Agricultural mindsets across social networks in four African countries

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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Keith M.en
dc.contributor.authorFornito, M.en
dc.contributor.authorGunter, J.en
dc.contributor.authorLamb, Jenniferen
dc.contributor.authorSikuku, Dominic Ngosiaen
dc.contributor.authorShibonji, D.en
dc.contributor.authorBashaasha, Bernarden
dc.contributor.authorMarake, Makoala V.en
dc.contributor.authorKeita, Moussaen
dc.contributor.authorLambert, Dayton M.en
dc.contributor.authorNorton, James B.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialKenyaen
dc.coverage.spatialUgandaen
dc.coverage.spatialMalien
dc.coverage.spatialLesothoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:59Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:59Zen
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.description.abstractThis PowerPoint presents research examining agricultural mindsets and social networks in Kenya, Uganda, Lesotho, and Mali. It identifies three agricultural mindsets exist which characterize farmer goals, values, and identities. These are: conventional agriculture (market-oriented production involving mechanical implements, agrochemical use and mono-cropping), risk-averse agriculture (livelihood diversification, distribution of risk, avoidance of market dependence), and conservation agriculture (minimal tillage, maintaining a soil cover and crop rotations). Mindsets of farmers and non-farm agents are explored through survey data. Relationships between actors, and mindsets of key actors are displayed in maps of social networks in Kenya and Uganda. The presentation concludes by emphasizing that agro-ecological, socio-cultural, and historical context matters, and calls for the development of an innovation system that is catalyzed by innovation brokers.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-8 (Technology Networks for Sustainable Innovation)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier8089en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the International Congress of Sociology Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 15 July 2014en
dc.identifier.other8089_Moore_Yokohma_Ag_Mindsets_in_4_African_c.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70285en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSocial learningen
dc.subjectFarmer to farmeren
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectExtension serviceen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectInnovation systemsen
dc.subjectSocial networksen
dc.subjectMindsetsen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleAgricultural mindsets across social networks in four African countriesen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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