MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
03835nab|a22004097a|4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
66274 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
MX-TxCIM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20230818170611.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
20231s2023||||mx |||p|op||||00||0|eng|d |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
2571-581X (Online) |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
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| Standard number or code |
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1151876 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
MX-TxCIM |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Tufa, A.H. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
14336 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Analysis of adoption of conservation agriculture practices in southern Africa : |
| Remainder of title |
mixed-methods approach |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Frontiers, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2023. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Switzerland : |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Peer review |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Open Access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
In southern Africa, conservation agriculture (CA) has been promoted to address low agricultural productivity, food insecurity, and land degradation. However, despite significant experimental evidence on the agronomic and economic benefits of CA and large scale investments by the donor community and national governments, adoption rates among smallholders remain below expectation. The main objective of this research project was thus to investigate why previous efforts and investments to scale CA technologies and practices in southern Africa have not led to widespread adoption. The paper applies a multivariate probit model and other methods to survey data from 4,373 households and 278 focus groups to identify the drivers and barriers of CA adoption in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The results show that declining soil fertility is a major constraint to maize production in Zambia and Malawi, and drought/heat is more pronounced in Zimbabwe. We also find gaps between (a) awareness and adoption, (b) training and adoption, and (c) demonstration and adoption rates of CA practices in all three countries. The gaps are much bigger between awareness and adoption and much smaller between hosting demonstration and adoption, suggesting that much of the awareness of CA practices has not translated to greater adoption. Training and demonstrations are better conduits to enhance adoption than mere awareness creation. Therefore, demonstrating the applications and benefits of CA practices is critical for promoting CA practices in all countries. Besides, greater adoption of CA practices requires enhancing farmers’ access to inputs, addressing drudgery associated with CA implementation, enhancing farmers’ technical know-how, and enacting and enforcing community bylaws regarding livestock grazing and wildfires. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for policy and investments in CA promotion. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Conservation agriculture |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2619 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Climate change |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1045 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1319 |
| Geographic name |
Malawi |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4309 |
| Geographic name |
Zambia |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4496 |
| Geographic name |
Zimbabwe |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kanyamuka, J. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
10681 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Alene, A.D. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1532 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ngoma, H. |
| Field link and sequence number |
001712572 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Socioeconomics Program |
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Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15771 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Marenya, P.P. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
787 |
| Field link and sequence number |
I1705822 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Thierfelder, C. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
877 |
| Field link and sequence number |
INT2939 |
| Miscellaneous information |
Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Banda, H. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
30817 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chikoye, D. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6852 |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Title |
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Switzerland : Frontiers, 2023 |
| International Standard Serial Number |
2571-581X (Online) |
| Related parts |
v. 7, art. 1151876 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Link text |
Open Access through DSpace |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22598 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Article |
| Suppress in OPAC |
No |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |