Investigating farmers’ decision-making in adoption of conservation agriculture in the Northwestern uplands of Cambodia

Rada Kong, Jean-Christophe Castella, Vuthy Suos, Vira Leng, Sovann Pat, Jean-Christophe Diepart, Raksmey Sen and Florent Tivet

Land Use Policy, 2021, vol. 105, issue C

Abstract: In the Northwestern uplands of Cambodia, the commodification of agriculture in the 2000 s substituted the traditional rotational and diversified cropping systems with monocropping of commercial crops such as maize and cassava. Driven by high market demand, this transition was associated with deforestation, erosion of soils and biodiversity as well as pollution from increased use of chemical inputs. Land degradation observed after a few years of intensive monocropping undermined the sustainability of the overall agricultural system. However, lessons learned from previous failures of crop boom-bust cycles did not materialize as an incentive to adopt alternative sustainable practices.

Keywords: Land frontier; Boom crops; Decision-making; Gaming-simulation; Conservation agriculture; Cambodia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105404

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