Economic valuation of organic and clay-based soil amendments in small-scale agriculture in Lao PDR

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dc.creatorMekuria, Wolde
dc.creatorGetnet, Kindie
dc.creatorNoble, A.D.
dc.creatorHoanh, Chu Thai
dc.creatorMcCartney, Matthew P.
dc.creatorLangan, Simon J.
dc.date2013-08
dc.date2014-07-25T11:40:43Z
dc.date2014-07-25T11:40:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:44:11Z
dc.descriptionAt a farm level, economic returns are the single most important attributes that drive farmers to adopt agricultural technologies. This study was carried out at the Naphok and Veunkham villages, Lao PDR,to evaluate the yield response of a maize mono-cropping system to soil amendments and analyze the economic return of such interventions. The amendments were rice husk biochar, bentonite clay, compost, clay-manure compost, and rice husk biochar compost, in isolation and in various combinations. Over a period of two cropping seasons (2011-2012),the enhancement of maize yield due to soil amendments ranged from0.77 to 3.79tha-1 at Naphok and from 1.21 to 5.14tha-1 at Veunkham, resulting in net revenues ranging from -794 to 841 and -331 to 1391 US$ha-1 , respectively. Soils amended with low-cost amendments such as compost, rice husk biochar, rice husk biochar compost, and clay-manure compost were economically viable within the first cropping season. In contrast, soils amended with higher-cost amendments such as bentonite clay requires up to five years to be economically viable. Such variations indicate that taking into account maize yield revenues only does not provide sufficient incentives to farmers to adopt higher-cost soil amendments conclude that there is a possibility to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and improve the income of smallholders using locally available low-cost soil amendments. Our findings provide important information for decision makers to promote the adoption of low-cost soil amendments, and,thereby,to contribute to productivity growth and food security through sustainable intensification.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/41777
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/164076
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceMekuria, Wolde; Getnet, Kindie; Noble, Andrew; Hoanh, Chu Thai; McCartney, Matthew; Langan, Simon. 2013. Economic valuation of organic and clay-based soil amendments in small-scale agriculture in Lao PDR. Field Crops Research, 149(1):379-389. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2013.05.026
dc.subjectsoil amendments
dc.subjecteconomic value
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectfarming systems
dc.subjectcrop yield
dc.subjectseasonality
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectrain
dc.subjectsensitivity analysis
dc.subjectcost benefit analysis
dc.titleEconomic valuation of organic and clay-based soil amendments in small-scale agriculture in Lao PDR
dc.typeJournal Article

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