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Farmer adoption of plot- and farm-level natural resource management practices: Between rhetoric and reality

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  • James Stevenson

    (CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Bernard Vanlauwe

    (IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [Nigeria] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Karen Macours

    (PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Nancy Johnson

    (CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Lakshmi Krishnan

    (CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Frank Place

    (CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR], IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [Washington] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • David Spielman

    (IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [Washington] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Karl Hughes

    (ICRAF - World Agroforestry Center [CGIAR, Kenya] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Paul Vlek

Abstract

There is a significant gap between the rhetoric of claims about adoption of farm-level natural resource management practices and the reality. New empirical evidence of low adoption from several developing countries suggests that on-farm natural resource management practices face significant constraints to adoption, and that they deliver heterogeneous private and public benefits. Five recommendations are given to the research community related to: targeting; scaling-up; the proper role of research; trajectories of diffusion; and measurement of environmental impacts.

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  • James Stevenson & Bernard Vanlauwe & Karen Macours & Nancy Johnson & Lakshmi Krishnan & Frank Place & David Spielman & Karl Hughes & Paul Vlek, 2019. "Farmer adoption of plot- and farm-level natural resource management practices: Between rhetoric and reality," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-02095028, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-02095028
    DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2019.01.003
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