Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices
Non-adoption of soil conservation practices by farmers in low-income countries is a major obstacle to reversing soil degradation. Farmer participation in designing these practices is required to improve adoption. This study tested participatory methods which dramatically increased adoption among 115...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
1994
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| author | Ashby, Jacqueline A. Beltrán Giraldo, Jorge Alonso Guerrero, M.P. Ramos P, HF |
| author_browse | Ashby, Jacqueline A. Beltrán Giraldo, Jorge Alonso Guerrero, M.P. Ramos P, HF |
| author_facet | Ashby, Jacqueline A. Beltrán Giraldo, Jorge Alonso Guerrero, M.P. Ramos P, HF |
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| description | Non-adoption of soil conservation practices by farmers in low-income countries is a major obstacle to reversing soil degradation. Farmer participation in designing these practices is required to improve adoption. This study tested participatory methods which dramatically increased adoption among 115 participating farmers over the first year and stimulated farmer-to-farmer recommendations leading to adoption by an even larger number or farmers. Participatory evaluations were shown to predict future acceptability of optional practices to farmers. When participatory research methods are used to elicit farmers input into the design of recommendations these can help to realise the potential of many hitherto unadopted conservation practices. |
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| spelling | CGSpace716042025-11-05T17:51:26Z Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices Ashby, Jacqueline A. Beltrán Giraldo, Jorge Alonso Guerrero, M.P. Ramos P, HF soil conservation farmers innovation adoption on-farm research conservación de suelos agricultores adopción de innovaciones investigación en campo Non-adoption of soil conservation practices by farmers in low-income countries is a major obstacle to reversing soil degradation. Farmer participation in designing these practices is required to improve adoption. This study tested participatory methods which dramatically increased adoption among 115 participating farmers over the first year and stimulated farmer-to-farmer recommendations leading to adoption by an even larger number or farmers. Participatory evaluations were shown to predict future acceptability of optional practices to farmers. When participatory research methods are used to elicit farmers input into the design of recommendations these can help to realise the potential of many hitherto unadopted conservation practices. 1994 2016-02-29T17:11:46Z 2016-02-29T17:11:46Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71604 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Ashby, Jacqueline Anne; Beltrán Giraldo, Jorge Alonso; Guerrero, María del Pilar; Ramos P., Héctor Fabio. 1994. Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Hillsides AgroEcosystem Program, Cali, CO. 12 p. |
| spellingShingle | soil conservation farmers innovation adoption on-farm research conservación de suelos agricultores adopción de innovaciones investigación en campo Ashby, Jacqueline A. Beltrán Giraldo, Jorge Alonso Guerrero, M.P. Ramos P, HF Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices |
| title | Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices |
| title_full | Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices |
| title_fullStr | Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices |
| title_short | Improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices |
| title_sort | improving the acceptability to farmers of soil conservation practices |
| topic | soil conservation farmers innovation adoption on-farm research conservación de suelos agricultores adopción de innovaciones investigación en campo |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71604 |
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