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Tryout and (Dis)adoption of conservation agriculture. Evidence from Western Madagascar

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  • Hanitriniaina Mamy Razafimahatratra

    (FOFIFA/CENRADERU/DRFP - Centre national de recherches appliquées au developpement rural)

  • Céline Bignebat

    (SADAPT - Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Hélène David-Benz

    (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Cirad-ES - Département Environnements et Sociétés - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement)

  • Jean-François Bélières

    (UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Cirad-ES - Département Environnements et Sociétés - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement)

  • Eric Penot

    (UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Cirad-ES - Département Environnements et Sociétés - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement)

Abstract

Conservation agriculture has been promoted in sub-Saharan Africa to address land degradation, which jeopardizes farmers' livelihoods. However, the low adoption rate of this technology raises the question of its suitability for smallholders. The aim of this study is to assess the factors influencing the tryout and disadoption of conservation agriculture thanks to a qualitative and econometric analysis. The Sustainable Rural Livelihoods framework is used to structure the analysis. Drawing on primary data collected from farmers in Western Madagascar, our model shows the adoption of the technology as a two-step process encompassing the tryout and disadoption. Our findings show a high tryout rate of CA - 56 % of the whole sample tried out CA - and also a high disadoption rate thereafter - 80 % of farmers who tried out CA later disadopted. We conclude that monetary poverty (financial capital) and agricultural work (social capital) decrease the likelihood a farmer will try out CA. The results also highlight that the longer the farmers receive CA technical support (human/social capital), the less likely they disadopt CA. The availability of upland areas (natural capital) influences farmers' decisions both to try out CA and to adopt the technology thereafter. To tackle the problem of land degradation in this area, it is important to tailor conservation agriculture technology and its accompanying measures to the diversity of farm characteristics. Moreover, technical changes and farmers' innovations need to be supported for a longer period.

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  • Hanitriniaina Mamy Razafimahatratra & Céline Bignebat & Hélène David-Benz & Jean-François Bélières & Eric Penot, 2021. "Tryout and (Dis)adoption of conservation agriculture. Evidence from Western Madagascar," Post-Print hal-03520358, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03520358
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104929
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    JEL classification:

    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation

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