Adoption Rate and Trends in Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia

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Author(s)
Hailu, Ziade
Teshome, Kinde
Publication date
2022-03-31
Subject
Climate change
Food and livelihoods
Gender
Natural resources
Resilience
Keywords
Agriculture
Food security
Sustainability
Country
Ethiopia

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam
Document type
Research report
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Since 2019 the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture has offered extension advice on conservation agriculture (CA). However, agricultural policy focuses mainly on intensive tillage whereas CA calls for zero or minimum tillage. Policy seems to favour productivity over sustainability, with CA adoption remaining low. Supply-side constraints include lack of access to high-quality inputs, credit, and machinery. Demand-side constraints include risk aversion and competition for crop residues needed for mulching from requirements for fuel and feed. Women farmers like CA because it does not require draft animals. However, some women in male-headed households report a shift of labour responsibilities to women.
Pages
44
DOI
10.21201/2022.8809
ISBN
978-1-78748-880-9
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/621364
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http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/adoption-rate-and-trends-in-adoption-of-conservation-agriculture-in-ethiopia-621364
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