Spurk, Christoph; Koch, Carmen; Bürgin, Reto; Chikopela, Louis; Konaté, Famagan; Nyabuga, George; Sarpong, Daniel Bruce; Sousa, Fernando and Fliessbach, Andreas (2025) Farmers' innovativeness and positive affirmation as main drivers of adoption of soil fertility management practices–evidence across sites in Africa. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 31 (1), pp. 4-28.
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Summary
Declining soil fertility is worrying in sub-Saharan Africa. Various technologies serve to mitigate or rebuild soil fertility, but uptake by farmers, especially smallholders, is low. The study addresses this adoption problem in a novel way, assessing empirically many factors from various domains (economic, socio-demographic, individual, institutional, networks and information sources) to identify what drives adoption.
| EPrint Type: | Journal paper |
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| Keywords: | Adoption, innovation, farmer communication, panel study,sub-sahara, africa, soil fertility management practices, smallholders, Abacus, FiBL10082, Orm4Soil |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English soil fertility http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7170 English organic farming -> organic agriculture http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15911 English Africa http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_165 English innovation systems http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_63f4fe74 |
| Subjects: | Soil > Soil quality Crop husbandry > Production systems > Cereals, pulses and oilseeds "Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Africa |
| Research affiliation: | Other countries Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Crop protection > Biocontrol Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Arable crops > Cereals Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Field trials > Long-term experiments Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Soil > Soil fertility Switzerland > Zürich University Kenya |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eja.2025.127746 |
| Related Links: | https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/965 |
| Deposited By: | Ellenberger, Maura |
| ID Code: | 56755 |
| Deposited On: | 11 Feb 2026 13:22 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2026 13:22 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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