Data Descriptor: Smart subsidies for catchment conservation in Malawi
| dc.creator | Bell, Andrew Reid | |
| dc.creator | Ward, Patrick S. | |
| dc.creator | Mapemba, Lawrence | |
| dc.creator | Nyirenda, Zephania | |
| dc.creator | Msukwa, Wupe | |
| dc.creator | Kenamu, Edwin | |
| dc.date | 2018-07-23 | |
| dc.date | 2024-06-21T09:08:30Z | |
| dc.date | 2024-06-21T09:08:30Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T15:10:17Z | |
| dc.description | Conservation agriculture (CA) is a management paradigm in which soil is covered outside of cropping seasons, minimally disturbed, and recharged with nitrogen-fixing legumes. Finding effective ways to encourage CA is a centuries-old problem playing out acutely today in Sub-Saharan Africa. To better understand this issue, we have collected data on rural livelihoods and CA adoption during a two-year intervention in southern Malawi. The intervention evaluated rates of CA adoption under two different structures of payment and three levels of monitoring. The dataset includes a baseline and endline survey covering 1,900 households, along with surveys conducted with participants opting into the intervention. Baseline and endline questions included modules on farm-level inputs and production at the plot-crop level; plot characteristics; household composition and assets; savings, loans, and other sources of income; neighborhood characteristics; and perceptions regarding CA. Registration questionnaires in the intervention included detailed assessments of recent production in plots being registered to the intervention, and basic information for all other plots; and basic information on household structure and assets. | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146729 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/96640 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | Bell, Andrew Reid; Ward, Patrick S.; Mapemba, Lawrence; Nyirenda, Zephania; Msukwa, Wupe; and Kenamu, Edwin. 2018. Data Descriptor: Smart subsidies for catchment conservation in Malawi. Scientific Data 5: 180113 https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.113 | |
| dc.subject | crops | |
| dc.subject | conservation agriculture | |
| dc.subject | baseline studies | |
| dc.subject | livelihoods | |
| dc.subject | subsidies | |
| dc.title | Data Descriptor: Smart subsidies for catchment conservation in Malawi | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |