Agroecological dimension of sustainable intensification technologies adoption in northern Ghana
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F24%3A100336" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/24:100336 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41340/24:N0000011
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2024.2321677" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2024.2321677</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2024.2321677" target="_blank" >10.1080/23311932.2024.2321677</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Agroecological dimension of sustainable intensification technologies adoption in northern Ghana
Original language description
Adopting sustainable intensification technologies improves the productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of small farm households; however, their adoption remains disproportionately low. Although soil, climate and vegetative cover are important factors in determining the viability of sustainable intensification technologies in agronomic trials or field experiments, they are rarely considered in socio-economic analyses of smallholder adoption decisions. Using agroecological zones as proxies for similar soil, climate, and vegetation conditions in two agroecological zones in northern Ghana, we examined their effects on smallholder farmers' decisions to adopt sustainable intensification technologies. We applied a multistage sampling technique to obtain data from 461 small farm households in the Sudan savannah and Guinea savannah agroecological zones. We observed a statistically significant difference in the covariates of adopters and non-adopters of sustainable intensification technologies in terms of age (6.389, p < 0.010), education (0.106, p < 0.010), group membership (0.648, p < 0.010), access to extension services (1.274, p < 0.010) and access to credit (GH cent 52.436, p < 0.010). The odds of sustainable intensification technologies adoption depend on age, number of agricultural extension visits, group or farmer-based organisation membership, education and agroecological factors (2.140, p < 0.050). The study provides an opportunity for future research to consider the inclusion of farm-level measurement of agroecological variables in explaining the adoption behaviour of small farm households.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40100 - Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Cogent Food & Agriculture
ISSN
2331-1932
e-ISSN
2331-1932
Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1.0
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1-15
UT code for WoS article
001175456400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85186453864