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1 Zambia. Ministry of Agriculture and Water Development. Gwembe Small Scale Irrigation Project: Development strategy report. Unpublished report. vi, 34p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 950 Record No: H04332)
2 Khoza, S.; de Beer, L. T.; van Niekerk, D.; Nemakonde, L. 2020. A gender-differentiated analysis of climate-smart agriculture adoption by smallholder farmers: application of the extended technology acceptance model. Gender, Technology and Development, 22p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09718524.2020.1830338]
Gender analysis ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Technology transfer ; Smallholders ; Farmers' attitudes ; Women farmers ; Decision making ; Social aspects ; Psychological factors ; Climate change ; Resilience ; Disaster risk reduction ; Livelihoods ; Communities ; Models / Malawi / Zambia / Chikwawa / Gwembe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050141)
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The low adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies by farmers in developing regions where agrarian livelihoods are threatened by climate-related disasters remains a concerning enigma. Adoption patterns are not commensurate with merits of CSA on food security and climate resilience and attention to gender in relation to behavioral and attitudinal patterns in CSA adoption remains scarce. An exploratory-sequential mixed methods study was conducted, using a socio-psychological theoretical lens to test the applicability of the extended technology acceptance model in predicting CSA adoption among at-risk smallholder farming communities in Malawi and Zambia. Spearman’s rho correlation results show that relationship strengths between socio-psychological factors—perceptions on ease of use, usefulness and climate risk—differed between men and women householdheads. Results also show that social processes are central in influencing women’s decision-making on adoption. For practitioners and policy-makers, these findings reflect a critical need for gender-specific behavioral change communication strategies and inclusive participatory engagement. This will promote dialogue with diverse groups of smallholder-farmers aimed at changing negative, and leveraging on positive, behavior and attitudes toward new CSA technologies. CSA technology development for smallholder-farmers needs to appreciate the role of socio-psychological factors in adoption decisions. Further scientific research is required to establish causality between related socio-psychological factors.
3 Khoza, S.; van Niekerk, D.; Nemakonde, L. D. 2022. Gendered vulnerability and inequality: understanding drivers of climate-smart agriculture dis- and nonadoption among smallholder farmers in Malawi and Zambia. Ecology and Society, 27(4):19. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13480-270419]
Gender ; Vulnerability ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Disaster risk reduction ; Resilience ; Decision making ; Households ; Communities / Zambia / Malawi / Chikwawa / Gwembe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051604)
https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss4/art19/ES-2022-13480.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051604.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051604.pdf
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In this study we explore gender-differentiated drivers of disadoption and nonadoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies among smallholder farmers for everyday adaptation and resilience building in the face of the increasing threat of climate risk. We apply theoretical perspectives from mainstream technology adoption and gendered vulnerability to identify underlying vulnerabilities and inequalities that drive disadoption (the decision to discontinue any CSA technology previously practiced) and nonadoption (the decision not to use any form of CSA technology). We used an exploratory-sequential mixed methods design at the local level in Chikwawa, Malawi, and Gwembe, Zambia, to understand gender-differentiated drivers of CSA disadoption and nonadoption. Key interviews were conducted with identified critical informants at the district level, followed by focus group discussions with men and women at the village level to obtain qualitative data. We collected quantitative data through a cross-sectional household survey. Findings show that gender-differentiated drivers of CSA disadoption and nonadoption fall within social, economic, institutional, and environmental categories and underlying gendered vulnerability and inequality shape these drivers. CSA is introduced within preexisting gendered vulnerability and inequality, shaping adoption decisions by diverse groups of female and male smallholder farmers. Consequently, CSA outcomes of improved agricultural productivity, adaptation, and resilience building may not be equally achieved because of gender inequalities and vulnerabilities that demotivate diverse households from adopting CSA. This work contributes to a contemporary gender-transformative paradigm in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction by focusing on CSA adoption in climate-sensitive regions.
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