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Do farmers’ socioeconomic status determine the adoption of conservation agriculture? An empirical evidence from Eastern and Southern Regions of Cameroon

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Title Do farmers’ socioeconomic status determine the adoption of conservation agriculture? An empirical evidence from Eastern and Southern Regions of Cameroon
 
Creator Ngaiwi, Mary E.
Molua, Ernest L.
Sonwa, Denis J.
Meliko, Majory O.
Bomdzele, Eric J.
Ayuk, Justine E.
Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos
Latala, Mathunin M.
 
Subject agricultural development
conservation agriculture
natural resources
livestock
desarrollo agrícola
agricultura de conservación
recursos naturales
ganadería
agenda 2063
 
Description The African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Malabo Declaration recognize agricultural development as one of the most effective means of combating extreme poverty. Conservation Agriculture Practices (CAP) have been asserted to have the potential to boost agricultural output, improve livelihood and contribute to the conservation of natural resources. This study thus seeks to advance knowledge about Conversation Agriculture by assessing the factors determining the adoption and intensity of CAP among Cameroon’s smallholder farmers. Data collected from 351 farmers in the South and East regions of Cameroon were used to study the social, economic, ecological and biophysical factors that determine the adoption of CAP. The study considered agroforestry, intercropping, crop rotation, cover crop, mulching, and zero-tillage as the CAP under investigation. According to the multivariate probit analysis employed, the results showed that gender, age, family size, extension services, use of modern farm technology, distance from house to farm, livestock owned, and infertile soil all significantly influenced CAP adoption. Results on adoption intensity revealed that gender, distance from house to farm, and the number of livestock owned were critical drivers of CAP adoption intensity. Promoting the adoption of CAP, policymakers and concerned stakeholders should consider farmer, institutional, socio-economic, ecological, biophysical aspects as well as relational values. However, already existing extension services need to be improved upon.
 
Date 2023-03
2023-01-03T08:19:51Z
2023-01-03T08:19:51Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ngaiwi, M.E.; Molua, E.L.; Sonwa, D.J.; Meliko, M.O.; Bomdzele, E.J.; Ayuk, J.E.; Castro-Nunez, A.; Latala, M.M. (2023) Do farmers’ socioeconomic status determine the adoption of conservation agriculture? An empirical evidence from Eastern and Southern Regions of Cameroon. Scientific African 19: e01498 12 p. ISSN: 2468-2276
2468-2276
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126468
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01498
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 12 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Scientific African