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Book (stand-alone)Adoption and intensity of adoption of conservation farming practices in Zambia 2013
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No results found.This paper analyses the determinants of farmer adoption of conservation farming practices using panel data from two rounds of the Rural Incomes and Livelihoods Surveys that were implemented in 2004 and 2008. Conservation farming (CF) has been actively promoted in seven of Zambia’s nine provinces since the 1980s. CF has the technical potential to contribute to food security and adaptation to climate change; however, rigorous analyses of the determinants of adoption/dis-adoption of these practices , are still scarce. This paper fills this gap by combining rich panel data with historical rainfall data to understand the determinants of adoption and intensity of two CF practices: minimum/zero tillage and planting basins. Controlling for the confounding effects of household level unobservables, we find that extension services and rainfall variability are the strongest determinants of adoption, suggesting that farmers use these practices as an adaptation strategy to mitigate the negative effec ts of variable rainfall. Eastern province shows a significantly different trend in terms of both adoption and the intensity of adoption, indicating that the long-established CF activities in the province have had some impact – though high dis-adoption rates are observed even in this province. -
Poster, bannerEnhancing Adaptation Planning and Adoption of Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Palestine تعزيز قدرات التخطيط والتبني للزراعة المتكيفة مع المناخ في فلسطين
A world without hunger can be achieved by pursuing more productive, sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural development./.يمكن تحقيق عالم خال من الجوع من خلال السعي إلى تنمية زراعية أكثر إنتاجية، مستدامة، ومقاومة للمناخ
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ProjectNigeria Food Africa Project: Adopting a Backward and Forward Integration for Vegetable Value Chain Model in Kaduna State - TCP/NIR/3603 2020
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No results found.This TCP project was part of a United Nations Joint Programme ( project entitled “Technical Support to the Implementation of the Food Africa (SDG Fund Supported Joint) project”project”(UNJP/ 067 / Under this UNJP project, UN agencies and the private sector partnered to make use of the Build, Operate and Transfer ( model to support the establishment of a food processing facility to mitigate food loss in Kaduna State Significant losses on the vegetable value chain were a common occurrence in the area, particularly at the post harvest stage Aside from being an obvious waste of food, these losses also represented a similar waste of scarce resources, such as water, as well as human efforts, farm inputs, livelihoods, investments.
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