Time Preferences, Land Tenure Security, and the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Southeast Nigeria
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(5), P. 1747 - 1747
Published: Feb. 21, 2024
Sustainable
land
management
(SLM)
practices
are
important
for
tackling
agricultural
degradation.
This
study
investigates
the
association
between
farmers’
time
preferences
and
their
adoption
of
SLM
(agroforestry,
terracing,
fallow
practices)
with
intertemporal
benefits,
further
documents
moderating
role
tenure
security
in
this
relationship.
The
analysis
paper
is
based
on
data
from
a
survey
480
farmers
south-east
Nigeria,
complemented
by
semi-structured
interviews.
Farmers’
were
elicited
using
both
experiments
hypothetical
payouts.
Land
was
conceptualised
as
composite
concept
to
suit
legally
pluralistic
context
area.
found
that
many
sampled
have
high
discount
rates.
result
shows
negatively
associated
agroforestry
practices.
Moreover,
legal
de
facto
encourage
Other
factors
influencing
include
gender,
household
size,
education,
credit
constraints,
marital
status,
risk
attitude,
farming
experience,
farm
characteristics
(e.g.,
erosion
problems
steepness
slope).
Furthermore,
security-enhancing
effect
(de
facto)
can
alleviate
negative
influence
findings
suggest
higher
rates,
who
secure
rights
land,
more
likely
adopt
practices,
compared
similar
without
security.
Language: Английский
Investigating the Constraints and Mitigation Strategies for the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Erosion-prone Areas of Southeast Nigeria
Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 15, 2025
The
adoption
of
sustainable
land
management
practices
(SLMPs)
is
crucial
to
improve
soil
health,
and
farm
yield,
potentially
limit
the
degradation
agricultural
ecological
systems.
However,
farmers
still
encounter
diverse
challenges
when
trying
implement
SLMPs.
Research
on
potential
mitigation
strategies
address
complex
SLMPs
in
developing
countries
context
limited.
Accordingly,
this
study
investigates
constraints
adopting
using
household
survey
data
collected
from
480
sampled
erosion-prone
areas
southeast
Nigeria.
Also,
through
focus
groups
interviews
with
key
stakeholders
sector,
constraints.
Descriptive
statistics
were
used
explore
characteristics
farmers,
while
Principal
component
analysis
(PCA)
was
analyse
qualitative
analysed
inductive
thematic
analysis.
PCA
result
identified
economic/financial
factors
as
principal
constraint
Other
barriers
area
include
related
SLMPs,
institutional
property
rights.
Based
stakeholders'
perspectives,
financial
economic
support,
improved
R&D,
knowledge
exchange
advisory
system,
policy
regulatory
solutions,
multi-stakeholder
engagement
are
important
tackle
Insights
could
help
practitioners,
conservation
planners
policymakers
design
more
targeted
effective
interventions
promote
widespread
Language: Английский
Assessment of land degradation neutrality to guide sustainable land management practices in Ethiopia
Environmental Challenges,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 101137 - 101137
Published: March 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Gendered livelihoods and the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices in Nigeria
Gender Place & Culture,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
32(1), P. 54 - 72
Published: April 10, 2024
Feminist
research
maintains
that
livelihood
activities
are
socially
differentiated.
While
gendered
unevenness
in
opportunities
may
condition
the
agricultural
adaptive
capacities
of
male-headed
households
(MHHs)
and
female-headed
(FHHs)
to
climate
change,
dimensions
have
not
been
addressed
much
climate-smart
agriculture
practices
(CSAPs)
adoption
literature.
This
paper
expands
feminist
by
analysing
their
relation
intensity
use
CSAPs.
The
analysis
draws
on
a
nationally
representative
Living
Standards
Measurement
Survey
-
Integrated
Surveys
Agriculture
(LSMS-ISA)
panel
dataset
from
Nigeria.
findings
show
significantly
higher
percentage
FHHs
(51%)
involved
on-farm
compared
MHHs
(38%)
counterparts
(p
<
0.01).
results
further
household
headship
(HH)
is
associated
with
Moreover,
based
approach
livelihoods,
we
find
diversification
moderates
relationship
between
HH
CSAP
intensity.
suggests
more
greater
probability
adopting
number
CSAPs
than
MHHs.
concludes
policy
recommendations
for
promotion
sheds
light
how
Nigerian
government
can
formulate
gender-sensitive
policies
promote
Language: Английский