Adoption of Multiple Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Rural Ethiopia

Adoption of Multiple Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Rural Ethiopia

Sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) that lead to an increase in productivity are central to the acceleration of economic growth; this will alleviate poverty and help to overcome the recurrent food shortages that affect millions of households in Africa. However, the adoption rates of SAPs remain below expected levels. This paper analyzes the factors that facilitate or impede the probabilit...

Educational Delivery Methods to Encourage Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices

The growing public concern about groundwater contamination, pesticide residues, soil erosion, and wildlife habitat runs parallel to “an emerging interest by many farmers for a more costeffective and environmentally benign agriculture” (USDA, 1990). But only a small number of farmers are using alternative farming systems (Board of Agriculture, 1989). The cause of the limited adoption of sustaina...

Sustainable Agricultural Practices in India

a study of the behavior of ghazvin province’s extension workers towards adoption of sustainable agricultural practices

the main objective followed in this study was to assess the rate of adoption of sustainable agricultural practices among extension volunteers in qazvin province. the study was a descriptive – correlational survey one. the population of the study was comprised of wheat farmers in province of qazvin who acted as agricultural extension volunteers (n=365). from among these members, 185 were selecte...

Effective Factors on Application of Sustainable Agricultural Practices by Paddy Farmers (Case of Rural Production Cooperatives Members)

One of the central duties of rural production cooperatives is to promote the adoption and application of sustainable agricultural practices by farmers, which hinges on several factors. Therefore, the study intends to evaluate the factors influencing the application of sustainable agricultural practices by paddy farmers. The research population included from all includes all  paddy farmers as me...