Agroecological dimension of sustainable intensification technologies adoption in northern Ghana

Kód výsledku v 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>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60460709:41340/24:N0000011

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Agroecological dimension of sustainable intensification technologies adoption in northern Ghana

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Agroecological dimension of sustainable intensification technologies adoption in northern Ghana

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

40100 - Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Cogent Food & Agriculture

ISSN

2331-1932

e-ISSN

2331-1932

Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1.0

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

1-15

Kód UT WoS článku

001175456400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85186453864