Agricultural Actors, Networks, and Farmer Identity: Examining Perspectives and Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Botha Bothe, Lesotho

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dc.contributor.authorLamb, Jennifer Nicoleen
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Keith M.en
dc.contributor.authorMarake, Makoala V.en
dc.contributor.authorLambert, Dayton M.en
dc.contributor.authorWilcox, Michael D.en
dc.contributor.authorEash, Neal S.en
dc.contributor.authorThe LTRA 9 Teamen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBotha Botheen
dc.coverage.spatialLesothoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:51Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:51Zen
dc.date.issued2013en
dc.description.abstractLesotho’s highly eroded land has the potential to be rejuvenated by the utilization of conservation agriculture (CA) practices. This paper considers the relationships between local mindsets for agricultural production, beliefs about CA, and social networks to comment on the current process of CA development and dissemination in Botha Bothe District. Surveys were conducted with 430 households from ten villages, some from the lowlands, some from the foothills, and others in the highlands. Follow-up surveys were conducted in one highland village and one lowland village, and the data was used for network analysis in order to understand the dynamics between social networks, farmers’ contacts, and adoption behaviors. Variations in responses were also analyzed with regard to gender and farm size. The authors find that lowland farmers are generally more supportive of CA than are highland farmers, that full adopters tend to receive information from sources external to the community, and that many important local actors are skeptical of CA.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-9 (Developing sustainable CAPS for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier7951en
dc.identifier.citationSANREM Innovation Lab Working Paper No. 01-13en
dc.identifier.other7951_Lamb_Working_Paper_01_13_Botha_Bothe_CA_.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70261en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBlacksburg, VA: Office of International Research and Development, Virginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectStakeholdersen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectNongovernmental organizations (NGOs)en
dc.subjectCommunity institutionsen
dc.subjectSocial learningen
dc.subjectCommunity-based organizationsen
dc.subjectFarmer to farmeren
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectExtension serviceen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectSocial network analysisen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Watersheden
dc.titleAgricultural Actors, Networks, and Farmer Identity: Examining Perspectives and Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Botha Bothe, Lesothoen
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