This paper reviews Ethiopia's experience and research progress in past soil and water
conservation (SWC) efforts and suggests possible solutions for improvement. Although …

In the last decades, a growing scholarship has outlined the crucial role of social networks as
a source of resilience. However, with regard to the Global South, the role of social networks …

This paper examines the impacts of access to extension services and cooperative
membership on technology adoption, asset ownership and poverty using household-level …

Many developing countries grapple with high rates of farmland degradation and low
agricultural productivity amidst increasing climate variability. Considerable efforts have been …

The study proposes an agent-based model to investigate how adoption of climate smart
agriculture (CSA) affects food security. The analysis investigates the role of social and …

This paper examines the determinants of participation in an outsourced extension programs
and its impact of smallholder farmers' net farm income in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South …

Sustainable agrarian development has emerged as a key agenda in many recent global
development dialogues, owing to its intimate links with rural development. Agrarian …

Institutional credit and extension services are critical inputs that can reduce scaling
challenges in agricultural development interventions if accessed by farmers. Using …

Water hyacinth has been progressively advanced in Lake Tana since 2011 and covered
vast areas of the lakeshore. The aim of this study was to assess how the lakeshore covered …

Macro and micro institutions have received considerable attention from institutional theory in
the analysis of organizational performance. The role played by meso-institutions has hardly …