The role of factors affecting the adoption of environmentally friendly farming practices: can geographical context and time explain the differences emerging from …

D Mozzato, P Gatto, E Defrancesco, L Bortolini, F Pirotti… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmentally Friendly Farming Practices (EFFPs) are tools aimed at providing ecosystem
services or mitigating the environmental impacts of intensive agriculture. A large literature …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption and income effects of agricultural extension in northern Ghana

BT Anang, S Bäckman, T Sipiläinen - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
Relying on cross-sectional data from 300 smallholder rice farmers, the study examined the
effects of agricultural extension on improved rice variety adoption and farm income in …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness and adoption of land, soil and water conservation practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

N Mango, C Makate, L Tamene, P Mponela… - International Soil and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The promotion of land, soil and water conservation measures has been a widespread
development in sub-Saharan Africa in a bid to tackle degradation and improve productivity …

Innovations in smallholder agricultural financing and economic efficiency of maize production in Ghana's northern region

M Appiah-Twumasi, SA Donkoh, IGK Ansah - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
This study used PSM and the selectivity-corrected framework for stochastic frontiers to
examine how innovative agricultural finance practices of maize farmers in northern Ghana …

Adoption of soil and water conservation technology and its effect on the productivity of smallholder rice farmers in Southwest Nigeria

TO Ojo, LJS Baiyegunhi, AA Adetoro, AA Ogundeji - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
This study estimated the effect of the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) on the
productivity of 360 smallholder rice farmers in Southwest Nigeria. An endogenous switching …

[PDF][PDF] Econometric analysis of the factors that affect adoption of conservation farming practices by smallholder farmers in Zambia

J Ng'ombe, T Kalinda, G Tembo… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2014 - Citeseer
Despite the efforts to promote adoption of conservation farming (CF) by public and private
organizations, the adoption rate among Zambian smallholder farm households has been …

Do voluntary certification standards improve yields and wellbeing? Evidence from oil palm and cocoa smallholders in Ghana

DE Brako, A Richard, G Alexandros - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Cocoa and oil palm production are major agricultural activities in Ghana, contributing
substantially to the national economy and rural livelihoods. Even though smallholders …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices and its effects on productivity of smallholder maize farmers in Nigeria

A Kolapo, AJ Didunyemi, OJ Aniyi… - Resources, Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
The problem of land degradation has resulted into low agricultural productivity over the last
two decades in Nigeria thus encouraging sustainable land management practices. Thus, we …

Can social capital influence smallholder farmers' climate-change adaptation decisions? Evidence from three semi-arid communities in Burkina Faso, West Africa

TB Yaméogo, WM Fonta, T Wünscher - Social Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
This study examines the influence of farmers' social capital on their decisions to deal with
climate change and climate variability in Burkina Faso. The study is based on a household …

Does credit market inefficiency affect technology adoption? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

AH Abdallah - Agricultural Finance Review, 2016 - emerald.com
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