Predicting minimum tillage adoption among smallholder farmers using micro-level and policy variables

Predicting minimum tillage adoption among smallholder farmers using micro-level and policy variables

Abstract Minimum tillage combined with mulching (MTM) is critical to conservation agriculture, yet its use by smallholder farmers raises challenging questions regarding adoption, diffusion and scaling at farm level. In this paper, we used probit regression and post-estimation simulations to identify...

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Main Authors: Paswel P. Marenya, Menale Kassie, Moti Jaleta, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Olaf Erenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-06-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Economics
Subjects:
Adoption
Agricultural extension
Conservation agriculture
Policy
Input subsidy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-017-0081-1

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