Impact of adopting wheat row planting on yield among smallholder farmers in Dawuro Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia

Gelu, Dawit Gebeyehu; Gebre, Girma Gezimu

doi:10.1007/s10668-022-02608-9

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“…A study by [109] reported that row planting remained an essential adaptation strategy for sustainable food production. Similar studies on row planting by [110] concur with our finding that the mean yield of rowplanted wheat was higher compared to conventional broadcast planting methods, which increases the climate resilience capacity of smallholder wheat farmers. Finally, studies by [110] find that reported maintenance and enhancement of locally evolved agroforestry systems, with high resilience and multiple benefits, can contribute to climate resilience.…”

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Effect of Climate Smart Agriculture Innovations on Climate Resilience among Smallholder Farmers: Empirical Evidence from the Choke Mountain Watershed of the Blue Nile Highlands of Ethiopia

Teklu

Simane

Bezabih³

2023

Sustainability

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Smallholder farmers’ capacities need to be strengthened to enable them to better withstand the upcoming impacts of climate change; these capacities not only include the responsive capacity, but also consider innovation, learning, and anticipation to be prepared for the projected impacts of a changing climate on the agriculture system. The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of climate smart agriculture (CSA) innovations on building climate resilience capacity in smallholder agriculture systems. A cross-sectional household survey was conducted among a multi-stage sample of 424 smallholder farmers selected from five agroecosystems of the Upper Blue Nile Highlands in Ethiopia. The study used an endogenous switching regression (ESR) model to examine the impact of CSA innovations on building climate resilience capacity among smallholder farmers. The true average adoption effects of climate resilience capacity under actual and counterfactual conditions showed that different CSA innovations have different effects on the climate resilience capacity of households. Except for SWC adopters, all CSA innovations significantly increased the climate resilience capacity of households. However, improved variety, crop residue management, and SWC have more profound effects on the non-adopters than adopters, =if non-adopters had adopted these CSA innovations. Strong absorptive, adaptive, and transformative capacities through strong disaster and early warning systems, climate-resilient infrastructure, a strong public agricultural extension system, a strong informal safety net, and social networks build a climate-resilient agriculture system among smallholder farmers. Thus, scaling up of CSA innovations may expand the benefit of CSA innovation on building the climate resilience capacities of households. Thus, strong risk management, disaster mitigation and early warning systems, adaptive strategies, information and training, informal safety nets, social networks, and infrastructure use may build the climate resilience capacity of smallholder farmers by facilitating the adoption of CSA innovation. Therefore, policies that strengthen good governance, social cohesion, disaster communication and early warning systems, input supply of drought-resistant varieties, climate smart extension service, and climate-resilient infrastructure are necessary.

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Effect of Climate Smart Agriculture Innovations on Climate Resilience among Smallholder Farmers: Empirical Evidence from the Choke Mountain Watershed of the Blue Nile Highlands of Ethiopia

Teklu

Simane

Bezabih³

2023

Sustainability

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“…Others such as Alemu et al (2014) claim that row planting improves farm productivity depending on the agroecology, while Mihretie et al, ( , 2021b argue productivity improvement from row planting depends on the types of farm management practices utilized in addition to it. Gelu and Gebre (2022) and Mossie (2022) showed that the mean yield from plots that adopted row planting was significantly higher than those that used the traditional broadcast planting techniques. The positive effects of practice on yield are shown to increase per capita consumption and agricultural income per hectare while lowering deprivation by Fentie and Beyene (2019), Habtewold (2021) and Martey et al (2020), and others.…”

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Does Row Planting Enhance Farm Productivity and Reduce Risk Exposure? Insights From Ethiopia

Ahmed

2023

J. Agric. Appl. Econ.

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This study examines the impact of the row planting method on maize productivity and risk exposure using panel datasets from Ethiopia. A flexible moment-based production function is fitted to capture the expected yield, yield variance, and exposure to downside risk. A Mundlak–Chamberlain approach is combined with a switching regression treatment effects model to account for unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity. The study shows that adopters of the row planting method significantly reduced exposure to downside risk while increasing expected yield. The analysis also identified some household and environmental conditions that affect the gain from the row planting method.

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Adoption determinants of wheat production technology packages by smallholder farmers in Horo Guduru Wollega zone, Ethiopia

Zenbaba,

Ketema,

Jaleta

et al. 2024

Discov Food

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Impact of adopting wheat row planting on yield among smallholder farmers in Dawuro Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

Effect of Climate Smart Agriculture Innovations on Climate Resilience among Smallholder Farmers: Empirical Evidence from the Choke Mountain Watershed of the Blue Nile Highlands of Ethiopia

Effect of Climate Smart Agriculture Innovations on Climate Resilience among Smallholder Farmers: Empirical Evidence from the Choke Mountain Watershed of the Blue Nile Highlands of Ethiopia

Does Row Planting Enhance Farm Productivity and Reduce Risk Exposure? Insights From Ethiopia

Adoption determinants of wheat production technology packages by smallholder farmers in Horo Guduru Wollega zone, Ethiopia

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