What Explains Minimal Usage of Minimum Tillage Practices in Zambia? Evidence from District-representative Data

Hambulo Ngoma, Brian Mulenga and Thomas Jayne ()

No 171875, Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: Conservation farming (CF) practices are widely considered to be important components of sustainable agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa because of their potential to raise farm productivity and incomes while maintaining or improving soil quality and reducing vulnerability to variable climatic conditions. CF in Zambia can be traced to the 1980s when government, private sector, and donor communities started promoting CF as an alternative set of agronomic practices for Zambian smallholders (Haggblade and Tembo 2003).

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2014-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.171875

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