Understanding compliance in programs promoting conservation agriculture: Modeling a case study in Malawi

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dc.creatorWard, Patrick S.
dc.creatorBell, Andrew R.
dc.creatorDroppelmann, Klaus
dc.creatorBenton, Tim
dc.date2016-05-13
dc.date2024-06-21T09:25:02Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:25:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:21:25Z
dc.descriptionLand degradation and soil erosion have emerged as serious challenges to smallholder farmers throughout southern Africa. To combat these challenges, conservation agriculture (CA) is widely promoted as a sustainable package of agricultural practices. Despite the many potential benefits of CA, however, adoption remains low. Yet relatively little is known about the decision-making process in choosing to adopt CA. This article attempts to fill this important knowledge gap by studying CA adoption in southern Malawi. Unlike what is implicitly assumed when these packages of practices are introduced, farmers view adoption as a series of independent decisions rather than a single decision. Yet the adoption decisions are not wholly independent. We find strong evidence of interrelated decisions, particularly among mulching crop residues and practicing zero tillage, suggesting that mulching residues and intercropping or rotating with legumes introduces a multiplier effect on the adoption of zero tillage.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148558
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102011
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149502
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148443
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146215
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceWard, Patrick S.; Bell, Andrew R.; Droppelmann, Klaus; and Benton, Tim. 2016. Understanding compliance in programs promoting conservation agriculture: Modeling a case study in Malawi. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1530. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148558
dc.subjectland management
dc.subjecttechnology adoption
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectconservation agriculture
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectland degradation
dc.subjectprobit analysis
dc.subjectsoil erosion
dc.subjectzero tillage
dc.titleUnderstanding compliance in programs promoting conservation agriculture: Modeling a case study in Malawi
dc.typeWorking Paper

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