Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia

Using a household and plot-level survey conducted in Ethiopia, this study analyzes the difference in farmers’ adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices between their rainfed and irrigated plots. The paper also investigates the varying influence of different types of irrigation water ma...

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Autores principales: Bekele, Rahel Deribe, Mirzabaev, Alisher, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142774
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author Bekele, Rahel Deribe
Mirzabaev, Alisher
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
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description Using a household and plot-level survey conducted in Ethiopia, this study analyzes the difference in farmers’ adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices between their rainfed and irrigated plots. The paper also investigates the varying influence of different types of irrigation water management systems and associated irrigation technologies on the adoption of SLM practices in irrigated plots. After controlling for heterogeneity among different irrigation water management systems and technologies, we found that access to irrigation play major role in enhancing farmers’ motivation to adopt more SLM practices. Furthermore, the combined effect of irrigation water management system and irrigation technology on type and number of SLM practices adopted is quite varied and very significant. The evidence highlights that farmers adopt more SLM practices in their plots with pump irrigation compared to those plots where gravity irrigation is applied because pump irrigation systems enhance complementarities with SLM practices. Finally, the findings underscore that the type of irrigation water management and the irrigation technology applied play an important role in restoring degraded lands and maintaining soil fertility, even when farmers’ adoption of irrigation was not explicitly triggered by concerns for soil health.
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spelling CGSpace1427742025-12-08T10:11:39Z Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia Bekele, Rahel Deribe Mirzabaev, Alisher Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework water management sustainable land management technology households water conservation capacity development irrigation soil conservation farms rural areas Using a household and plot-level survey conducted in Ethiopia, this study analyzes the difference in farmers’ adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices between their rainfed and irrigated plots. The paper also investigates the varying influence of different types of irrigation water management systems and associated irrigation technologies on the adoption of SLM practices in irrigated plots. After controlling for heterogeneity among different irrigation water management systems and technologies, we found that access to irrigation play major role in enhancing farmers’ motivation to adopt more SLM practices. Furthermore, the combined effect of irrigation water management system and irrigation technology on type and number of SLM practices adopted is quite varied and very significant. The evidence highlights that farmers adopt more SLM practices in their plots with pump irrigation compared to those plots where gravity irrigation is applied because pump irrigation systems enhance complementarities with SLM practices. Finally, the findings underscore that the type of irrigation water management and the irrigation technology applied play an important role in restoring degraded lands and maintaining soil fertility, even when farmers’ adoption of irrigation was not explicitly triggered by concerns for soil health. 2021-09-08 2024-05-22T12:11:02Z 2024-05-22T12:11:02Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142774 en https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2021.1936465 Open Access John Wiley & Sons Bekele, Rahel Deribe; Mirzabaev, Alisher; and Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework. Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia. Land Degradation and Development 32(17): 5052-5068. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4091
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sustainable land management
technology
households
water conservation
capacity development
irrigation
soil conservation
farms
rural areas
Bekele, Rahel Deribe
Mirzabaev, Alisher
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
title Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
title_full Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
title_fullStr Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
title_short Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
title_sort adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of ethiopia
topic water management
sustainable land management
technology
households
water conservation
capacity development
irrigation
soil conservation
farms
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142774
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