Analyzing the Impact of Climate-Smart Agriculture on Household Welfare in Subsistence Mixed Farming System: Evidence from Geshy Watershed, Southwest Ethiopia

Tilahun, Girma; Bantider, Amare; Yayeh, Desalegn

doi:10.1007/s40609-023-00279-6

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“…In South Africa, CSA practices such as conservation tillage (minimal or zero-tillage), the adoption of enhanced and drought-tolerant cultivars, crop rotation, mixed-cropping, and crop diversification allow farmers to produce food in a sustainable manner, thus enhancing their food-nutrition security (Bahri et al, 2021;Paul et al, 2018). Research (Ren et al, 2018;Tilahun et al, 2023;Tione et al, 2022) have highlighted the potential to enhance food availability via greater production by implementing climate-smart agricultural technology. However, the overall transformation on the FNS is still not well established due to behaviour attitude of farmers towards CSA adoptions.…”

Section: Behavioral Intention Climate-smart Agriculture and Food-nutr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, (Issahaku & Abdulai, 2020;Tilahun et al, 2023) posited that if farmers understand the benefits of using drought-resistant crop varieties or practicing conservation tillage, and they believe that these practices can enhance their crop yields, resilience to change in climate and enhance their FNS, they are more likely to intend to adopt these practices. Thus, promoting positive attitudes and increasing knowledge about climate-smart practices can influence farmers' behavioral intentions in favor of sustainable agricultural practices and transformed to a better FNS households (Adesete et al, 2022;Gwara et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The HFIAS is a scale that quantifies and summarizes distinct behavioural and psychological dimensions of food insecurity (access) (Issahaku & Abdulai, 2020). Following (Tilahun et al, 2023), household with no reported food insecurity receives a minimum score of 0 (better food access). While foodinsecure household with a high frequency of ingesting less preferred foods or foregoing meals due to inadequate access to food receives a maximal score of 27.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…More so, the impact of climate change on FNS is increasingly severe (Maindi et al, 2020;Mullins et al, 2018;Tilahun et al, 2023), while the impact is compounded by the country's socioeconomic, and environmental trends coupled with population growth, limited land and water resources, economic transformation, and challenges in agriculture and the food systems value chain (FAO, 2021). These trends have prompted food security experts to conclude that agriculture and FNS in South Africa will face significant challenges in a world where temperature is continually rising (Akano et al, 2023;Issahaku & Abdulai, 2020;Tione et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Intriguingly, several studies (Akanbi et al, 2021;Davis-Reddy, 2018;FAO, 2021) have investigated the determinants of the adoption-impact of CSA practices within the context of South Africa. The determinant identified mostly consisted of socio-demographic parameters, along with other factors such as access to extension services, understanding of climatic variability, agricultural insurance, participation in a farmer-based organization and the geographical locations of the farms (Tilahun et al, 2023;Tione et al, 2022). While some other adoption-related studies (De Pinto et al, 2020;Teklewold et al, 2019), highlighted economic incentives as the prevailing determinants of CSA adoption in South Africa.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Behavioral Intentions towards Climate-Smart Practices and Rural Farmer’s Food-Nutrition Security: A Micro Economic-Level Evidence

Omotoso,

Omotayo

2023

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The behavioural intention (BI) of adopting climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices plays a vital role in effectively mitigating the adverse impacts of climate shocks experienced by smallholder farmers in South Africa (SA). Nevertheless, there is a scarcity of information about the socio-psychological factors that influence farmers' adoption of CSA practices and their impacts on food-nutrition security (FNS). The study examined the BI of adopting CSA and its impact on the FNS of farming households in SA. A multistage sampling procedure was employed in selecting rural maize farmers across some selected villages in South Africa. To understand the association between behavioural adoption of CSA and FNS of farming households, an endogenous switching regression model was employed while household dietary diversity score (HDDS) and household food security score (HFIAS) were used to determine the FNS status of the households. The findings indicate that the behavioural intentions of farmers had a significant influence on their desire to implement CSA practices, hence FNS status. Therefore, the findings emphasized the significance of socio-psychological variables (behavioural intentions) in elucidating the adoption decision of CSA practices and its impact on FNS in SA. Following this backdrop, a concerted effort to raise knowledge of CSA practices through the dissemination of pertinent information will exert influence on the farmers' adoption behaviour towards CSA practices which is capable of improving the FNS of the rural maize farmers.

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Section: Behavioral Intention Climate-smart Agriculture and Food-nutr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Behavioral Intention Climate-smart Agriculture and Food-nutr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Food-nutrition Security (Fns) Of Rural Farmers (Adopters And...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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confidence: 99%

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Behavioral Intentions towards Climate-Smart Practices and Rural Farmer’s Food-Nutrition Security: A Micro Economic-Level Evidence

Omotoso,

Omotayo

2023

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Impact of behavioural intention to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices on the food and nutrition security of farming households: A microeconomic level evidence

Omotoso,

Omotayo

2024

Climatic Change

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The study examined the behavioural intention to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices (CSA) and its impact on the food-nutrition security (FNS) of farming households in South Africa. We employed a multistage sampling procedure to select rural maize farmers across the selected villages. To determine the impacts of behavioural adoption of CSA on the FNS of farming households, endogenous switching regression model (ESRM) was employed, while household dietary diversity score (HDDS) and household food insecurity access score (HFIAS) were used to determine the FNS status of the households. The findings emphasized the significance of the behavioural intentions of rural maize farmers, assessed through their attitudinal dimensions (measured in terms of perceived social norms, behavioural intentions, and control) in influencing the adoption decision of CSA practices, hence CSA adoption positively impacts FNS in South Africa. The result indicates that households that adopt CSA observe a 27% and 23% increase in HDDS and a decrease in HFIAS compared to those who do not adopt CSA practices, respectively. Thus, the outcome illustrates that the adoption of CSA practices substantially enhances the HDDS and HFIAS of rural maize farming households in South Africa. Following this backdrop, a concerted effort to raise knowledge of CSA practices through disseminating pertinent information will exert influence on the farmers' adoption behaviour towards CSA practices, which is capable of improving the FNS of rural maize farmers.

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The impact of climate smart agriculture practices on the technical efficiency of wheat farmers in northwestern Ethiopia

Alemayehu,

Ayalew,

Sileshi

et al. 2024

Environ Dev Sustain

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Analyzing the Impact of Climate-Smart Agriculture on Household Welfare in Subsistence Mixed Farming System: Evidence from Geshy Watershed, Southwest Ethiopia

Cited by 5 publications

References 66 publications

Behavioral Intentions towards Climate-Smart Practices and Rural Farmer’s Food-Nutrition Security: A Micro Economic-Level Evidence

Behavioral Intentions towards Climate-Smart Practices and Rural Farmer’s Food-Nutrition Security: A Micro Economic-Level Evidence

Impact of behavioural intention to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices on the food and nutrition security of farming households: A microeconomic level evidence

The impact of climate smart agriculture practices on the technical efficiency of wheat farmers in northwestern Ethiopia

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