Chinseu, EL, Stringer, LC orcid.org/0000-0003-0017-1654 and Dougill, AJ orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-8228 (2019) An Empirically Derived Conceptual Framework to Assess Dis-Adoption of Conservation Agriculture: Multiple Drivers and Institutional Deficiencies. Journal of Sustainable Development, 12 (5). pp. 48-64. ISSN 1913-9063
Abstract
Efforts of national governments and international agencies aimed at alleviating hunger and poverty are often undermined by lack of long-term adoption of agricultural innovations. Studies commonly explain farmers’ adoption decisions using household general determinants, yet decision-making, particularly for under-resourced smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, is a complex process. Using the case of conservation agriculture [CA], this article analyses dis-adoption of agricultural technologies by examining multiple domains of Malawi’s CA innovation system and how these influence farmer decision-making. It analyses institutional arrangements of CA promoters, national policies and farmers’ experiences. From this, we empirically derive a multifaceted dis-adoption drivers’ framework to explain CA dis-adoption in smallholder farming systems. Our findings reveal that adverse features in national policies, institutional arrangements, technological attributes and social cultural dimensions all lead to unfavourable experiences of CA for smallholder farmers, which can culminate in dis-adoption. The CA dis-adoption drivers’ framework we develop in this study provides a useful troubleshooting tool. It can be used to guide improvements in the design and implementation of project-based interventions seeking long-term adoption of agricultural innovations across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | climate smart agriculture; extension; farming systems; innovation systems; land management; Malawi; policy; stakeholder analysis; sustainable intensification |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BBSRC BB/P027784/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2019 13:50 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2019 15:48 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Canadian Center of Science and Education |
Identification Number: | 10.5539/jsd.v12n5p48 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151147 |