Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania

Ensuring nutritionally adequate food supply in Africa south of the Sahara requires the sustainable intensification (SI) of its agricultural sector, especially in the face of expected population growth and climatic changes. In turn, this necessitates expanding the suite of integrated technological op...

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Main Authors: Haile, Beliyou, Cox, Cindy M., Azzarri, Carlo, Koo, Jawoo
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146255
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author Haile, Beliyou
Cox, Cindy M.
Azzarri, Carlo
Koo, Jawoo
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description Ensuring nutritionally adequate food supply in Africa south of the Sahara requires the sustainable intensification (SI) of its agricultural sector, especially in the face of expected population growth and climatic changes. In turn, this necessitates expanding the suite of integrated technological options at hand. Using primary data from Tanzania, this study examines the correlates and likely determinants of the adoption of six SI practices (SIPs)‒improved cultivars, cereal-legume intercropping, crop rotation, organic fertilizer, contour ploughing, and leguminous trees. Adoption is examined across different farm types we develop addressing five SI domains‒productivity, environmental sustainability, social sustainability, economic sustainability, and human wellbeing. Multivariate and ordered probit models are estimated to examine the correlates of adoption of individual SIPs as well as adoption intensity, the latter measured by the count of SIPs applied per plot.
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spelling CGSpace1462552025-11-06T07:17:20Z Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania Haile, Beliyou Cox, Cindy M. Azzarri, Carlo Koo, Jawoo contour cultivation economic development legumes sustainability typology intensification innovation adoption intercropping organic fertilizers farms agricultural development crop rotation probit analysis sustainable agriculture Ensuring nutritionally adequate food supply in Africa south of the Sahara requires the sustainable intensification (SI) of its agricultural sector, especially in the face of expected population growth and climatic changes. In turn, this necessitates expanding the suite of integrated technological options at hand. Using primary data from Tanzania, this study examines the correlates and likely determinants of the adoption of six SI practices (SIPs)‒improved cultivars, cereal-legume intercropping, crop rotation, organic fertilizer, contour ploughing, and leguminous trees. Adoption is examined across different farm types we develop addressing five SI domains‒productivity, environmental sustainability, social sustainability, economic sustainability, and human wellbeing. Multivariate and ordered probit models are estimated to examine the correlates of adoption of individual SIPs as well as adoption intensity, the latter measured by the count of SIPs applied per plot. 2017 2024-06-21T09:06:21Z 2024-06-21T09:06:21Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146255 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80786 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147425 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147896 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292949_04 application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Haile, Beliyou; Cox, Cindy M.; Azzarri, Carlo; and Koo, Jawoo. 2017. Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1696. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146255
spellingShingle contour cultivation
economic development
legumes
sustainability
typology
intensification
innovation adoption
intercropping
organic fertilizers
farms
agricultural development
crop rotation
probit analysis
sustainable agriculture
Haile, Beliyou
Cox, Cindy M.
Azzarri, Carlo
Koo, Jawoo
Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania
title Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania
title_full Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania
title_fullStr Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania
title_short Adoption of sustainable intensification practices: Evidence from maize-legume farming systems in Tanzania
title_sort adoption of sustainable intensification practices evidence from maize legume farming systems in tanzania
topic contour cultivation
economic development
legumes
sustainability
typology
intensification
innovation adoption
intercropping
organic fertilizers
farms
agricultural development
crop rotation
probit analysis
sustainable agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146255
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