preservation, and contract farming and product certification for adhering to acceptable community norms. Medium-term policy interventions include varietal development of adaptable short duration pigeon pea, initiating a review of the appropriate laws, and instituting more studies to understand these community norms.

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“…The adoption of new technologies in terms of input and agricultural implementations has vital importance for the growth of agricultural sector. Together with the adoption of new technologies, the fertilization of land and labour force increases, natural sources are used effectively (Peter et al, 2018).…”

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A Research on the Determination of the Factors Affecting the Implementations of Agricultural Innovations by Beekeepers in Muğla Province, Turkey

Çukur¹

2019

Appl. Ecol. Env. Res.

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This study aims to detect the factors which are effective on the adoption and the implementation of the agricultural innovations by the farmers who are focused on the beekeeping in the Milas district Muğla province of Turkey. For this aim, a questionnaire is made with 62 farmers who are determined with the method of proportional sampling. The method of Logistic Regression Analysis is used with the aim of the determination of the factors which are effective on the implementation of the innovations related to the beekeeping by farmers. According to the results of the analysis, it is determined that young farmers, farmers who have problems related to production, who are members of cooperative and who do not store the honey implement the agricultural innovations which are related to beekeeping more.

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Scaling Agricultural Innovations: Pigeonpea in Malawi

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

Nature-based agricultural solutions: Scaling perennial grains across Africa

Nature-based agricultural solutions: Scaling perennial grains across Africa

Good fences make good neighbors? Exploring potential transformative impacts of local governance towards livestock fence-in rights in Malawi

A Research on the Determination of the Factors Affecting the Implementations of Agricultural Innovations by Beekeepers in Muğla Province, Turkey

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