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- Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania(Cambridge University Press, 2023) Marenya, P.P.; Gatua, J.G.; Rahut, D.B.
Publication - Lead farmers: enhancing agricultural resilience and sustainability in Eastern and Southern Africa(CIMMYT, 2019) Marenya, P.P.; Rahut, D.B.In the following pages you will read inspiring and moving accounts by men and women farmers across eastern and southern Africa who have bravely embraced change to improve their farming methods and hence the lives and livelihoods of their families. These men and women have been associated to one extent or another with the Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume Cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and outhern Africa (SIMLESA) program. The SIMLESA program was mplemented for 9 years between 2010 and 2019 in 7 African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique Tanzania and from 2014, Rwanda and Uganda).
Publication - Response to climate risks among smallholder farmers in Malawi: a multivariate probit assessment of the role of information, household demographics, and farm characteristics(Elsevier, 2017) Mulwa, C.; Marenya, P.P.; Rahut, D.B.; Kassie, M.Why do many smallholder farmers fail to adopt what appear to be relatively simple agronomic or management practices which can help them cope with climate-induced stressors? Using household and plot level data collected in 2011, we implement a multivariate probit model to assess the determinants of farmer adaptation behavior to climatic risks and the relative contribution of information, credit and education on the probability of adopting specific practices in response to adverse changes in weather patterns. We find that plot characteristics, credit constraints and availability of climate-related information explain the adoption of several of these practices. In relative terms, we also find that even when financial limitations are binding, making climate-related information available can still motivate farmers to adapt. Policy implications are that the deepening of extension access with information on the appropriate adaptation strategies is crucial to help farmers make adaptation choices. The need to foster credit markets for easy accessibility and affordability by farmers or otherwise strengthening access to assets is also important.
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