Predisposition for Conservation Agriculture in North West Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Keith M.en
dc.contributor.authorLamb, Jenniferen
dc.contributor.authorYahaya, Iddrisuen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWaen
dc.coverage.spatialNorth West Provinceen
dc.coverage.spatialGhanaen
dc.coverage.temporal2010en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:31:30Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:31:30Zen
dc.date.issued2011-09en
dc.description.abstractThe adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices is not only dependent upon the suitability of the land and crop, but also upon the farmer him/herself. Changing the perspectives or technological frames of farmers is a necessary first step in implementing CA. The purpose of this research is to determine the local perspectives of farm men and women in the North West Province of Ghana and to identify any relationships between the extension services they received (gender of agent, level of contact) and those perspectives. Two hundred men and 157 women were interviewed in 2010 concerning their level of agreement with 20 agricultural perspectives and their level of contact with their local extension agent. Although more analysis is needed, current results suggest that neither farm men or women's technological frames are dependent upon extension agent contact, and a significant proportion of farm men and women who are considered "Risk Averse" would be most open to CA practices.en
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dc.identifier5065en
dc.identifier.other5065_Moore_Predisposition_for_CA_in_Ghana.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70376en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Researchen
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Resilient Food Systems for a Changing World: Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture Incorporating 3rd Farming Systems Design Conference held in Brisbane, Australia, 26 - 29 September 2011, 296 - 297en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 WCCA/FSD Local Organising Committee c/o Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. Permission given to upload and provide link 10/5/11.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectSocial learningen
dc.subjectExtension serviceen
dc.subjectChanging mindsetsen
dc.subjectTechnological framesen
dc.subjectFarmer ideologiesen
dc.subjectWaen
dc.subjectNorth west provinceen
dc.subjectGhanaen
dc.titlePredisposition for Conservation Agriculture in North West Ghanaen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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