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The role of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
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In this paper, the authors present an analytical framework that combines both extrinsic and intrinsic factors in farmers' decisions to adopt new agricultural technologies and apply the framework to agroforestry adoption as a case study.Abstract:
Despite the great potential of agricultural innovations, the uptake by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa seems to be slow. We reviewed existing theories and frameworks for the uptake of agricultural innovations and found that these tend to emphasize the role of extrinsic factors such as the characteristics of the adopter and the external environment in the decision-making process. In this paper, we argue that intrinsic factors such as the knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of the potential adopter towards the innovation play a key role, but this has been less studied. We present an analytical framework that combines both extrinsic and intrinsic factors in farmers' decisions to adopt new agricultural technologies and apply the framework to agroforestry adoption as a case study. We review the literature on agroforestry adoption in sub-Saharan Africa and identify the extrinsic and intrinsic variables affecting the uptake of agroforestry technologies. We conclude that the uptake of agricultural tech...read more
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Strengthening and Implementing the Global Response
Heleen de Coninck,Aromar Revi,Mustafa H.M. Babiker,Paolo Bertoldi,Marcos Silveira Buckeridge,A. Cartwright,W. Dong,James D. Ford,Sabine Fuss,Jean Charles Hourcade,Debora Ley,Reinhard Mechler,Peter Newman,A. Revokatova,Seth Schultz,Linda Steg,T. Sugiyama +16 more
TL;DR: The feasibility of mitigation and adaptation options, and the enabling conditions for strengthening and implementing the systemic changes, are assessed in this article, where the authors consider the global response to warming of 1.5oC comprises transitions in land and ecosystem, energy, urban and infrastructure, and industrial systems.
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Predicting farmer uptake of new agricultural practices: a tool for research, extension and policy.
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TL;DR: Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool (ADOPT) as mentioned in this paper is a predictive quantitative model of adoption for use by those planning agricultural research, development, extension and policy, which employs a conceptual framework that incorporates a range of variables, including variables related to economics, risk, environmental outcomes, farmer networks, characteristics of the farm and the farmer.
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Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production
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Tree planting by smallholder farmers in Malawi: Using the theory of planned behaviour to examine the relationship between attitudes and behaviour
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Analysis of the ecological conservation behavior of farmers in payment for ecosystem service programs in eco-environmentally fragile areas using social psychology models
TL;DR: The drivers of attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control can be used by policy makers to direct farmers' intention and behavior toward conserving ecological achievements in fragile eco-environmentally areas through PES programs, and this strategy can improve the sustainability of ecological and environmental restoration programs.
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