Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia

Legoupil, Jean‐Claude; Lienhard, Pascal; Khamhoung, Anonth

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11620-4_12

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“…Farmers' concern for the loss of crop yields during the first years of CA implementation can be an important challenge for farmers in CA adoption. 7 Furthermore, Wall, 63 Jat et al, 38 Dalton et al, 61 Legoupil et al, 35 and Montt and Luu 64 argue that CA equipment is expensive and some farmers cannot afford it.…”

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“…For example, soil salinity prevents cultivation on wide ridges, or tight soil limits the use of zero-tillage in rainy areas. In addition, Giller et al 69 and Legoupil et al 35 considered animal grazing on farms as a challenge for CA development. In addition, farmers have difficulty providing fodder for livestock and crop residues are used as fodder in arid areas.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…34 The access of small farmers to financial capital has been the main issue for the adoption of CA in Southeast Asian countries. 35 Nurbekov et al 36 concluded that various CA elements, such as permanent beds, seem to be technically suitable for the major cropping systems despite the heterogeneous conditions in Central Asia. Boboev et al 37 believed that many current challenges can be eased by implementing CA, with, however, unknown financial consequences under the predominating irrigated conditions in Central Asia.…”

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Challenges of Applying Conservation Agriculture in Iran: An Overview on Experts and Farmers’ Perspectives

Ataei

Sadighi

Aenis

et al. 2021

Air, Soil and Water Research

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Different countries face diverse challenges for Conservation Agriculture (CA) development. The main purpose of this study was to examine the challenges of applying CA in Iran from the perspective of experts and farmers. A focus group method was used to investigate the challenges. The research sample consisting of farmers and experts of CA in different provinces includes those 19 experts and 15 farmers. Inductive content analysis and coding (open, axial, and selective coding) were employed to analyze the farmers’ and experts’ discussions. The findings showed that the challenges of applying CA in the studied provinces could be divided into 6 general categories: institutional-infrastructure (7 concepts), economic (5 concepts), training-research (2 concepts), environmental (4 concepts), mechanization (2 concepts), and cognitive (2 concepts) challenges. The economic and institutional-infrastructure challenges were the most frequent related to applying CA. It can be concluded that to solve the challenges of applying CA, it is necessary to link various sectors of government (the Ministry of Agriculture), education and research (Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization), and industry together. But farmers themselves are also a major contributor to meet the challenges of CA development through participation in planning CA project and training-extension programs. Therefore, farmers’ communities should also pave the way for a transition from conventional agriculture to CA with their participation.

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Challenges of Applying Conservation Agriculture in Iran: An Overview on Experts and Farmers’ Perspectives

Ataei

Sadighi

Aenis

et al. 2021

Air, Soil and Water Research

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“…In addition to improving the resource base, agroforestry strengthens existing farming practices and systems by replenishing soil health and enhancing related ecosystem services to maintain yields under climate change (Table 5.2). Through the Conservation Agriculture Network for Southeast Asia, institutional partners from six Southeast Asian countries promoted lowcost agroecological technologies -such as intercropping and cover-cropping systems -as adaptation strategies against climate change (Legoupil et al 2015). Natural physical barriers, including windbreaks and shelter breaks, serve as vital adaptation tools by reducing crop damage caused by wind, as observed among farming households in Viet Nam by .…”

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State and outlook of agroforestry in ASEAN

2021

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This report was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations under a Technical Cooperation Programme with ASEAN: Scaling up Agroforestry for Livelihoods and Environmental Benefits in ASEAN. The study and publication of this report were coordinated by World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture. The report preparation benefited from additional funding and technical support from the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. This report is neither complete nor comprehensive but provides an overview of the advances in, and ongoing challenges to, agroforestry development and research in ASEAN, primarily, centring on initiatives over the last two decades . The report covers a range of thematic areas from landscape restoration and climate change adaptation and mitigation through governance to knowledge hubs as a means to identify opportunities and gaps in creating pathways for agroforestry uptake.Since agroforestry is not included in national reporting by either the forestry or agricultural sectors, this report has relied on primary analyses drawn from the literature, contributions from agroforestry researchers and expert practitioners, and survey data gathered from delegates to the ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry. By focusing on gaps and opportunities in agroforestry landscapes, the report presents recommendations pertinent to the needs and interests of ASEAN Member States. To this end, the report aims to motivate actions among ASEAN Ministers and Senior Officials of Agriculture and Forestry along with local resource users, the private sector, researchers and others in expanding the scale of sustainable natural resource management through agroforestry. The outcomes of these actions will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement and other societal targets for environmental and human well-being.

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“…In this study, we are using the definition of CA provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): “a farming system that promotes a permanent soil cover, minimum soil disturbance (i.e., no‐tillage), and diversification of plant species that enhances soil quality and promotes soil health (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2019; Mkomwa et al, 2017; Pisante et al, 2015). Such soil improvements induce increased crop yields (Ares et al, 2015) and make CA an economically viable alternative to slash‐and‐burn agriculture in forested areas such as the DRC (Legoupil et al, 2015). As farmers in the DRC harvest the nutrients from a cleared forest floor, they practice slash‐and‐burn agriculture to harvest new organic income.…”

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Are consumers willing to pay for conservation agriculture? The case of white maize in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mulimbi¹,

Nalley²,

Nayga

et al. 2022

Natural Resources Forum

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Throughout the low‐income world, agricultural producers have a motivation to slash‐and‐burn rainforests as they cannot afford inorganic fertilizers. Farmers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who are predominantly women, are often forced to walk long distances to cultivate more productive lands, when fertility near their villages is reduced. On their way and while working away from home, women become targets for rape. Adopting conservation agriculture (CA) could help mitigate deforestation and potentially create a safer environment for women. Limited knowledge about the benefits of CA across countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) has hindered its adoption. Taking these impediments into account, we estimate if consumers in the DRC are willing to pay (WTP) a premium for CA, using maize flour as the medium. By means of a double‐bounded dichotomous choice valuation method, 600 consumers in Bukavu, DRC, were surveyed about their willingness‐to‐pay for CA‐produced maize. Our study finds that only those consumers who identify themselves as farmers are WTP a premium. This study indicates that if CA adoption is to spread in the DRC, it will likely need to happen via increased yields or reduced costs before the farm gate and not premiums after the farm gate.

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Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Challenges of Applying Conservation Agriculture in Iran: An Overview on Experts and Farmers’ Perspectives

Challenges of Applying Conservation Agriculture in Iran: An Overview on Experts and Farmers’ Perspectives

State and outlook of agroforestry in ASEAN

Are consumers willing to pay for conservation agriculture? The case of white maize in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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