Exploring farmer perceptions of agricultural innovations for maize-legume intensification in the mid-hills region of Nepal
Maize-legume intercropping is a fundamental component of mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal. However, its productivity is constrained by several biophysical and social factors, and limited adoption of proven agricultural innovations. In this study, we assessed the productivity impact of a selection of relevant agricultural innovations and changes in the associated perceptions of farmers through a series of two-year participatory on-farm trials. The evaluated innovations resulted in higher yields as compared to farmers’ current practices. The active involvement of farmers enlarged our understanding of underlying decisionmaking factors to adopt or non-adopt agricultural innovations. Additionally, the indepth farmer engagement in our onfarm trials positively influenced farmer perceptions of the innovations and their interest to adopt the agricultural innovations. Yet, farmers final decisions to adopt some of the evaluated innovations were limited by a host of factors including labour scarcity, the availability of inputs, and by cultural preferences despite the increased yields. This was particularly true for low and medium resource-endowed farmers. This study shows the importance of active farmer participation and context-specific design of research and development projects aiming for local impact.
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oai:localhost:20.500.12123-72882024-02-29T11:59:12Z Exploring farmer perceptions of agricultural innovations for maize-legume intensification in the mid-hills region of Nepal Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria Speelman, Erika N. Thapa, Arun Wei, Hsiang-En McDonald, Andrew J. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Groot, Jeroen C.J. Sistemas Agroalimentarios Adopción de Innovaciones Intensificación Agrifood Systems Innovation Adoption Intensification Intensificación Sustentable Maize-legume intercropping is a fundamental component of mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal. However, its productivity is constrained by several biophysical and social factors, and limited adoption of proven agricultural innovations. In this study, we assessed the productivity impact of a selection of relevant agricultural innovations and changes in the associated perceptions of farmers through a series of two-year participatory on-farm trials. The evaluated innovations resulted in higher yields as compared to farmers’ current practices. The active involvement of farmers enlarged our understanding of underlying decisionmaking factors to adopt or non-adopt agricultural innovations. Additionally, the indepth farmer engagement in our onfarm trials positively influenced farmer perceptions of the innovations and their interest to adopt the agricultural innovations. Yet, farmers final decisions to adopt some of the evaluated innovations were limited by a host of factors including labour scarcity, the availability of inputs, and by cultural preferences despite the increased yields. This was particularly true for low and medium resource-endowed farmers. This study shows the importance of active farmer participation and context-specific design of research and development projects aiming for local impact. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Holanda Fil: Speelman, Erika N. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Holanda Fil: Thapa, Arun. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Holanda Fil: Wei, Hsiang-En. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Holanda Fil: McDonald, Andrew J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT); Nepal Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Área de Recursos Naturales; Argentina Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Holanda 2020-05-21T14:01:08Z 2020-05-21T14:01:08Z 2018 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7288 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14735903.2018.1423723 1473-5903 1747-762X https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2018.1423723 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Taylor & Francis International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 16 (1) : 74–93 (2018) |
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Maize-legume intercropping is a fundamental component of mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal. However, its productivity is constrained by several biophysical and social factors, and limited adoption of proven agricultural innovations. In this study, we assessed the productivity impact of a selection of relevant agricultural innovations and changes in the associated perceptions of
farmers through a series of two-year participatory on-farm trials. The evaluated innovations resulted in higher yields as compared to farmers’ current practices. The active involvement of farmers enlarged our understanding of underlying decisionmaking factors to adopt or non-adopt agricultural innovations. Additionally, the indepth farmer engagement in our onfarm trials positively influenced farmer perceptions of the innovations and their interest to adopt the agricultural innovations. Yet, farmers final decisions to adopt some of the evaluated innovations were limited by a host of factors including labour scarcity, the availability of inputs, and by cultural preferences despite the increased yields. This was particularly true for low and medium resource-endowed farmers. This study shows the importance of active farmer participation and context-specific design of research and development projects aiming for local impact. |
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Exploring farmer perceptions of agricultural innovations for maize-legume intensification in the mid-hills region of Nepal |
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