Perceptions and performance of conservation agriculture practices in northwestern Ghana

Dalton, Timothy J.; Yahaya, Iddrisu; Naab, Jesse B.

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2013.11.015

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“…The rationale behind the adoption of these practices is to ensure sustainable soil fertility through an improvement in soil structure [18]. These benefits come with the promise of a substantial reduction in production costs [19]. The existing literature reports that sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) have supported many communities in refining their resources and enhancing production [20].…”

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Synergies and Determinants of Sustainable Intensification Practices in Pakistani Agriculture

Jabbar

Peng

et al. 2020

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Sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) involve a process to produce high yields for existing land without affecting the environment. The significance and relevance of SIPs in a Pakistani context demands an investigation. Hence, this study takes the initiative to investigate the determinants regarding the adoption of these practices. Based on the evidence, we selected five SIPs, namely, improved seeds, organic manure, crop rotation, intercropping, and low tillage. Furthermore, this study analyzes the adoption of SIPs with randomly collected data from 612 farmers through multistage sampling. A multivariate probit model (MVP) is employed to analyze the mutually dependent adoption decisions and identify the factors associated with them. The results revealed that education, the area under cultivation, access to information, extension access, social participation, rainfall variability, and temperature increase significantly predict the adoption of SIPs. The adoption of organic manure and crop rotation was highest between all the ecological zones, whereas low tillage was the least adopted practice. Adoption intensity in mixed cropping zones was slightly higher than the other ecological zones. Moreover, the findings also reveal the important synergies amid natural resource management and input-based SIPs. Hence, the study highlights the perseverance and importance of social groups and recommends the government to formulate comprehensive policies to facilitate institutional access and elevate the adoption level amongst the farming community.

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Synergies and Determinants of Sustainable Intensification Practices in Pakistani Agriculture

Jabbar

Peng

et al. 2020

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“…Conventional soil tillage systems, which usually include intensive and continuous soil tillage, are often responsible for severe soil degradation and the loss of crop grain growers would improve the understanding of conservation tillage adoption decisions in Australian cropping regions. Dalton et al [24] compiled biophysical and socio-economic factors, farming methods, and a knowledge index of conservation tillage practices in northwestern Ghana. Due to geographical particularities, different crops, and socio-economic conditions, the findings outlined above are not applicable to the Loess Plateau.…”

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Adoption of Conservation Tillage on the Semi-Arid Loess Plateau of Northwest China

Han

Siddique

2018

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Conservation tillage is an important approach to prevent water loss and soil erosion and promote soil fertility that has been adopted widely throughout the world. However, despite promotion of the benefits of conservation tillage, obstacles are still encountered in some regions. A survey of 385 farmer households in the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China was conducted to assess the adoption of conservation tillage (ACT). This investigation was located in two counties that have run conservation tillage demonstrations with wheat for at least eight years. A binary logistic regression model was used to quantify the factors determining whether or not farmers adopt conservation tillage. Farmer's education level, the influence of training, and field demonstrations by agricultural departments had significant positive effects on ACT. Although the adoption rate of conservation tillage in this paper was very high (89%), farmers were reluctant to continue practicing conservation tillage based on their experiences, which is contrary to the expectations of the government. The area available for planting winter wheat and the number of arable plots per household also had significant positive effects on ACT. However, the total cultivated area of land per household had a significant negative impact on ACT. Farmer awareness of conservation tillage technology, the distance from a farmer's house to the nearest agricultural market, and the size of the active labor force in the family had significant negative impacts on ACT. These results will help in the development of more effective and targeted policies to improve the sustainability of farming systems on the semi-arid Loess Plateau.

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“…Promotion of these practices among farmers started in Ghana in 1995 (Boahen et al, 2007) and is still on-going (Sarpong and Anyidoho, 2012;Etwire et al 2013). The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), ADVANCE Ghana, the International Fertilizer Development Cooperation (IFDC) are some of the organizations encouraging the use of conservation practices among crop farmers (Etwire et al, 2013;Martey et al, 2014;Dalton, Yahaya, and Naab, 2014).…”

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“…Despite the increasing interest in the promotion of CA and its practices, its rate of adoption is still low (Boahen et al, 2007;Akowuah, 2010;Dalton et al, 2014). Numerous debates are still on-going regarding its effectiveness stemming from the conflicting evidences worldwide (Giller et al, 2009;Corbeels et al, 2014;Pannell, Llewellyn, and Corbeels, 2014).…”

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Adoption of Conservation Practices: Its Impact on Input Use and Performance in the Northern Region of Ghana

Boimah¹,

Mensah‐Bonsu²,

Osei-Asare³

et al. 2018

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Conservation Agriculture (CA) is promoted worldwide on the basis of its contribution to economic, social, and environmental sustainability of agricultural production. In Ghana, despite the increasing interest in the promotion of CA and its practices, its rate of adoption is still low, mainly due to the conflicting evidences regarding its effectiveness. This paper contributes to the numerous debates by examining the impact of CA practices on hired labour, rates of inorganic fertilizers applied by adopters, maize yield, and profit of adopters. Using a cross-sectional data, a multinomial endogenous switching regression (MESR) model was employed to compute the Average Treatment Effect (ATE) and Average Treatment Effect on Treated (ATET) for yield, hired labour, inorganic fertilizer rate, and profit of adopters of CA practices. The study reveals that CA practices impact positively on hired labour employed on the farm, but have a negative impact on profits of adopters. No impact whatsoever of adoption of CA practices is observed on maize yield and also inorganic fertilizer application rates. Technical assistance, and training of farmers on strategies that minimize costs of production must be intensified to raise profits of adopters.

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Perceptions and performance of conservation agriculture practices in northwestern Ghana

Cited by 34 publications

References 9 publications

Synergies and Determinants of Sustainable Intensification Practices in Pakistani Agriculture

Synergies and Determinants of Sustainable Intensification Practices in Pakistani Agriculture

Adoption of Conservation Tillage on the Semi-Arid Loess Plateau of Northwest China

Adoption of Conservation Practices: Its Impact on Input Use and Performance in the Northern Region of Ghana

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