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024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0635-5
040			_aMX-TxCIM
041			_aeng
100	1		_9789 _aAddis Teshome Kebede _gGlobal Maize Program _8I1705926
245	1	0	_aHousehold-level determinants of soil and water conservation adoption phases : _bevidence from North-Western Ethiopian Highlands
260			_aUSA: _bSpringer, _c2016.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aSoil and water conservation (SWC) practices have been promoted in the highlands of Ethiopia during the last four decades. However, the level of adoption of SWC practices varies greatly. This paper examines the drivers of different stages of adoption of SWC technologies in the north-western highlands of Ethiopia. This study is based on a detailed farm survey among 298 households in three watersheds. Simple descriptive statistics were applied to analyze the stages of adoption. An ordered probit model was used to analyze the drivers of different stages of adoption of SWC. This model is used to analyze more than two outcomes of an ordinal dependent variable. The results indicate that sampled households are found in different phases of adoption, i.e., dis-adoption/non-adoption (18.5 %), initial adoption (30.5 %), actual adoption (20.1 %), and final adoption (30.9 %). The results of the ordered probit model show that some socio-economic and institutional factors affect the adoption phases of SWC differently. Farm labor, parcel size, ownership of tools, training in SWC, presence of SWC program, social capital (e.g., cooperation with adjacent farm owners), labor sharing scheme, and perception of erosion problem have a significant positive influence on actual and final adoption phases of SWC. In addition, the final adoption phase of SWC is positively associated with tenure security, cultivated land sizes, parcel slope, and perception on SWC profitability. Policy makers should take into consideration factors affecting (continued) adoption of SWC such as profitability, tenure security, social capital, technical support, and resource endowments (e.g., tools and labor) when designing and implementing SWC policies and programs.
526			_aMCRP _bFP1
526			_aWC _cFP1
536			_aGlobal Maize Program
536			_aSocioeconomics Program
591			_bCIMMYT Informa No. 1960
594			_aI1705926
594			_aINT3096
650		7	_92273 _aSoil conservation _2AGROVOC
650		7	_92274 _aWater conservation _2AGROVOC
651		7	_97944 _aEthiopian _2AGROVOC _xRegion
700	1		_92275 _aGraaff, J.
700	1		_9890 _aKassie, M. _gSocioeconomics Program _8INT3096
773	0		_wu96713 _x1432-1009 (Revista en electrónico) _dSpringer -Verlag KG Heidelberg, 1977 _tEnvironmental Management _gv. 57, no. 3, p. 620-636
856	4		_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10883/16836
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