Wealth-related inequalities in adoption of drought-tolerant maize and conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryZimbabwe
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierClifton Makate: 0000-0002-6061-6638
cg.creator.identifierMarshall Makate: 0000-0002-2005-2970
cg.creator.identifierNelson Mango: 0000-0003-4436-0449
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00946-7en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1876-4517en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalFood Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.volume11en
dc.contributor.authorMakate, Cliftonen
dc.contributor.authorMakate, Marshallen
dc.contributor.authorMango, Nelsonen
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-06T18:33:20Zen
dc.date.available2019-08-06T18:33:20Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/102458
dc.titleWealth-related inequalities in adoption of drought-tolerant maize and conservation agriculture in Zimbabween
dcterms.abstractThis paper concerns Drought-Tolerant Maize (DTM) and Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices that were introduced into smallholder maize-based farming systems in Zimbabwe to enhance the productivity of maize and food security under a changing climate. Although these technologies are technically appropriate, there are difficulties with their use by smallholder farmers of relatively low socio-economic status, as measured through ownership of farm or household assets and endowments. Thus, we sought to quantify and explain wealth-related inequalities in the adoption of DTM and CA in smallholder farming communities and discuss their implications for food security. The analysis used cross-sectional household-level data gathered from 601 smallholder farmers from four districts in Zimbabwe. We found evidence of a pro-rich distribution of inequalities in the adoption of DTM and CA that were mostly explained by differences in household wealth, access to agricultural extension services and size of farm land. No meaningful differences in DTM adoption disparities were found across districts. Significant gender differences were observed for CA, and meaningful differences by district were noted. Results suggest the need for decision makers to consider implementing policies that focus on the poorer segments of the farming society to alleviate differences in the adoption of such agricultural technologies. For example, subsidizing the uptake of improved maize varieties including DTM and prioritizing equitable land distribution, coupled with specialised extension services for the poor in a cereal-based CA farming system, could reduce the observed gap between rich and poor in the uptake of these innovations and consequently improve food security.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2019-07-22
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMakate, Clifton; Makate, Marshall & Mango, Nelson. (2019). Wealth-related inequalities in adoption of drought-tolerant maize and conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe. Food Security, 1-16 p.en
dcterms.extentp. 881-896en
dcterms.issued2019-08
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectclimate-smart agricultureen
dcterms.subjectagricultura climáticamente inteligenteen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectseguridad alimentariaen
dcterms.subjectsmallholderen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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