L. T. Lejissa, Feyera Senbeta Wakjira, A. A. Tanga, Tesfaye Zeleke Etalemahu
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摘要
本研究从土壤管理的角度考察了埃塞俄比亚西南部两个半干旱地区的小农户采用保护性农业(CA)的决策。该分析基于对玉米/高粱/聚四氟乙烯混合种植区392名户主的调查 + Derashe区的辣木和玉米/tef + Arba Minch Zuriya区农业系统中的香蕉果树。选择了两组实行不同土地管理的小农户,即保护性农业和传统耕作。使用二元逻辑回归模型来回答决定小农户最初决定采用CA的因素问题。9个解释变量,包括户主年龄、正规教育水平、家庭规模、总土地持有面积(公顷)、热带畜牧单位拥有的牲畜规模、农业经验、年净收入 + 多年生作物、开发机构提供的推广服务以及缺乏小规模灌溉都包括在分析中。研究结果显示,与CA实践家庭相比,非实践群体的教育程度、农田保有量和牲畜数量都较高。年龄、受教育程度、总牲畜饲养量和年净收入增加的家庭不太可能实施CA。然而,随着推广服务的增加和缺乏小规模灌溉,CA的实施决定很高。尽管采用Targa na Potayta覆盖技术的CA在Derashe地区是一种古老的做法,但推广服务的影响在将知识推广到年轻的小农户方面具有不可或缺的好处。
Smallholders' Conservation Agriculture Adoption Decision in Arba Minch and Derashe Districts of Southwestern Ethiopia
This study examines smallholder farmers’ conservation agriculture (CA) adoption decisions from a soil management perspective in two semiarid areas of southwestern Ethiopia. The analysis was based on a survey of 392 household heads in each of the mixed maize/sorghum/teff + Moringa stenopetala of Derashe district and maize/teff + banana fruit tree in Arba Minch Zuriya district farming systems. Two groups of smallholders that practice different land management, i.e., conservation agriculture and conventional tillage, were selected. A binary logistic regression model was used to answer the question of factors that determine smallholders’ initial decision to adopt CA. Nine explanatory variables including the age of the household head, level of formal education, family size, size of total landholding in hectares, size of livestock owned in the tropical livestock unit, farming experience, net income from annual + perennial crops, provided extension service by development agents, and lack of access to small-scale irrigation were included in the analysis. The study result revealed that nonpracticing groups have higher schooling, farmland holding, and livestock relative to CA-practicing households. Households with increasing age, schooling, total livestock holding, and higher net per annum income were less likely to practice CA. However, the CA practicing decision was high with an increase in extension service and lack of access to small-scale irrigation. Though CA with the Targa-na-Potayta mulching technique is an age-old practice in the Derashe area, the impact of extension service has indispensable benefits in extending the knowledge to younger smallholders.
期刊介绍:
Applied and Environmental Soil Science is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes research and review articles in the field of soil science. Its coverage reflects the multidisciplinary nature of soil science, and focuses on studies that take account of the dynamics and spatial heterogeneity of processes in soil. Basic studies of the physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of soil, innovations in soil analysis, and the development of statistical tools will be published. Among the major environmental issues addressed will be: -Pollution by trace elements and nutrients in excess- Climate change and global warming- Soil stability and erosion- Water quality- Quality of agricultural crops- Plant nutrition- Soil hydrology- Biodiversity of soils- Role of micro- and mesofauna in soil