Adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices in Ghana
Sustainable agricultural intensification requires the use of multiple agricultural technologies in an integrated manner to enhance productivity while conserving the natural resource base. This study analyses the adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) using a dataset fro...
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| author | Bekele Hundie Kotu Arega Alene Victor Manyong Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon Asamoah Larbi |
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| description | Sustainable agricultural intensification requires the use of multiple agricultural technologies in an integrated manner to enhance productivity while conserving the natural resource base. This study analyses the adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) using a dataset from Ghana. A multivariate probit (MVP) model was estimated to assess the adoption of multiple SIPs. Moreover, we used a multivalued semi-parametric treatment effect (MVTE) model to estimate the effects of adopting multiple SIPs on maize productivity. The MVP model results show, among others, that access to market, capital, and information/knowledge would enhance the adoption of SIPs. The MVTE model results show that a higher number of SIPs is associated with higher productivity which is more visible when commercial inputs are used in combination with cultural practices. These results have the following policy implications. First, they imply that good rural infrastructure and agricultural services such as rural road network, village-level input delivery system, input credit, and multiple information/knowledge sharing approach (instead of the conventional singular formal information/knowledge sharing approach) can enhance adoption. Second, the results suggest that promoting an integrated use of technologies, instead of a single technology, would have a positive impact on farm productivity and farm household income. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ad1d2ab76fa47ceb4ba79d0e89e9aee2023-09-19T15:22:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability1473-59031747-762X2017-09-0115553955410.1080/14735903.2017.13696191369619Adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices in GhanaBekele Hundie Kotu0Arega Alene1Victor Manyong2Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon3Asamoah Larbi4International Institute of Tropical AgricultureInternational Institute of Tropical AgricultureInternational Institute of Tropical AgricultureInternational Institute of Tropical AgricultureInternational Institute of Tropical AgricultureSustainable agricultural intensification requires the use of multiple agricultural technologies in an integrated manner to enhance productivity while conserving the natural resource base. This study analyses the adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) using a dataset from Ghana. A multivariate probit (MVP) model was estimated to assess the adoption of multiple SIPs. Moreover, we used a multivalued semi-parametric treatment effect (MVTE) model to estimate the effects of adopting multiple SIPs on maize productivity. The MVP model results show, among others, that access to market, capital, and information/knowledge would enhance the adoption of SIPs. The MVTE model results show that a higher number of SIPs is associated with higher productivity which is more visible when commercial inputs are used in combination with cultural practices. These results have the following policy implications. First, they imply that good rural infrastructure and agricultural services such as rural road network, village-level input delivery system, input credit, and multiple information/knowledge sharing approach (instead of the conventional singular formal information/knowledge sharing approach) can enhance adoption. Second, the results suggest that promoting an integrated use of technologies, instead of a single technology, would have a positive impact on farm productivity and farm household income.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1369619sustainable intensification practicesadoptionimpactsghana |
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| title | Adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices in Ghana |
| title_full | Adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices in Ghana |
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| title_short | Adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices in Ghana |
| title_sort | adoption and impacts of sustainable intensification practices in ghana |
| topic | sustainable intensification practices adoption impacts ghana |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1369619 |
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