Factors constraining the adoption of soil organic carbon enhancing technologies among small-scale farmers in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Declining soil fertility is one of the major causes of food insecurity and high levels of poverty, both of which tend to hamper economic development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). To improve soil fertility, the implementation of soil organic carbon (SOC) enhancement technologies has become crucial to slowing land degradation, through increasing SOC, which is the basis of soil fertility. Using data from 381 households from Azuga-Suba and Yesir watersheds in Ethiopia, this study explores the extent of the adoption of technologies that enhance SOC. Soil organic carbon enhancing technologies include the use of manure, fertilizer, and crop residue management. The Probit model was used to assess what constrains the adoption of these technologies. The results indicate that fertilizer is the most ad

SUBMITTER: Nguru WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8646156 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature