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Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Under Alternative Agricultural Policy and Market Access Indicators: Evidence From Eastern and Southern Africa

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  • Marenya, Paswel
  • Kassie, Menale
  • Jaleta, Moti
  • Rahut, Dil Bahadur
  • Erenstein, Olaf

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Minimum tillage combined with mulching (MTM) are two critical components of conservation agriculture (CA) that can have important economic benefits for adopting farmers and positive environmental impacts for the community. Using a unique set of plot level, four-country data that includes household demographic and plot characteristics, this paper uses a binary probit model followed by post-estimation simulations to examine the effect of micro-level factors (plot, farmer characteristics, social capital), meso-level factors (access to markets) and national level policy variables (government input subsidy expenditures and investments in agricultural extension staffing), as predictors of MTM in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania. Key policy principles in promoting CA should clearly focus on long term strategies to aggressively invest in agricultural extension but also reduce the costs of farm inputs.

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  • Marenya, Paswel & Kassie, Menale & Jaleta, Moti & Rahut, Dil Bahadur & Erenstein, Olaf, 2015. "Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Under Alternative Agricultural Policy and Market Access Indicators: Evidence From Eastern and Southern Africa," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 212228, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaae15:212228
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.212228
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    1. Eleni Yitbarek & Wondimagegn Tesfaye, 2022. "Climate-Smart Agriculture, Non-Farm Employment and Welfare: Exploring Impacts and Options for Scaling Up," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(23), pages 1-22, November.
    2. Wondimagegn Tesfaye & Garrick Blalock & Nyasha Tirivayi, 2021. "Climate‐Smart Innovations and Rural Poverty in Ethiopia: Exploring Impacts and Pathways," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(3), pages 878-899, May.

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    Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy;

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