Smallholder farmers' adoption of vegetable production technologies in Babati District, Tanzania
Agricultural technologies have boosted crop yield increases and household incomes, particularly, during the Green Revolution in Asia and some parts of Sub-Sahara Africa.
However, adoption of yield enhancing technologies in the vegetable subsector is still low, particularly within smallholder farms.
The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) has tested and promoted the adoption of external low-input strategies such as 1) using good elite seeds and healthy vegetable seedlings; 2) inorganic fertilizers; 3) good agronomic practices GAP (i.e., mulching, timely weeding, timely planting, organic manure application, intercropping, crop rotation, etc.); 4) integrated pest management IPM (cultural, chemical control and biological-using trap crops). Based on a sampled survey of 310 farm households from five villages, we used both qualitative and quantitative methods to describe the dynamics of farmers adoption of vegetable technologies and analyse factors influencing technology choice in Babati District located in the Manyara region, Tanzania.
Findings show that farmers adopt technologies that are convenient to them and the decision to apply them is influenced by various socio-economic factors.
We therefore provide policy-related recommendations that current and future technology scaling programs may consider to increase the adoption and sustainable use of vegetable production technologies among smallholder farmers to address food and nutrition insecurity challenges in developing countries.
Ochieng, J., Afari-Sefa, V., Lukumay, P., Muthoni, F., Gramzow, A. and Dominic, I. (2019). Smallholder farmers' adoption of vegetable production technologies in Babati District, Tanzania. Acta Hortic. 1255, 197-202
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1255.31
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1255.31
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1255.31
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1255.31
adoption, yields, multivariate probit, smallholders, Tanzania
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1255_31
197-202
- Division Temperate Tree Fruits
- Division Vine and Berry Fruits
- Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts
- Division Ornamental Plants
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Commission Banana
- Division Horticulture for Development
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Plant Genetic Resources and Biotechnology
- Division Physiology and Plant-Environment Interactions of Horticultural Crops in Field Systems