Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh
IntroductionBangladesh's quest to achieve sustainable development goals has highlighted the need to enhance resilience against the challenges that interconnected food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus systems faces to support human well-being. The government has decided to promote the adoption of...
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| description | IntroductionBangladesh's quest to achieve sustainable development goals has highlighted the need to enhance resilience against the challenges that interconnected food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus systems faces to support human well-being. The government has decided to promote the adoption of competent and cutting-edge technologies that can significantly contribute to balancing energy and water resource utilization in achieving a more sustainable and climate-smart food production system. Hence, scaled-up adoption of solar-powered irrigation systems and recommended fertilizer dose (SIRFD) applications were proposed. This study, to provide practical policy implications, attempts to identify the determinants and impact of SIRFD adoption in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh.MethodsDeterminants of adoption were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression, and the adoption impact was analyzed using treatment effect models.ResultsThe results revealed that land typology, soil fertility perception, soil water retention, knowledge, environmental awareness, secondary income, close acquaintance adoption, and cash availability significantly influenced adoption decisions. The treatment effect model result indicated that farmers who adopted both technologies could reduce production costs by 1.36% and obtain an 8.92% higher ROI than non-adopters.ConclusionThe study findings suggest that policy interventions on scaling up SIRFD adoption require focusing on knowledge development village-based demonstration activities, group farming models backed by micro-finance, and avoiding launching conflicting schemes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f42ee7bc07547d4bb8245d4d9f64e422022-12-22T04:20:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2022-11-01610.3389/fsufs.2022.961034961034Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of BangladeshFaruque As Sunny0Taonarufaro Tinaye Pemberai Karimanzira1Wenhuan Peng2Md Sadique Rahman3Huang Zuhui4School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Nontraditional Security Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaBusiness School of Ningbo University Ningbo, Ningbo, ChinaDepartment of Management and Finance, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, BangladeshChina Academy of Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaIntroductionBangladesh's quest to achieve sustainable development goals has highlighted the need to enhance resilience against the challenges that interconnected food, energy, and water (FEW) nexus systems faces to support human well-being. The government has decided to promote the adoption of competent and cutting-edge technologies that can significantly contribute to balancing energy and water resource utilization in achieving a more sustainable and climate-smart food production system. Hence, scaled-up adoption of solar-powered irrigation systems and recommended fertilizer dose (SIRFD) applications were proposed. This study, to provide practical policy implications, attempts to identify the determinants and impact of SIRFD adoption in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh.MethodsDeterminants of adoption were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression, and the adoption impact was analyzed using treatment effect models.ResultsThe results revealed that land typology, soil fertility perception, soil water retention, knowledge, environmental awareness, secondary income, close acquaintance adoption, and cash availability significantly influenced adoption decisions. The treatment effect model result indicated that farmers who adopted both technologies could reduce production costs by 1.36% and obtain an 8.92% higher ROI than non-adopters.ConclusionThe study findings suggest that policy interventions on scaling up SIRFD adoption require focusing on knowledge development village-based demonstration activities, group farming models backed by micro-finance, and avoiding launching conflicting schemes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.961034/fullsustainable agriculturesolar irrigationrecommended fertilizer doseimpact studytreatment effect modelssustainable farming |
| spellingShingle | Faruque As Sunny Taonarufaro Tinaye Pemberai Karimanzira Wenhuan Peng Md Sadique Rahman Huang Zuhui Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems sustainable agriculture solar irrigation recommended fertilizer dose impact study treatment effect models sustainable farming |
| title | Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh |
| title_full | Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh |
| title_short | Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh |
| title_sort | understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water scarce areas of bangladesh |
| topic | sustainable agriculture solar irrigation recommended fertilizer dose impact study treatment effect models sustainable farming |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.961034/full |
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