Smallholder adoption of Conservation Agriculture and GHG reduction potential in Mozambique and Lesotho

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dc.contributor.authorLambert, Dayton M.en
dc.contributor.authorMcNair, W. E.en
dc.contributor.authorO'Dell, D.en
dc.contributor.authorBisangwa, E.en
dc.contributor.authorSimone, T.en
dc.contributor.authorEash, Neal S.en
dc.contributor.authorWilcox, Michael D.en
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Forbesen
dc.contributor.authorMarake, Makoala V.en
dc.contributor.authorThierfelder, Christianen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialMozambiqueen
dc.coverage.spatialLesothoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:37Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:37Zen
dc.date.issued2013en
dc.description.abstractCurrent agricultural practices in Mozambique and Lesotho lead to localized externalities and systematic “macro” erosion. However, conservation agriculture, which promotes minimal tillage, intercropping, and maintaining a soil cover, can be applied to moderate erosion and improve food security while sequestering carbon. This presentation examines the greenhouse gas reduction potential Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Collaborative Research Support Program’s 5 year project to promote conservation agriculture in Mozambique and Lesotho. It provides graphical comparisons of carbon emissions for tillage and no-tillage systems. Results of a household survey in Mozambique are utilized to examine the probability of the adoption of conservation agriculture related to input use, training, labor constraints, and project support. Farmers who use fertilizer and herbicide and receive credit were found to have the highest adoption rate for conservation agriculture.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-9 (Developing sustainable CAPS for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier7570en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 4-6en
dc.identifier.other7570_Lambert_Smallholder_adoption_of_CA_and_G.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70216en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSmall-scale farmingen
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleSmallholder adoption of Conservation Agriculture and GHG reduction potential in Mozambique and Lesothoen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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