Using Sustainable Rural Livelihoods framework to analyze the determinants of adoption and disadoption of conservation agriculture in Western Madagascar

Razafimahatratra Hanitriniaina Mamy, Bignebat Céline, Bélières Jean-François, David-Benz Hélène, Penot Eric. 2017. Using Sustainable Rural Livelihoods framework to analyze the determinants of adoption and disadoption of conservation agriculture in Western Madagascar. , 17 p. Journées de Recherche en Sciences Sociales (JRSS). 11, Lyon, France, 14 Décembre 2017/15 Décembre 2017.

Résumé : Conservation agriculture (CA) is known as a potentially efficient technique to address land degradation issues. CA has been promoted in Western Madagascar where farmers' livelihood is weakened by soil fertility. However, the low adoption rate of CA raises the question of its suitability to smallholder farming systems. The aim of this study is to assess, through an econometric analysis, the determinants of CA adoption and disadoption. Drawing on primary data collected in 2015, we conclude that financial and natural capitals are the main factors explaining CA adoption among farmers. More specifically, the findings show that the ownership of upland areas, the access to credit and the total income per capita does not influence significantly the probability to be a disadopters but affects the probability to be still adopters with respect to that to be a non-adopter.

Classification Agris : A01 - Agriculture - Considérations générales
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
E16 - Économie de la production
E80 - Économie familiale et artisanale

Auteurs et affiliations

• Razafimahatratra Hanitriniaina Mamy, CIRAD-ES-UMR INNOVATION (FRA)
• Bignebat Céline, INRA (FRA)
• Bélières Jean-François, CIRAD-ES-UMR ART-DEV (MDG) ORCID: 0000-0002-8399-9045
• David-Benz Hélène, CIRAD-ES-UMR MOISA (FRA)
• Penot Eric, CIRAD-ES-UMR INNOVATION (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-2773-5440

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/587017/)

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