加纳北部小农大豆种植者采用接种剂技术的预测因素:对土壤肥力管理的影响

IF 5.4 Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Agriculture and Food Security Pub Date : 2023-10-02 DOI:10.1186/s40066-023-00435-3

Benjamin Tetteh Anang, Gilbert Dagunga, Martin Bosompem

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摘要

以接种剂为基础，将大气氮注入豆科作物根瘤，提高作物产量，是一种环保经济的改善土壤肥力状况的方法。尽管研究机构采取措施向农民介绍基于接种剂的技术，但加纳小农对这些技术的采用并没有得到很好的记录。因此，本研究试图通过横断面数据和双栏模型，调查加纳北部小规模大豆生产者采用接种剂技术的农民特征、农场层面、投入和制度层面的决定因素。该研究确定了接种剂采用的主要驱动因素为农民的年龄、性别、教育程度、家庭规模、农用化学品采用、土壤肥力状况、推广联系、农民团体成员和参与非农工作。采用强度(以每公顷接种剂支出表示)受到家庭规模、大豆生产专业化程度、农用化学品采用、耕作成本、养牛和参与非农工作的显著影响。结果表明，采用孕育剂技术的决策和采用强度受到不同变量集的影响。改善小农获得农业推广的机会和促进农民团体的参与有望促进接种技术的采用，从而促进粮食豆科作物的生产。

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Predictors of inoculant-based technology adoption by smallholder soybean farmers in northern Ghana: implications for soil fertility management

Abstract Inoculant-based technologies are environmentally friendly and economic ways to improve soil fertility status by incorporating atmospheric nitrogen into root nodules of leguminous crops to increase crop yield. The uptake of inoculant-based technologies by smallholder farmers in Ghana is not well documented despite measures by research institutions to introduce these technologies to farmers. This study therefore sought to investigate the farmer characteristics, farm-level, input and institutional-level determinants of inoculant-based technology adoption by small-scale soybean producers in Northern Ghana, relying on cross-sectional data and double-hurdle modelling. This study identified the main drivers of inoculant adoption as farmers’ age, sex, educational status, household size, agrochemicals adoption, soil fertility status, extension contact, farmer group membership and participation in off-farm work. Intensity of adoption, expressed as expenditure per hectare on inoculants was significantly influenced by household size, degree of specialization in soybean production, agrochemicals adoption, cost of ploughing, cattle ownership and participation in off-farm work. The results showed that the decision to adopt inoculant technology and the intensity of adoption are influenced by different sets of variables. Improving smallholders’ access to agricultural extension and promoting participation in farmer groups are expected to enhance inoculant technology adoption to promote grain legume production.

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Agriculture and Food Security Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science

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期刊介绍： Agriculture & Food Security is a peer-reviewed open access journal that addresses the challenge of global food security. It publishes articles within the field of food security research, with a particular focus on research that may inform more sustainable agriculture and food systems that better address local, regional, national and/or global food and nutritional insecurity. The journal considers cutting-edge contributions across the breadth of relevant academic disciplines, including agricultural, ecological, environmental, nutritional, and socio-economic sciences, public health and policy. The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to: -Agricultural and environmental sciences, including genetics and systems ecology- Animal husbandry, fisheries science and plant science- Global change, biodiversity, climatology and abiotic stresses- Food technology and balancing agricultural outputs across food, feed, fibre and fuel- Economics, information sciences and decision theory- Strategies for the implementation of new policies and practices- Public health in relation to the condition of food and nutritional security. The pioneering advances in research reported in Agriculture & Food Security have far reaching implications both for the developing world and for sustainability in the developed world. The published articles are accessible not only to researchers, but are also of special interest to the wider community of farmers, development and public health workers, policy makers and the general public.