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022			_a1473-5903
022			_a1747-762X (Online)
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2021.1961416
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041			_aeng
100	1		_aNord, A. _938012
245	1	0	_aBarriers to sustainable intensification : _boverlooked disconnects between agricultural extension and farmer practice in maize-legume cropping systems in Tanzania
260			_aColchester (United Kingdom) : _bTaylor & Francis, _c2022.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aEffective extension systems are vital to smallholder agriculture. Education on sustainable management involves complex interactions and communication flows among information providers and practitioners. Farmer practice is often overlooked within extension knowledge systems, resulting in incompatible recommendations and barriers to sustainable agriculture. This study investigates the diversity of smallholder agricultural practices, with a focus on maize-legume systems in Tanzania, including seasonal cropping patterns and management, as well as linkages to extension recommendations and information flows. We used a mixed methods approach to assess the state of extension and farmer practice around maize-legume production in Tanzania. Household and plot-level survey data (n = 220) and focus group discussions (n = 5) and extension information was ascertained through interviews with key stakeholders (n = 12) and a survey of village-based extension advisors (n = 193). We found legume management practices were highly local. In the Southern Highlands for example, farmers produced from one to three bean crops per year, using a range of planting arrangements. Further, extension recommendations often did not take into account the varieties, fertilizer or plant spacing used by farmers. This comprehensive study of extension knowledge systems in Tanzania highlights the persistent disconnects that occur at multiple levels, acting as a barrier to sustainable intensification of smallholder farming.
546			_aText in English
650		7	_aAgricultural extension _2AGROVOC _91003
650		7	_aAgricultural Practices _2AGROVOC _91531
650		7	_aFarmers _2AGROVOC _91654
650		7	_aFarming systems _2AGROVOC _91109
650		7	_aCropping systems _2AGROVOC _91068
650		7	_aMaize _2AGROVOC _91173
650		7	_aLegumes _2AGROVOC _91963
650		7	_aSustainable intensification _2AGROVOC _91355
651		7	_aUnited Republic of Tanzania _2AGROVOC _94101
700	1		_aBekunda, M. _94435
700	1		_aMcCormack, C. _938014
700	1		_aSnapp, S.S. _8001712907 _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _97149
773	0		_tJournal of Agricultural Sustainability _gv. 20, no. 4, p. 576-594 _dColchester (United Kingdom) : Taylor & Francis, 2022. _x1473-5903 _wu95894
856	4		_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/35418
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