Chalak, A. and Irani, A. and Chaaban, J. and Bashour, I. and etl, . (2017) Farmers’ Willingness to adopt conservation agriculture: New evidence from Lebanon. Environmental Management, 60 (4). pp. 693-704.
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Abstract
With increasing food insecurity and climate change, conservation agriculture has emerged as a sustainable alternative to intensive conventional agriculture as a source of food supply. Yet the adoption rate of conservation agriculture is still low. Our paper analyses the factors affecting farmers’ willingness to adopt conservation agriculture in Lebanon. The findings show that household characteristics—years of farming and farm size affect conservation agriculture adoption. However, household characteristics alone were insufficient to explain conservation agriculture adoption. We found that farming experience, information sources, frequency of irrigation, and severity of weed infestation in the past, participation in specific trainings, and farmers’ perception about the long-term impact of conservation agriculture, were key determinants of conservation agriculture adoption. Our paper encourages policymakers to invest in conservation agriculture to overcome food insecurity and environmental changes affecting food systems in the Middle East. The paper also informs agribusiness firms to view conservation agriculture as a viable alternative to strengthen their business relationship with farmers in arid and semi-arid regions.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Food security, Conservation agriculture, Middle East, Willingness-to-adopt |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 |
| Subjects: | Agriculture |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2018 04:47 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2018 04:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15609 |
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