Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania

The low agricultural productivity of key crops and food insecurity continue to be key issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Tanzania. The growing population, depleting resources, and changing climate further amplify these issues. Globally, many agricultural technologies (AgTs) are available as path...

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Autores: Jha, S., Kaechele, H., Lana, M., Amjath-Babu, T.S, Sieber, S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT
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Palabra clave:SUSTAINABILITY
INNOVATION ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY
FARMERS' ATTITUDES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
FOOD SECURITY
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spelling Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from TanzaniaJha, S.Kaechele, H.Lana, M.Amjath-Babu, T.SSieber, S.SUSTAINABILITYINNOVATION ADOPTIONTECHNOLOGYFARMERS' ATTITUDESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYFOOD SECURITYThe low agricultural productivity of key crops and food insecurity continue to be key issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Tanzania. The growing population, depleting resources, and changing climate further amplify these issues. Globally, many agricultural technologies (AgTs) are available as pathways for improved agricultural productivity and food security, however, they have had relatively little success in SSA and Tanzania. This is because the uptake of AgTs is a complex process, which is highly localized, involving multiple actors, stages, and spatial and time dimensions. Smallholder farmers often experience issues of sustainability, constraints for adoption, and scaling-up throughout the uptake process of AgTs, all of which vary by region. This indicates a need for a systematic and simultaneous understanding of sustainability, constraints for adoption, and scaling-up of AgTs to better guide agricultural strategy and policy interventions in SSA and Tanzania. Moreover, in order to understand the local settings better, a consideration of the perceptions of the farmers themselves, who are the primary actors in the uptake process of AgTs, is key. Acknowledging this, the study takes on a case study approach, using the scaling-up assessment (ScalA) method and three focus group discussions with a total of 44 smallholder farmers to systematically and simultaneously assess the sustainability, constraints for adoption, and scaling-up of three AgTs (use of fertilizers, improved seeds, and small-scale irrigation) in Tanzania. The study finds that the farmers perceive all three AgTs to be sustainable for the study region. Adoption rates are perceived to be medium for use of fertilizers, high for improved seeds, and low for small-scale irrigation. The most significant constraints for adoption experienced by the farmers are lack of technical physical inputs, marketing facilities, and know-how. Scaling-up is perceived to be well fulfilled for use of fertilizers and improved seeds, but only partially fulfilled for small-scale irrigation, which is the most limited of the three AgTs. The most significant constraints for scaling-up experienced by farmers are a lack of confidence in the added value of the AgTs beyond project activities, marketing facilities, and technical physical inputs. The overall success potential is high for the use of fertilizers and improved seeds, and the average for small-scale irrigation. The farmers’ perceptions partially indicate why the bundle of AgTs is lacking in the study region and provide a basis for discussing targeted agricultural and policy interventions in Tanzania.MDPI2020-04-18T00:15:18Z2020-04-18T00:15:18Z2020Published Versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlePDFapplication/pdf2071-1050 (Print)https://hdl.handle.net/10883/2082510.3390/su12030998312Sustainability998reponame:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYTinstname:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigoinstacron:CIMMYTEnglishUNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIABasel (Switzerland)CIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose.Open Accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/208252024-10-11T19:59:32Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania
title Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania
spellingShingle Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania
Jha, S.
SUSTAINABILITY
INNOVATION ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY
FARMERS' ATTITUDES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
FOOD SECURITY
title_short Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania
title_full Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania
title_fullStr Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania
title_sort Exploring farmers’ perceptions of agricultural technologies: a case study from Tanzania
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jha, S.
Kaechele, H.
Lana, M.
Amjath-Babu, T.S
Sieber, S.
author Jha, S.
author_facet Jha, S.
Kaechele, H.
Lana, M.
Amjath-Babu, T.S
Sieber, S.
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Lana, M.
Amjath-Babu, T.S
Sieber, S.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv SUSTAINABILITY
INNOVATION ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY
FARMERS' ATTITUDES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
FOOD SECURITY
topic SUSTAINABILITY
INNOVATION ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY
FARMERS' ATTITUDES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
FOOD SECURITY
description The low agricultural productivity of key crops and food insecurity continue to be key issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Tanzania. The growing population, depleting resources, and changing climate further amplify these issues. Globally, many agricultural technologies (AgTs) are available as pathways for improved agricultural productivity and food security, however, they have had relatively little success in SSA and Tanzania. This is because the uptake of AgTs is a complex process, which is highly localized, involving multiple actors, stages, and spatial and time dimensions. Smallholder farmers often experience issues of sustainability, constraints for adoption, and scaling-up throughout the uptake process of AgTs, all of which vary by region. This indicates a need for a systematic and simultaneous understanding of sustainability, constraints for adoption, and scaling-up of AgTs to better guide agricultural strategy and policy interventions in SSA and Tanzania. Moreover, in order to understand the local settings better, a consideration of the perceptions of the farmers themselves, who are the primary actors in the uptake process of AgTs, is key. Acknowledging this, the study takes on a case study approach, using the scaling-up assessment (ScalA) method and three focus group discussions with a total of 44 smallholder farmers to systematically and simultaneously assess the sustainability, constraints for adoption, and scaling-up of three AgTs (use of fertilizers, improved seeds, and small-scale irrigation) in Tanzania. The study finds that the farmers perceive all three AgTs to be sustainable for the study region. Adoption rates are perceived to be medium for use of fertilizers, high for improved seeds, and low for small-scale irrigation. The most significant constraints for adoption experienced by the farmers are lack of technical physical inputs, marketing facilities, and know-how. Scaling-up is perceived to be well fulfilled for use of fertilizers and improved seeds, but only partially fulfilled for small-scale irrigation, which is the most limited of the three AgTs. The most significant constraints for scaling-up experienced by farmers are a lack of confidence in the added value of the AgTs beyond project activities, marketing facilities, and technical physical inputs. The overall success potential is high for the use of fertilizers and improved seeds, and the average for small-scale irrigation. The farmers’ perceptions partially indicate why the bundle of AgTs is lacking in the study region and provide a basis for discussing targeted agricultural and policy interventions in Tanzania.
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