Farmers’ Participation in Climate Smart Agriculture Initiatives and Adoption Decisions in the Arsi and East Shewa Zones of Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries Pub Date : 2024-05-15 DOI:10.3329/ralf.v11i1.73088

Gerishu Bati Waritu, Abayomi Samuel Oyekeale

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Climate change is a major challenge to sustainable agricultural production in the world. The intricacy of the problem requires farmers’ compliance with regenerative agricultural practices that can facilitate the conservation of fragile productive systems while sustaining their productivity. Accordingly, various climate change management strategies have been promoted in Ethiopia. This paper analyzed farmers’ participation in CSA practices and the determinants of adoption in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. The data were collected during the 2020 cropping season from 420 randomly selected farmers in the Arsi (highland) and East Shewa (lowland) zones of the Oromia region. The data was analyzed with descriptive and Logit regression. The results showed that of the total thirteen climate-smart agricultural practices that were assessed, about 6 and 4 were adopted by more than 50% of the farmers in the highland and lowland, respectively. Also, 21.0% and 42.4% of respondents from highland and lowland respectively participated in CSA programs or projects. Moreover, 35.5% and 34.8% of the highland and lowland agroecology farmers respectively adopted some CSA after project participation. In highland agroecology, crop rotation, crop residual management, crop diversification, and intercropping were the mostly used practices, while crop rotation, adjustment of planting time, minimum tillage, and planning of drought-resistant varieties were mostly used by lowland agroecology farmers. Moreover, logistic regression results reveal that CSA adoption is influenced by age, education, gender, family size, credit support, experience, extension support, non-agricultural income, and livestock holding. It was concluded that adoption of CSA was low, and promotion of extension support and CSA participation experiences will facilitate adoption of some CSA practices. More importantly, extension support should focus on CSA practices that were widely used by the farmers. Res. Agric. Livest. Fish. Vol. 11, No. 1, April 2024: 79-91

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埃塞俄比亚奥罗莫地区阿尔西和东谢瓦地区农民参与气候智能型农业倡议和采纳决策的情况

气候变化是世界可持续农业生产面临的一大挑战。这一问题错综复杂，需要农民遵守再生性农业做法，以促进保护脆弱的生产系统，同时维持其生产力。因此，埃塞俄比亚推广了各种气候变化管理战略。本文分析了埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚地区农民参与 CSA 实践的情况以及采用 CSA 的决定因素。数据是在 2020 年耕种季节从奥罗米亚地区阿尔西（高地）和东谢瓦（低地）随机抽取的 420 名农民中收集的。对数据进行了描述性分析和 Logit 回归分析。结果显示，在所评估的 13 种气候智能型农业措施中，分别有 6 种和 4 种被高地和低地 50% 以上的农民采用。此外，分别有 21.0% 和 42.4% 的高地和低地受访者参与了 CSA 计划或项目。此外，分别有 35.5% 和 34.8% 的高地和低地生态农业农民在参与项目后采用了一些 CSA。在高地生态农业中，轮作、作物残留管理、作物多样化和间作是最常用的做法，而轮作、调整播种时间、最小耕作和规划抗旱品种则是低地生态农业农民最常用的做法。此外，逻辑回归结果显示，采用 CSA 受年龄、教育程度、性别、家庭规模、信贷支持、经验、推广支持、非农业收入和牲畜存栏量的影响。结论是，采用 CSA 的比例较低，推广支持和 CSA 参与经验将促进一些 CSA 实践的采用。更重要的是，推广支持应侧重于农民广泛采用的 CSA 实践。Res.Res. Agric.Fish.第 11 卷，第 1 期，2024 年 4 月：79-91

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