Sustainable Scaling of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies and Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya, Malawi, and Nigeria

Austin Tenthani Phiri (), Miriam Charimbu, Sarah Edewor and Elias Gaveta
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Austin Tenthani Phiri: Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Research Services, Lilongwe P.O. Box 30779, Malawi
Miriam Charimbu: Department of Crops Horticulture and Soils, Egerton University, Njoro, Nakuru P.O. Box 536-20115, Kenya
Elias Gaveta: Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Mzuzu University, Luwinga, Mzuzu P.O. Box 201, Malawi

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-19

Abstract: In the wake of climate change, climate-smart agriculture has been proposed as an option for mitigation and adaptation to the attendant harsh impacts among smallholder farmers in Africa. The approach has been promoted for nearly two decades in Kenya, Nigeria, and Malawi, but with low adoption among farmers. This study therefore sought to determine the pathways for sustainable scaling of climate-smart agricultural technologies and practices in the three countries. Secondary and primary data were obtained from desk review, field survey, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate probit regression. The multivariate probit regression result showed eight negative correlated coefficients between the climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices adopted, thus implying that the practices are substitutes for each other. It was observed that gender had no significant influence on the adoption of a set of practices (refuse retention, minimum tillage, green manure, and mulching) but influenced significantly the adoption of early maturing varieties. Implicitly, therefore, apart from gender, the adoption of climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices might often be due to other factors.

Keywords: gender roles; smallholder farmers; agricultural practices; adoption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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