Adoption of soil and water conservation technologies in the Rwizi catchment of south western Uganda |
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Authors: | Basil Mugonola Josef Deckers Jean Poesen Moses Isabirye Erik Mathijs |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences , Katholieke Universiteit , Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001 , Leuven , Belgium;2. Department of Rural development and Agribusiness , Gulu University , Gulu , Uganda basil.mugonola@gmail.com;4. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences , Katholieke Universiteit , Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001 , Leuven , Belgium;5. Department of Natural Resources Economics , Busitema University , Tororo , Uganda |
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Abstract: | Soil and water conservation technologies, such as mulching, grass strips and retention ditches, have been promoted in many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. However, technology adoption rates have remained unsatisfactory. In this study, a logit model was used to examine the adoption of soil and water conservation technologies in the Rwizi catchment of Uganda using cross-sectional survey data from 271 smallholder farmers. Findings revealed that the likelihood to adopt these conservation technologies by smallholder farmers is explained by land size, tropical livestock units, access to extension services, value of gross output, gender of the household head and location of the farmers. Our results further showed that the quadratic term in land size was significant and negative, highlighting an acreage threshold to adoption. In general, our findings underscore the importance of information access and landownership in adoption of soil and water conservation technologies in the Rwizi catchment of Uganda. |
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Keywords: | adoption Uganda catchment logit soil and water conservation |
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