Minimum tillage combined with mulching (MTM) is critical to conservation agriculture, yet its use by smallholder … farmers raises challenging questions regarding adoption, diffusion and scaling at farm level. In this paper, we used probit … predictors of MTM adoption in four countries spanning a north-south gradient in eastern and southern Africa (ESA): Ethiopia …

Minimum tillage combined with mulching (MTM) is critical to conservation agriculture, yet its use by smallholder … farmers raises challenging questions regarding adoption, diffusion and scaling at farm level. In this paper, we used probit … predictors of MTM adoption in four countries spanning a north-south gradient in eastern and southern Africa (ESA): Ethiopia …

need for a full understanding of their potential for diffusion and the barriers to adoption. We apply a program evaluation … technique to data obtained from Tanzania to derive estimates of the actual and potential adoption rates of improved pigeonpea … varieties which consequently restricted the sample adoption rate of improved varieties to only 19%. The potential adoption rate …

investigate factors that influence adoption of these practices and to use this knowledge to formulate policies that encourage … tillage and compost. While there is heterogeneity with regard to the factors that influence the choice to use either tillage … characteristics on adoption decisions. In particular, we found that poverty and access to information, among other factors, impact the …

influence adoption of these practices and use this knowledge to formulate policies that encourage adoption.<p> … agricultural productivity. In this paper we use plot-level data from the semi-arid region of Ethiopia, Tigray, to investigate the … conservation tillage and compost. While there is heterogeneity with regards to factors influencing the choice to use either …

This paper analyzes the adoption and welfare impacts of improved maize varieties in eastern Zambia using data obtained …, the paper shows that adoption of improved maize leads to significant gains in crop incomes, consumption expenditure, and … Zambia. The paper concludes with implications for policies to promote adoption and impacts of modern varieties in Zambia. …

paper examines smallholder farmers’ knowledge, adoption and intensity of use of improved maize varieties in the country … variety knowledge, adoption, intensity of maize area under improved varieties at a household level, and type of maize seed … traders known in villages) affect the number of improved maize varieties known to farmers, their adoption and intensity of …