Developing conservation agriculture production systems: An analysis of local networks

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dc.contributor.authorSwenson, S.en
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Keith M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:42Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:42Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.description.abstractConservation agriculture (CA) has been trumpeted as the solution for reducing soil degradation and increasing agricultural productivity around the world. Some farmland settings, such as in Brazil and the United States, have established substantial hectarage in conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) establishment, while other locations, such as in Africa, have little permanent adoption of CA practices. A close review of the literature on adoption of CA technologies indicates that small-scale farmers are unlikely to adopt the practices that mechanized commercial farmers have so readily embraced. Smallholder farmers need additional support to overcome the risks and uncertainties involved in changing agricultural inputs, practices, and knowledge necessary to improve their production systems.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-8 (Technology Networks for Sustainable Innovation)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier4631en
dc.identifier.citationSANREM Working Paper No. 10-09en
dc.identifier.other4631_Swenson_Developing_CA_Production_systems.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68873en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBlacksburg, VA: Office of International Research and Development, Virginia Techen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.oired.vt.edu/sanremcrsp/documents/WorkingPapers/1009CAPSnetworks.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectStakeholdersen
dc.subjectTrainingen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSocial learningen
dc.subjectSocial capitalen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectInstitutional capacity buildingen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectExtension serviceen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectKnowledge networksen
dc.subjectAdaptive managementen
dc.subjectrisk averse agricultureen
dc.subjectExtension agentsen
dc.subjectCrop productionen
dc.subjectCAPSen
dc.subjectframe of referenceen
dc.subjectlocal innovationen
dc.subjectEuropean Conservation Agriculture Federationen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleDeveloping conservation agriculture production systems: An analysis of local networksen
dc.typeWorking paperen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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