Assessing the adoption potential of improved fallows in Eastern Zambia.

Franzel, Steven; Phiri, D.; Kwesiga, F.; Scherr, Sara J.

doi:10.1079/9780851995618.0037

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“…For Tephrosia vogelii, men had somewhat higher survival rates. Men and women reported similar problems with similar frequency and did not differ in the number of times they weeded their trees (Franzel et al 2002b). …”

Section: Women's Participation In Agroforestrymentioning

confidence: 91%

“…However, women in Zambia had smaller plots than men, 332 m 2 as compared to 679 m 2 for men. Since the same percentage of males and females stated that they had obtained enough planting material, it appears that females wanted smaller plots than males (Franzel et al 2002b). This may be attributed to the heavy workload that women bear, land constraints or risk aversion (Franzel et al 2002b;Keil et al 2005).…”

Section: Women's Participation In Agroforestrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although a review of literature does not give the direct benefits that accrue to women farmers in financial terms, it appears likely, from the results of focus group interviews with Zambian women, that women do benefit (Peterson 1999). An economic analysis undertaken by Franzel et al (2002b) shows that agroforestry based soil fertility management options are more profitable than current farmer's practices despite forfeiting two seasons of cropping. Provision of fuelwood from improved fallows is a benefit to women farmers as it reduces their burden of having to travel long distances in search of it.…”

Section: How Do Women Benefit From Agroforestry?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender and agroforestry in Africa: a review of women’s participation

2011

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This paper presents a review of agroforestry in Africa from a gender perspective. It examines women's participation relative to men and the challenges and successes they experience. Particular agroforestry practices examined include fodder production and utilization, soil fertility management, woodlots and indigenous fruit and vegetable production and processing. The review shows that agroforestry has the potential to offer substantial benefits to women; however, their participation is low in enterprises that are considered men's domain, such as timber and high in enterprises that have little or no commercial value, such as collection of indigenous fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, the degree of women's involvement relative to men in technologies such as soil fertility management, fodder production and woodlots is fairly high in terms of proportion of female-headed households participating but is low as measured by the area they allocate to these activities and the number of trees they plant. Data on whether women are able to manage agroforestry practices as well as men are mixed, although it is clear that women do most of the work. In cases where they do not perform well, the reasons are mostly due to scarcity of resources. In marketing, women are confined to the lower end of the value chain (retailing), which limits their control over and returns from the productive process. In order to promote gender equity in agroforestry and to ensure that women benefit fully, the paper recommends various policy, technological and institutional interventions. These include (1) facilitating women to form and strengthen associations, (2) assisting women to improve productivity and marketing of products considered to be in womens' domain and (3) improving women's access to information by training more women extension staff, holding separate meetings for women farmers, and ensuring that women are fully represented in all activities.

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Section: Women's Participation In Agroforestrymentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Women's Participation In Agroforestrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: How Do Women Benefit From Agroforestry?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…The income of farmers surveyed had a positive and significant effect on the likelihood of adopting improved rice varieties, planting depth, use of agrochemicals, use of fertilizer, mechanized harvesting, improved nursery, and modern rice milling. Perhaps, the result is connected to the higher-income farmers are possibly less risk averse and have more access to information, a lower discount rate, a longer-term planning horizon and wealthier than less-income farmers (Franzel et al, 1999;CIMMYT, 1993). The result shows that a unit increase in the income of the farmers increased the likelihood of adopting improved rice varieties by 0.00000414 (0.000414%), planting depth by 0.017 (1.7%), agrochemicals by 0.00000252 (0.000252%), fertilizer by 0.00000341 (0.000341%), mechanical harvesting by 0.00003 (0.003%), improved nursery by 0.00005 (0.005%), and modern rice milling by 0.00005 (0.0005%).…”

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Determinants of Adoption of Improved Technologies in Rice Production in Imo State, Nigeria

Onyeneke¹

2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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In Imo State, an increasing number of improved rice production technologies and management techniques have been introduced to rice farmers across the State. Despite the introduction of the rice production technologies, rice production continues to be low. This study therefore analyzed factors associated with adoption of improved rice production technologies in Imo State of Nigeria. Random sampling technique was used in selecting one hundred and thirty (135) rice farmers from the communities where rice is produced in the State. Data were collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and logit regression. The result obtained shows that 73.33, 67.41, 78.52, 86.67 and 45.4% of the rice farmers adopted improved rice varieties, use of agrochemicals, fertilizer application, optimum seed rate, and mechanical harvesting, respectively. Farmers' socioeconomic factors such as age, income, cooperative membership, household size, level of education, farm size and number of contacts with extension agents affected adoption. These key factors need to be taken into consideration when expanded program on technology adoption is to be considered.

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“…For example, Franzel (1999) used the profitabilityacceptability -feasibility framework to assess the adoption of improved fallows in different settings in sub-Saharan Africa. In southern Cameroon, where land is plentiful and natural fallows restore soil fertility, farmers are not inclined to invest in improved fallows; whereas in eastern Zambia, where the population density is higher and farmers experience a decrease in soil fertility, the potential for tree fallows is great.…”

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The role of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Meijer

Catacutan²,

Ajayi³

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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

593

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Despite the great potential of agricultural innovations, the uptake by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa seems to be slow. We reviewed existing theories and frameworks for the uptake of agricultural innovations and found that these tend to emphasize the role of extrinsic factors such as the characteristics of the adopter and the external environment in the decision-making process. In this paper, we argue that intrinsic factors such as the knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of the potential adopter towards the innovation play a key role, but this has been less studied. We present an analytical framework that combines both extrinsic and intrinsic factors in farmers' decisions to adopt new agricultural technologies and apply the framework to agroforestry adoption as a case study. We review the literature on agroforestry adoption in sub-Saharan Africa and identify the extrinsic and intrinsic variables affecting the uptake of agroforestry technologies. We conclude that the uptake of agricultural technologies is a complex process influenced by both extrinsic and intrinsic variables, and recommend that future studies aiming to understand the adoption process of agricultural innovations take into account both sets of variables. A mechanistic understanding of how intrinsic and extrinsic factors interact and drive adoption can help in targeting technologies appropriately to ensure sustainability.

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Assessing the adoption potential of improved fallows in Eastern Zambia.

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Gender and agroforestry in Africa: a review of women’s participation

Gender and agroforestry in Africa: a review of women’s participation

Determinants of Adoption of Improved Technologies in Rice Production in Imo State, Nigeria

The role of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

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