Failing to yield? Ploughs, Conservation Agriculture and the problem of agricultural intensification: An example from the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorBaudron, Frédéricen
dc.contributor.authorAndersson, Jens A.en
dc.contributor.authorCorbeels, Marcen
dc.contributor.authorGiller, Ken E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialZambezi Valleyen
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabween
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:29:31Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:29:31Zen
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractTwo agricultural intensification policies currently have a foothold in Southern Africa: intensification by plough-based, animal integrated practices and intensification by conservation agricultural practices including natural resource management. The former ideology originated from colonialism while the latter is currently promoted by nongovernmental organizations and development agencies. However, analysis on farmer knowledge relating to both of these practices reveals a predisposition towards extensification, or the farming on more land and using more resources to increase yields, instead of intensification. Other factors include limited cash, elevated risks, fluctuations in labor availability, and high input prices. Interestingly, the authors cite reliance on purely technical fixes, the disregarding of local or placed-based knowledge, and ultimately the lack of innovation on the side of researchers, development agencies, and policy-makers as the true reasons why Africa farmers are "failing to yield."en
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dc.identifier5626en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Development Studies 48(3): 393-412en
dc.identifier.issn0022-0388en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69963en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.pps.wur.nl/NR/rdonlyres/5C6A6FBC-7E0C-42B8-867E-7F22732011FC/148021/Baudron2012JournalofDevelopmentStudies1.pdfen
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2012 by Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSmall holder enterpriseen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectExtensificationen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectZimbabween
dc.subjectZambezi valleyen
dc.subjectAlvord modelen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleFailing to yield? Ploughs, Conservation Agriculture and the problem of agricultural intensification: An example from the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabween
dc.typeAbstracten
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